Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955Drill Hall - D15Hickory Street
Photo: Skaarup.HA · CC BY-SA 3.05historic places on the registers
History of Oromocto · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 5 historic places in Oromocto
Only a few towns match Oromocto per resident: 5.3 for every 10,000, ahead of 95% of Canadian towns. Of the dated places, Drill Hall - D15 is the oldest, from 1954. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from March 16, 1693, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding. On the list: 5 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
Historic places
5
5.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
5
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1954
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Oromocto’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 5, by tier
5 Other federal designations
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
5 more federal designations in Oromocto
Designations came from 2004 to 2009. Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Drill Hall - D15 is the earliest, from 1954; the latest dates from 1958. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1954–1955Drill Hall - H12St. Jean Avenue
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1959Barrack Block - H21Dufferin Drive
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1959Barrack Block - H23CFB Gagetown
Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1959Junior Ranks Quarters -D23Cartier Crescent
Homes by age
Little new building in Oromocto: 2.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
27% of Oromocto’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. More of Oromocto’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 28%. Homes from before 1961 are 18% of Oromocto’s housing, about the typical 18%.
18%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
27%
2001–15
2.7%
2016–21
OromoctoTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Oromocto has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,400 to 9,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Oromocto5
The typical town its size has 0. 10 of them have none.
Neighbours
Oromocto and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oromocto | 9,451 | 5 | 0 | 1954 |
| Burton | 5,424 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lincoln | 8,093 | 1 | 1 | 1820 |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 7 | 2 | 1856 |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Maryland | 3,198 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 17 | 12 | 1691 |
In brief
Oromocto in brief
The pre-1961 share of Oromocto’s homes is 18%, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 5 historic places. No town its size has more historic places: it leads the 16 nearest in population. The rest is about typical: most dated places belong to the years since 1946; one person of its past, John Douglas Hazen (1860); and the list grew between 2004 and 2009.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
- 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. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Oromocto’s history
How many historic places does Oromocto have on the registers?
Inside Oromocto: 5 historic places.
What is the oldest building in Oromocto?
By its record, Drill Hall - D15, from 1954 (Recognized Federal Heritage Building).
How old are the homes in Oromocto?
Before 1961: 18% 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).