Photo: Not specified · Public domainAn older town: 32% of Saint James’s homes predate 1961
Saint James has 1.8 times what the typical town has (18%). St. Stephen Post Office, 15 km from Saint James, heads a list of 12 historic places within 50 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is St. Stephen, 15 km off.
Within 50 km of Saint James, the oldest record dates from 1784
The area here stretches to 50 km around Saint James: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
The earliest is St. Andrews Historic District in Saint Andrews, begun in 1784. 10 places within 50 km have a date. 4 go back before 1867.
Within 50 km of Saint James: 12 places on the registers
They are 8 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Their towns number 3: Saint Andrews, St. Stephen and McAdam first. The oldest, St. Andrews Historic District, dates from 1784, 34 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| St. Stephen Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1885–1888 · 15 km away, in St. Stephen |
| McAdam Railway Station (Canadian Pacific)National Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 30 km away, in McAdam |
| Minister's IslandNational Historic Site · 1889–1916 · 31 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Minister's Island Pre-contact SitesNational Historic Site · 32 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Cottage 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 32 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| St. Andrews BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1812–1814 · 33 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| The Algonquin ResortLocal historic place · 1889 · 33 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Greenock ChurchNational Historic Site · 1821–1825 · 33 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Ross Memorial MuseumLocal historic place · 1980 · 34 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| St. Andrews Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1784–2008 · 34 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Charlotte County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1837 · 34 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Charlotte County GaolProvincial heritage place · 34 km away, in Saint Andrews |
Nothing new from 2016 to 2021 in Saint James, against 4.1% elsewhere
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 29% of Saint James’s, against 23% in the typical town. More than half of Saint James’s housing predates 1981. In Saint James, 24% 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.
Saint James and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint James | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint David | 1,559 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint Stephen | 1,772 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. Stephen | 4,876 | 1 | 1 | 1885 |
Saint James in brief
Before 1961: 32% of Saint James’s homes, against 18% in the typical town.
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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s 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. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
Questions about Saint James’s history
How many historic places does Saint James have on the registers?
Nothing inside Saint James; St. Stephen Post Office in St. Stephen, 15 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Saint James?
32% 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).