LocalProvincial heritage placeKings Landing Historical SettlementPhoto: Neelix · Public domain · Commons file
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History of Prince William · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers record 1 historic place in Prince William
The 2021 Census dates 6.3% of its homes to 2016 or later, against 4.1% in most towns. The census puts 18% of its homes before 1961, much as in most towns (18%).
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
18%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Prince William’s landmarks
Kings Landing Historical Settlement is the single place Prince William’s registers name, and here it is.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Prince William’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Prince William: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
Within 50 km of Prince William, the record goes back to 1691
Out to 50 km from Prince William, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
New France before 17601
British North America 1760–186611
After Confederation 1867–19135
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on7
Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat), in Fredericton, goes back furthest, to 1691. Within 50 km, building dates exist for 25 places. Before Confederation: 12.
Around the town
27 historic places within 50 km of Prince William
The mix: 17 National Historic Sites, 6 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 3 provincial or municipal listings. Wolastoq in Kingsclear is the nearest, 24 km away. Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat), 32 km off, is the oldest: 1691.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| WolastoqNational Historic Site · 24 km away, in Kingsclear |
| Old Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1826–1829 · 30 km away, in Fredericton |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Fredericton, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1923–1924 · 30 km away, in Fredericton |
| Arts BuildingNational Historic Site · 1826–1828 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Anne's Chapel of EaseNational Historic Site · 1846–1848 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| William Brydone Jack ObservatoryNational Historic Site · 1851–1852 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| St. Paul's United ChurchNational Historic Site · 1886–1887 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| Old Burial GroundLocal historic place · 1787 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton City HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1877 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton Military CompoundNational Historic Site · 1826–1883 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1952 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
| York County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1857–1859 · 31 km away, in Fredericton |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Prince William’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 31%
Half of the homes standing in Prince William today were built before 2001. 19% of Prince William’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 26% of Prince William’s, about the typical 27%.
18%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
31%
1981–2000
19%
2001–15
6.3%
2016–21
Prince WilliamTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Prince William and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince William | 1,233 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Queensbury | 1,421 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kingsclear | 3,158 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
Prince William in brief
Counted by age, 18% of Prince William’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Prince William’s history
How many historic places does Prince William have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Prince William.
How old are the homes in Prince William?
18% 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).