Beyond Saint Stephen’s limits, 12 historic places within 50 km
St. Stephen, 4.8 km from Saint Stephen, has the nearest place of the highest rank. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 2.8% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Within 50 km of Saint Stephen: 12 places on the registers
Oldest of them is St. Andrews Historic District (1784), 26 km off. They are spread over 3 towns, including Saint Andrews, St. Stephen and McAdam. At 5.1 km, St. Stephen Post Office in St. Stephen is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| St. Stephen Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1885–1888 · 5.1 km away, in St. Stephen |
| Cottage 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 24 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Minister's IslandNational Historic Site · 1889–1916 · 25 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Minister's Island Pre-contact SitesNational Historic Site · 25 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| St. Andrews BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1812–1814 · 26 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| The Algonquin ResortLocal historic place · 1889 · 26 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Greenock ChurchNational Historic Site · 1821–1825 · 26 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Ross Memorial MuseumLocal historic place · 1980 · 26 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| St. Andrews Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1784–2008 · 26 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Charlotte County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1837 · 27 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| Charlotte County GaolProvincial heritage place · 27 km away, in Saint Andrews |
| McAdam Railway Station (Canadian Pacific)National Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 40 km away, in McAdam |
Within 50 km of Saint Stephen, the dated places belong mostly to the years before Confederation
No place near Saint Stephen is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Dated places within 50 km: 10. 4 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: St. Andrews Historic District, Saint Andrews, 1784.
Most of Saint Stephen’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 40%
17% of Saint Stephen’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Over half of the homes in Saint Stephen were already standing by 2001. In Saint Stephen, 27% 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 Stephen and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Stephen | 1,772 | 0 | 0 | — |
| St. Stephen | 4,876 | 1 | 1 | 1885 |
| Saint David | 1,559 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint James | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint Stephen in brief
Before 1961: just 17% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Saint Stephen’s history
How many historic places does Saint Stephen have on the registers?
None inside Saint Stephen yet. The nearest, St. Stephen Post Office, carries the highest designation, 5.1 km away in St. Stephen.
How old are the homes in Saint Stephen?
The 2021 Census dates 17% 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).