Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.035% of Richibucto’s homes were built before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Richibucto has 2 times the share. Within 50 km of Richibucto there are 10 designated places; Collège Saint-Louis, at 10 km, is the closest. 2 old photographs show Richibucto between 1910 and 1940. Look 61 km away, to Miramichi, for the nearest place of the highest designation.
Back in time: Richibucto, 1910–1940
On one line by date: 2 old photographs of the town. Pick a dot to see the year; pick a picture to see it large.
1910
1940Public 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.
Within 50 km of Richibucto, the oldest record dates from 1867
The nearest historic places to Richibucto, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 50 km, 6 records give a date. First by date comes Saint Lawrence Anglican Church in Bouctouche, from 1867.
Within 50 km of Richibucto: 10 places on the registers
Between them, 7 towns share them, mainly Bouctouche, O'Leary and Hardwicke. The nearest is Collège Saint-Louis, 10 km away in Saint-Louis de Kent. Saint Lawrence Anglican Church, 27 km off, is the oldest: 1867.
The 10 nearest, within 50 km
| Collège Saint-LouisLocal historic place · 1874 · 10 km away, in Saint-Louis de Kent |
| Musée de KentProvincial heritage place · 27 km away, in Bouctouche |
| Pointe à Jérôme Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916–1917 · 27 km away, in Wellington |
| Saint Lawrence Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1867 · 27 km away, in Bouctouche |
| West Point LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1876 · 38 km away, in O'Leary |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption MonumentProvincial heritage place · 42 km away, in Rogersville |
| Lighttower; Point EscuminacRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1965–1966 · 43 km away, in Hardwicke |
| Escuminac Disaster MemorialProvincial heritage place · 44 km away, in Hardwicke |
| Caissie Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1872–1873 · 49 km away, in Dundas |
| O'Leary railway stationDesignated heritage place · 49 km away, in O'Leary |
Only 1.5% of Richibucto’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Only 9.2% of Richibucto’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Half of the homes standing in Richibucto today were built before 1981. In Richibucto, 29% 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.
1830 to 1897: the people Richibucto gave its past
There are 12 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. 7 Wikipedias cover Peter Veniot, the most of anyone here. The longest life was Leigh Stevenson’s: 94 years, to 1989. Most of them, 8 of 12, came into the world in the years before Confederation.
Everyone born in Richibucto → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Richibucto and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richibucto | 1,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rexton | 1,059 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Charles | 2,189 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis de Kent | 1,026 | 1 | 0 | 1874 |
| Richibucto | 2,457 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richibucto 15 | 2,126 | 0 | 0 | — |
Richibucto in brief
Older stock first: 35% of homes in Richibucto were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Of its people of the past, the best known are Peter Veniot (1863), Henry Joseph O'Leary (1879) and Kate McPhelim Cleary (1863).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Richibucto’s history
How many historic places does Richibucto have on the registers?
Inside Richibucto, none so far; Collège Saint-Louis, 10 km away in Saint-Louis de Kent, is the closest.
When did Richibucto become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Richibucto to 1865. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Richibucto?
35% 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).