Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain26 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Saint Marys
For the highest designations, the closest town to Saint Marys is Fredericton, 13 km off. The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 11%.
The highest designation, 16 times, within 25 km of Saint Marys
They are 15 National Historic Sites, 6 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and 3 provincial or municipal listings. The nearest is Marysville Cotton Mill, 9.6 km away in Fredericton. Count to 25 km and there are 26.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Marysville Cotton MillNational Historic Site · 1883–1886 · 9.6 km away, in Fredericton |
| Marysville Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1840–1921 · 11 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat)National Historic Site · 1691–1693 · 12 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton City HallNational Historic Site · 1875–1877 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1952 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| Fredericton Military CompoundNational Historic Site · 1826–1883 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| York County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1857–1859 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| Beaverbrook Art GalleryLocal historic place · 1959 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| New Brunswick Legislative BuildingProvincial heritage place · 1882 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| Christ Church CathedralNational Historic Site · 1845–1854 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| Old Burial GroundLocal historic place · 1787 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
| Old Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1826–1829 · 13 km away, in Fredericton |
Within 25 km of Saint Marys, the years before Confederation left the most
No place near Saint Marys is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
25 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 12 predate Confederation. The earliest is Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat) in Fredericton, begun in 1691.
Saint Marys’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 36% of its homes
Only 20% of Saint Marys’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 28% of Saint Marys’s, against 15% in the typical town. From 2016 on, Saint Marys built 5.6% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Saint Marys and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 17 | 12 | 1691 |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 7 | 2 | 1856 |
| Douglas | 6,840 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint Marys in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 11% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and one person of its past, John Young (1854).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Saint Marys’s history
How many historic places does Saint Marys have on the registers?
Saint Marys has none of its own; Marysville Cotton Mill, in Fredericton, the closest at 9.6 km, holds the highest designation.
How old are the homes in Saint Marys?
11% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Saint Marys be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 2 further listings in Saint Marys show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).