Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.039% of Norton’s homes were built before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Norton has 2.2 times the share. Within 100 km of Norton there are 89 designated places; Former Intercolonial Railway Station, Sussex, New Brunswick, at 17 km, is the closest. The nearest town with a top designation is Kingston, 31 km away.
Within 100 km of Norton, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
No place near Norton is close: these lie up to 100 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The earliest is Fort La Tour in Saint John, begun in 1631. Within 100 km, building dates exist for 81 places. 31 go back before 1867.
35 places of national importance within 100 km of Norton
At 17 km, “Former Intercolonial Railway Station, Sussex, New Brunswick” in Sussex is the closest. They stand in 19 towns, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton among them. Within 100 km there are 89 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Former Intercolonial Railway Station, Sussex, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1915 · 17 km away, in Sussex |
| Trinity Church and RectoryNational Historic Site · 1787–1790 · 27 km away, in Kingston |
| St. Luke's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1833–1834 · 32 km away, in Quispamsis |
| Rothesay Railway Station (European and North American)National Historic Site · 1858–1861 · 37 km away, in Rothesay |
| Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionLocal historic place · 1865 · 50 km away, in Saint John |
| St. John's Anglican Church / Stone ChurchNational Historic Site · 1823–1827 · 51 km away, in Saint John |
| Saint John County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1826–1830 · 51 km away, in Saint John |
| Number 2 Mechanics' Volunteer Company Engine HouseNational Historic Site · 1840–1842 · 51 km away, in Saint John |
| Loyalist HouseNational Historic Site · 1810–1818 · 51 km away, in Saint John |
| Imperial / Bi-Capitol TheatreNational Historic Site · 1912–1924 · 51 km away, in Saint John |
| Saint John City MarketNational Historic Site · 1874–1877 · 51 km away, in Saint John |
| Admiral Beatty HotelLocal historic place · 51 km away, in Saint John |
A growing town: 5.5% of Norton’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Norton built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 8.3% of Norton’s, against 15% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Norton today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Norton and its neighbours
Norton in brief
Norton’s homes from before 1961 come to 39%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Norton’s history
How many historic places does Norton have on the registers?
Norton has none of its own yet. Former Intercolonial Railway Station, Sussex, New Brunswick, in Sussex, is the nearest, 17 km away.
How old are the homes in Norton?
Before 1961: 39% of its homes; 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).