Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Old Rexton: 3 photographs from 1918 to 1931
Within 50 km of Rexton there are 9 designated places; Collège Saint-Louis, at 13 km, is the closest. Heritage of the first rank begins 60 km away, in Moncton. 4 people on record were born in Rexton before 1914, Bonar Law the earliest. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1825, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
1918–1931: Rexton in old pictures
Oldest first: 3 old photographs of the town. Scroll the strip and tap a picture to open it.
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1920
c. 1931Public 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.
Near Rexton, within 50 km: built places from 1867 on
Places as far as 50 km from Rexton, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Oldest of all: Saint Lawrence Anglican Church, Bouctouche, 1867. Within 50 km, building dates exist for 6 places.
Within 50 km of Rexton: 9 places on the registers
They stand in 7 towns, Bouctouche, Hardwicke and Saint-Louis de Kent among them. Saint Lawrence Anglican Church, 24 km off, is the oldest: 1867. Among them are 6 provincial or municipal listings, 2 heritage lighthouses and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 9 nearest, within 50 km
| Collège Saint-LouisLocal historic place · 1874 · 13 km away, in Saint-Louis de Kent |
| Musée de KentProvincial heritage place · 23 km away, in Bouctouche |
| Pointe à Jérôme Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916–1917 · 24 km away, in Wellington |
| Saint Lawrence Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1867 · 24 km away, in Bouctouche |
| West Point LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1876 · 38 km away, in O'Leary |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption MonumentProvincial heritage place · 43 km away, in Rogersville |
| Caissie Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1872–1873 · 46 km away, in Dundas |
| Lighttower; Point EscuminacRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1965–1966 · 48 km away, in Hardwicke |
| Escuminac Disaster MemorialProvincial heritage place · 48 km away, in Hardwicke |
27% of Rexton’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
Rexton’s largest group of homes, 28%, went up from 1961 to 1980. New building in Rexton runs at the usual pace: 3.7% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Count back from today and half of Rexton’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lives begun in Rexton between 1858 and 1892
The widest known is Bonar Law: 67 Wikipedia editions. 4 people on the record were born here before 1914. Longest lived was Allen Elward, 90 years in all (1982).
Everyone born in Rexton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Rexton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexton | 1,059 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richibucto | 1,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richibucto | 2,457 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Charles | 2,189 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richibucto 15 | 2,126 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis de Kent | 1,026 | 1 | 0 | 1874 |
| Saint-Louis | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | — |
Rexton in brief
Older stock first: 27% of homes in Rexton were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Bonar Law (1858), William John Bowser (1867) and James P. McInerney (1859) are the best known of its historic lives.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
- 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.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
Questions about Rexton’s history
How many historic places does Rexton have on the registers?
None inside Rexton yet. The nearest is Collège Saint-Louis, 13 km away in Saint-Louis de Kent.
When did Rexton become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Rexton dates from 1825; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Rexton?
27% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Rexton be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Rexton shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).