Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHistory around Saint Mary: 22 designated places within 50 km
The nearest town to Saint Mary with a top designation is Moncton, 34 km away. Of the 3 people born in Saint Mary before 1914, Antoine Girouard came first.
The highest designation, once, within 50 km of Saint Mary
The radius of 50 km holds 22. Saint Lawrence Anglican Church in Bouctouche is the nearest, 12 km away. By age, Free Meeting House leads, from 1821, at 36 km.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Saint Lawrence Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1867 · 12 km away, in Bouctouche |
| Musée de KentProvincial heritage place · 13 km away, in Bouctouche |
| Pointe à Jérôme Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1916–1917 · 15 km away, in Wellington |
| Caissie Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1872–1873 · 28 km away, in Dundas |
| Magnetic HillLocal historic place · 31 km away, in Moncton |
| Shediac railway stationLocal historic place · 32 km away, in Shediac |
| Léopold-Taillon BuildingLocal historic place · 1948 · 35 km away, in Moncton |
| Sunny Brae RinkLocal historic place · 1920 · 36 km away, in Moncton |
| Gulf Fisheries CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 36 km away, in Moncton |
| Victoria Park, New BrunswickLocal historic place · 36 km away, in Moncton |
| Moncton MuseumLocal historic place · 1973 · 36 km away, in Moncton |
| Free Meeting HouseNational Historic Site · 1821–1822 · 36 km away, in Moncton |
Within 50 km of Saint Mary, the wars and the Depression left the most
Out to 50 km from Saint Mary, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
Dated places within 50 km: 17. One is older than 1867. Free Meeting House, in Moncton, goes back furthest, to 1821.
Only 1.8% of Saint Mary’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Before 1961: 23% of Saint Mary’s homes, against 18% in most towns. Saint Mary’s largest group of homes, 35%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Count back from today and half of Saint Mary’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.
Before 1914, Saint Mary gave 3 lives to the record
At the other end is Beatrice Trew, from 1897. Isaie Melanson reached 81, the longest life here, ending in 1964. In 1836 came the earliest, Antoine Girouard. By Wikipedia’s reach, Antoine Girouard leads, with 3 articles.
Everyone born in Saint Mary → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Saint Mary and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary | 2,083 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Antoine | 1,880 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bouctouche | 2,678 | 2 | 0 | 1867 |
| Wellington | 3,458 | 1 | 0 | 1916 |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint Mary in brief
The pre-1961 share of Saint Mary’s homes is 23%, against 18% in the typical town. Three lives from its past stand out: Antoine Girouard (1836), Isaie Melanson (1883) and Beatrice Trew (1897).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint Mary’s history
How many historic places does Saint Mary have on the registers?
Inside Saint Mary, none so far; Saint Lawrence Anglican Church, 12 km away in Bouctouche, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Saint Mary?
The 2021 Census dates 23% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).