Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainAround Moncton, 16 historic places within 25 km
From Moncton, look 8.1 km away, to Moncton, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Homes from before 1961 are 11% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town.
Nearest to Moncton: Magnetic Hill, 5.8 km away
They are 13 provincial or municipal listings, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a National Historic Site. Free Meeting House, 11 km off, is the one top-tier place. Oldest of them is Free Meeting House (1821), 11 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Magnetic HillLocal historic place · 5.8 km away, in Moncton |
| Léopold-Taillon BuildingLocal historic place · 1948 · 9.4 km away, in Moncton |
| Gulf Fisheries CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 9.8 km away, in Moncton |
| Sunny Brae RinkLocal historic place · 1920 · 9.9 km away, in Moncton |
| Victoria Park, New BrunswickLocal historic place · 10 km away, in Moncton |
| Aberdeen Cultural CentreLocal historic place · 1986 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
| Moncton MuseumLocal historic place · 1973 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the AssumptionLocal historic place · 1940 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
| Free Meeting HouseNational Historic Site · 1821–1822 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
| Saint George's Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1935 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
| Bell Aliant TowerLocal historic place · 1971 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
| Federal Building, Dominion Public BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1937 · 11 km away, in Moncton |
Within 25 km of Moncton, the record goes back to 1821
Places as far as 25 km from Moncton, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
12 dated places within 25 km make up the record. Before Confederation: one. Free Meeting House, in Moncton, goes back furthest, to 1821.
6.7% of Moncton’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of Moncton’s housing predates 2001. The busiest building years in Moncton were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 35% of today’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 21% of Moncton’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Moncton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 12,100 to 12,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Rideau Lakes and Summerland. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Moncton and its neighbours
Moncton in brief
Its housing is young: only 11% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
Questions about Moncton’s history
How many historic places does Moncton have on the registers?
Inside Moncton, none so far; Magnetic Hill, 5.8 km away in Moncton, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Moncton?
The 2021 Census dates 11% 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).