Photo: Marek Koudelka · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Salisbury, 15 historic places within 25 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 20 km from Salisbury, in Moncton. Of the 5 people born in Salisbury before 1914, Aaron Alward came first. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1782: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
17 km from Salisbury: Magnetic Hill, the nearest on the registers
The record reaches back to 1821 with Free Meeting House, 23 km away. Count to 25 km and there are 15. They are 12 provincial or municipal listings, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a National Historic Site.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Magnetic HillLocal historic place · 17 km away, in Moncton |
| Victoria Park, New BrunswickLocal historic place · 21 km away, in Moncton |
| Federal Building, Dominion Public BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1937 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Gulf Fisheries CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the AssumptionLocal historic place · 1940 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Capitol TheatreLocal historic place · 1922 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Saint George's Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1935 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Aberdeen Cultural CentreLocal historic place · 1986 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Bell Aliant TowerLocal historic place · 1971 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Léopold-Taillon BuildingLocal historic place · 1948 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Bank of Montreal BuildingLocal historic place · 1876 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Moncton MuseumLocal historic place · 1973 · 22 km away, in Moncton |
The places within 25 km of Salisbury lean to the wars and the Depression
The area here stretches to 25 km around Salisbury: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Dated places within 25 km: 12. One goes back before 1867. Free Meeting House, in Moncton, is the oldest (1821).
Salisbury’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 30% of its homes
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 4.6% of Salisbury’s, about the typical 4.1%. 22% of Salisbury’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Like the typical town (18%), Salisbury has 19% of its homes from before 1961.
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, Salisbury gave 5 lives to the record
In 1828 came the earliest, Aaron Alward. The latest, Lloyd Folkins, was born in 1913. Of the 5, 4 were born in the decades after Confederation. Lloyd Folkins lived longest, to 81, dying in 1994.
Everyone born in Salisbury → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Salisbury compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, City Commercial Core, Hébertville and Caswell Hill have more. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have none.
Salisbury and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury | 2,585 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Salisbury | 3,806 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Petitcodiac | 1,610 | 0 | 0 | — |
Salisbury in brief
Housing in Salisbury includes 19% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Of its people of the past, the best known are Jack Patterson (1884), Austin Claude Taylor (1893) and Hugh Lester Campbell (1908). For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Salisbury’s history
How many historic places does Salisbury have on the registers?
Inside Salisbury, none so far; Magnetic Hill, 17 km away in Moncton, is the closest.
When did Salisbury become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Salisbury to 1782. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Salisbury?
19% 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).