Photo: Patrick Emond (mon conjoint) et moi même (Isabelle Provencher). · Public domain15 heritage places lie within 50 km of Nigadoo
Heritage of the first rank begins 43 km from Nigadoo, in New Carlisle. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has 1967, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Looking back at Nigadoo
One picture from before 1950: one old photograph of the town. Tap it to see it full screen.
1937Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, 14 km from Nigadoo, is the closest
For the highest designations, the nearest of 2 is Maison René-Lévesque, 43 km away. Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, 48 km off, is the oldest: 1783. The mix: 10 municipal citations, 2 provincial or municipal listings and a place classified by Québec.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Sacred Heart CathedralLocal historic place · 1886 · 14 km away, in Bathurst |
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-BonaventureCited heritage site (Québec) · 39 km away, in Bonaventure |
| La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 42 km away, in Caplan |
| Maison René-LévesqueClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1905 · 43 km away, in New Carlisle |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, New Carlisle, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1947–1948 · 43 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Centre culturel et d’interprétation KempfferMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1868 · 43 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Maison HamiltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1852 · 43 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Maison ThompsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838 · 44 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Village Historique AcadienProvincial heritage place · 48 km away, in Bertrand |
| Banc de Pêche de PaspébiacNational Historic Site · 1783–1901 · 48 km away, in Paspébiac |
| Site du patrimoine de New RichmondCited heritage site (Québec) · 48 km away, in New Richmond |
| Couvent Notre-DameMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 49 km away, in Paspébiac |
Around Nigadoo, within 50 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1783
No place near Nigadoo is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
10 places within 50 km carry a construction date. 4 are older than 1867. The earliest is Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac in Paspébiac, begun in 1783.
Nigadoo’s homes are mostly newer: 10% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 10% of Nigadoo’s, against 15% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Nigadoo were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 46% of today’s homes. From 2016 to 2021 Nigadoo added 4.6% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Nigadoo and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigadoo | 1,102 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beresford | 6,543 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beresford | 4,389 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Petit-Rocher | 2,019 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bathurst | 4,840 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bathurst | 13,331 | 1 | 0 | 1886 |
Nigadoo in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 10%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Nigadoo’s history
How many historic places does Nigadoo have on the registers?
Inside Nigadoo, none so far; Sacred Heart Cathedral, 14 km away in Bathurst, is the closest.
When did Nigadoo become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Nigadoo is 1967, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Nigadoo?
10% 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).