Photo: James Mann from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada · CC BY 2.0History around Riverview: 12 designated places within 5 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to Riverview is Moncton, 5.9 km off. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is 1733; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Riverview, long ago
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.
c. 1900Public 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.
12 places on Canada’s registers lie 5 km or less from Riverview
The earliest date is Free Meeting House’s, 1821, 4.5 km away. Free Meeting House, 4.5 km off, is the one top-tier place. They are 9 provincial or municipal listings, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a National Historic Site.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Federal Building, Dominion Public BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1937 · 3.5 km away, in Moncton |
| Capitol TheatreLocal historic place · 1922 · 3.8 km away, in Moncton |
| Saint George's Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1935 · 4 km away, in Moncton |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the AssumptionLocal historic place · 1940 · 4 km away, in Moncton |
| Bell Aliant TowerLocal historic place · 1971 · 4 km away, in Moncton |
| Victoria Park, New BrunswickLocal historic place · 4.1 km away, in Moncton |
| Bank of Montreal BuildingLocal historic place · 1876 · 4.1 km away, in Moncton |
| Aberdeen Cultural CentreLocal historic place · 1986 · 4.3 km away, in Moncton |
| Moncton MuseumLocal historic place · 1973 · 4.5 km away, in Moncton |
| Free Meeting HouseNational Historic Site · 1821–1822 · 4.5 km away, in Moncton |
| Gulf Fisheries CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 4.7 km away, in Moncton |
| The BendLocal historic place · 4.8 km away, in Moncton |
Within 5 km of Riverview, the oldest record dates from 1821
Each historic place within 5 km of Riverview, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
First by date comes Free Meeting House in Moncton, from 1821. 10 dated places within 5 km make up the record. One predates Confederation.
Only 12% of Riverview’s homes go back before 1961 (18% is typical)
More than half of Riverview’s housing predates 2001. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 38% of Riverview’s homes. 24% of Riverview’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Riverview and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview | 22,614 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Moncton | 102,378 | 14 | 1 | 1821 |
| Coverdale | 5,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dieppe | 35,986 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Moncton | 12,238 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hillsborough | 1,569 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Hillsborough | 1,414 | 1 | 0 | — |
Riverview in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 12%, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
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.
- 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.
- 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 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. 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 Riverview’s history
How many historic places does Riverview have on the registers?
Inside Riverview, none so far; Federal Building, Dominion Public Building, 3.5 km away in Moncton, is the closest.
When did Riverview become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Riverview to 1733. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Riverview?
The 2021 Census dates 12% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Riverview be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in Riverview, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.
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).