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History of Newcastle · Canada’s heritage registers
Newcastle: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers
One more place on a provincial or local list is counted from Wikidata without a page. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 4.1% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Homes built before 1961
16%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Newcastle’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
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 Newcastle
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
Near Newcastle (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
Places as far as 25 km from Newcastle, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
New France before 17601
British North America 1760–18662
After Confederation 1867–19131
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on0
5 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 3 go back before 1867. Boishébert, in Miramichi, goes back furthest, to 1756.
Around the town
Nearest to Newcastle: Marine Hospital, 13 km away
They are spread over 3 towns, including Miramichi, Southesk and Northesk. By age, Boishébert leads, from 1756, at 16 km. The mix: 5 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 9 nearest, within 25 km
| Marine HospitalNational Historic Site · 1830–1832 · 13 km away, in Miramichi |
| Middle IslandProvincial heritage place · 14 km away, in Miramichi |
| St. Michael's BasilicaLocal historic place · 1922 · 15 km away, in Miramichi |
| Beaubears Island ShipbuildingNational Historic Site · 1790–1791 · 15 km away, in Miramichi |
| BoishébertNational Historic Site · 1756–1760 · 16 km away, in Miramichi |
| The Enclosure Provincial ParkProvincial heritage place · 16 km away, in Southesk |
| Miramichi Fish Hatchery, RR1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1907–1908 · 18 km away, in Southesk |
| Augustine MoundNational Historic Site · 24 km away, in Northesk |
| OxbowNational Historic Site · 25 km away, in Northesk |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Newcastle’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 38%
Like the typical town (18%), Newcastle has 16% of its homes from before 1961. Only 10% of Newcastle’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 32% of Newcastle’s, against 23% in the typical town.
16%
Before 1961
38%
1961–80
32%
1981–2000
10%
2001–15
4.1%
2016–21
NewcastleTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Natives of Newcastle from 1832 to 1912
5 Wikipedias cover Jedediah Slason Carvell, the most of anyone here. Counting only births before 1914, there are 6. The longest life was Ernest C. Quigley’s: 80 years, to 1960. 3 of the 6 were born in the years before Confederation.
Jedediah Slason Carvell
Samuel Russell
Charles Elijah Fish
Charles Richmond Mitchell
Ernest C. Quigley
Graham Crocker
1800182518501875190019251950
JC
Jedediah Slason Carvell1832–1894 · Canadian Member of Parliament
CM
Charles Richmond Mitchell1872–1942 · Canadian politician
CF
Charles Elijah Fish1854–1933 · Canadian politician
EQ
Ernest C. Quigley1880–1960 · American sports official
SR
Samuel Russell1848–1924 · Canadian politician
GC
Graham Crocker1912–1984 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Newcastle → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Newcastle and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 1,166 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Miramichi | 19,402 | 3 | 1 | 1830 |
In brief
Newcastle in brief
The registers count 1 historic place in Newcastle. Among the lives from its past: Jedediah Slason Carvell (1832), Charles Richmond Mitchell (1872) and Charles Elijah Fish (1854). Its housing is young: only 16% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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.
Questions about Newcastle’s history
How many historic places does Newcastle have on the registers?
Inside Newcastle: 1 historic place.
Why might a heritage building in Newcastle be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Newcastle, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
How old are the homes in Newcastle?
16% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).