Photo: Timepages · CC0Older housing stands out in Minto: 42% predates 1961
Minto’s share is 2.4 times the typical 18%. 30 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Minto, the nearest Building 11, 25 km away. The nearest town with a top designation is Maugerville, 38 km away. Wikidata gives 1904 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Within 50 km of Minto, the record goes back to 1691
Out to 50 km from Minto, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 50 km: 30. Before Confederation: 12. Oldest of all: Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat), Fredericton, 1691.
Within 50 km of Minto: 30 places on the registers
Of the 15 of the highest rank, the nearest is Building 15, 26 km away. Nearest comes Building 11, 25 km off, in Maugerville. They belong to 4 towns, chiefly Fredericton, Maugerville and Oromocto.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Building 11Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1942–1943 · 25 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 12Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 25 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 10Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 25 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 8Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1935–1936 · 25 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 25 km away, in Maugerville |
| Building 15Classified Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1935 · 26 km away, in Maugerville |
| Christ Church AnglicanNational Historic Site · 1856–1857 · 38 km away, in Maugerville |
| Junior Ranks Quarters -D23Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1959 · 40 km away, in Oromocto |
| Drill Hall - D15Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 41 km away, in Oromocto |
| Barrack Block - H23Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1959 · 41 km away, in Oromocto |
| Barrack Block - H21Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1959 · 41 km away, in Oromocto |
| Drill Hall - H12Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955 · 41 km away, in Oromocto |
Only 1.4% of Minto’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Minto today were built before 1981. Minto built little from 2001 to 2015: 3.8% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 27% of Minto’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Minto and its neighbours
Minto in brief
Counted by age, 42% of Minto’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Minto’s history
How many historic places does Minto have on the registers?
Inside Minto, none so far; Building 11, 25 km away in Maugerville, is the closest.
When did Minto become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Minto is 1904, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Minto?
The 2021 Census dates 42% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).