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History of Sackville · Canada’s heritage registers

Sackville was founded in 1772

The registers count 6 places within 10 km of Sackville; the closest, Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station, Sackville, New Brunswick, is 7.2 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 8.1 km away, in Sackville.

Historic places within 10 km
6
2 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
7.2 km
Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station, Sackville, New Brunswick
Homes built before 1961
21%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1864
How it began

Where Sackville’s story starts: 1772

The record puts Sackville’s founding in 1772. That was 254 years ago. A single date stands for Sackville as a municipality on Wikidata, 1786, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Sackville Parish”, revision 1380235124 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Around Sackville, within 10 km, most dated places come from the decades after Confederation

The area, not the town: places within 10 km of Sackville, dated by the first construction year on their records.

British North America 1760–18662
After Confederation 1867–19134
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0

The oldest is Chandler House / Rocklyn in Dorchester, from 1831. 6 places within 10 km have a date. 2 are older than 1867.

Around the town

Within 10 km of Sackville: 6 places on the registers

Chandler House / Rocklyn, 9 km off, is the oldest: 1831. Of 2 top designations nearby, Hammond House is the closest, at 7.6 km. Their towns number 2: Sackville and Dorchester first.

The 6 nearest, within 10 km

Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station, Sackville, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1907–1909 · 7.2 km away, in Sackville
Hammond HouseNational Historic Site · 1896–1897 · 7.6 km away, in Sackville
Captain George Anderson HouseLocal historic place · 1855 · 7.9 km away, in Sackville
Chandler House / RocklynNational Historic Site · 1831–1832 · 9 km away, in Dorchester
Dorchester Penitentiary, Towers D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1917 · 9.7 km away, in Dorchester
Dorchester Penitentiary, Administrative BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1876–1880 · 9.8 km away, in Dorchester
Homes by age

Sackville’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 27% of its homes

More than half of Sackville’s housing predates 2001. From 2016 on, Sackville built 6.1% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. Homes from before 1961 are 21% of Sackville’s housing, about the typical 18%.

21%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
27%
1981–2000
18%
2001–15
6.1%
2016–21
SackvilleTypical 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

Sackville and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Sackville1,28600—
Sackville6,572311855
Dorchester1,130311831
Amherst10,072401895
Memramcook5,616311842
In brief

Sackville in brief

Sackville’s homes from before 1961 come to 21%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: one person of its past, Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864).

How to read these numbers

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.
  • 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.
  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Questions about Sackville’s history

How many historic places does Sackville have on the registers?

Inside Sackville, none so far; Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station, Sackville, New Brunswick, 7.2 km away in Sackville, is the closest.

How old are the homes in Sackville?

21% predate 1961, where 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).