Photo: Mykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 4.044% of Plaster Rock’s homes were built before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Plaster Rock has 2.5 times the share. Within 100 km of Plaster Rock there are 17 designated places; Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New Brunswick, at 27 km, is the closest. The nearest town with a top designation is Wakefield, 72 km away. Wikidata gives 1881 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Near Plaster Rock, within 100 km: built places from 1833 on
Reaching 100 km out from Plaster Rock: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The chart rests on 12 dated places within 100 km. Before Confederation: 2. Old Carleton County Court House, in Woodstock, goes back furthest, to 1833.
The closest heritage to Plaster Rock is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New Brunswick”, 27 km off
Of the 2 of the highest rank, the nearest is Hartland Covered Bridge, 68 km away. They belong to 7 towns, chiefly Edmundston, Woodstock and Grand Falls / Grand-Sault. By age, Old Carleton County Court House leads, from 1833, at 82 km.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 27 km away, in Tobique 20 |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1958–1960 · 31 km away, in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault |
| Diggity SiteProvincial heritage place · 32 km away, in Kent |
| Grand Falls Former National Transcontinental Railway StationHeritage Railway Station of Canada · 32 km away, in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault |
| Florenceville BridgeLocal historic place · 54 km away, in Florenceville-Bristol |
| Hartland Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1901–1902 · 68 km away, in Wakefield |
| Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 82 km away, in Woodstock |
| L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 85 km away, in Woodstock |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 85 km away, in Woodstock |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 85 km away, in Woodstock |
| Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 85 km away, in Woodstock |
| P'tit Sault BlockhouseProvincial heritage place · 87 km away, in Edmundston |
New homes are rare in Plaster Rock: 2.1% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Plaster Rock were already standing by 1981. Only 6.3% of Plaster Rock’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Plaster Rock, 25% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Plaster Rock and its neighbours
Plaster Rock in brief
Of the homes standing in Plaster Rock, 44% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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. 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.
- 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 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 Plaster Rock’s history
How many historic places does Plaster Rock have on the registers?
None inside Plaster Rock yet. The nearest is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New Brunswick, 27 km away in Tobique 20.
When did Plaster Rock become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Plaster Rock to 1881. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Plaster Rock?
Before 1961: 44% 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).