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1historic place on the registers

History of Kent · Canada’s heritage registers

Kent: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers

From 2016 to 2021 the town added 1.8% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town. Like the typical town (18%), it has 18% of its homes from before 1961.

Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings

Provincial and local listings

provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article

Homes built before 1961

18%

typical town: 18%

The map

Where Kent’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Provincial and local listings

Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.

The 1, by tier

1 Provincial and local listings

Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Provincial and local listings

One local listing in Kent

Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.

Provincial heritage placeDiggity Site

The age of the area

Around Kent, within 50 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation

Reaching 50 km out from Kent: the historic places by their first construction date on record.

British North America 1760–18662

After Confederation 1867–19133

Wars and Depression 1914–19451

Since 1946 1946 on1

Within 50 km, 7 records give a date. 2 predate Confederation. Old Carleton County Court House, in Woodstock, is the oldest (1833).

Around the town

The highest designation, 2 times, within 50 km of Kent

Nearest comes Florenceville Bridge, 11 km off, in Florenceville-Bristol. The record reaches back to 1833 with Old Carleton County Court House, 41 km away. Within 50 km there are 8 in all.

The 8 nearest, within 50 km

Florenceville BridgeLocal historic place · 11 km away, in Florenceville-Bristol

Hartland Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1901–1902 · 28 km away, in Wakefield

Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 30 km away, in Tobique 20

Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 41 km away, in Woodstock

L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 44 km away, in Woodstock

ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 44 km away, in Woodstock

Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 44 km away, in Woodstock

Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 44 km away, in Woodstock

Homes by age

Kent’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 40% of its homes

More than half of Kent’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 7.6% of Kent’s, against 15% in the typical town. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Kent 32% of its homes, near the usual 27%.

18%

Before 1961

32%

1961–80

40%

1981–2000

7.6%

2001–15

1.8%

2016–21

KentTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Kent and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Kent	2,028	1	—
Wicklow	1,558	0	—
Florenceville-Bristol	1,583	1	—
Peel	1,176	0	—
Perth	1,113	0	—

In brief

Kent in brief

Counted by age, 18% of Kent’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. For the rest, Katherine Ryan (1869) is its person of the past on the record.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.

Questions about Kent’s history

How many historic places does Kent have on the registers?

Inside Kent: 1 historic place.

How old are the homes in Kent?

18% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).