Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Shediac’s past, on the record: 1 historic place
Wikidata dates the municipality to 1914, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger. Scaled to its population, Shediac’s 1 per 10,000 residents beats 79% of Canadian towns. Behind these stands one more local or provincial listing that only Wikidata records.
A look at historic Shediac
Pictured: Shediac railway station, Shediac’s only designated place.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Shediac, long ago
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. Open it full screen with a tap.
1920Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Where Shediac’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The federal directory kept by Parks Canada supplies most of these places; provincial and municipal lists outside Québec aren’t open data, so only the ones Wikidata documents with an article appear.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
One local listing in Shediac
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalAround Shediac, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1821
No place near Shediac is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Free Meeting House, in Moncton, is the oldest (1821). The bars count 13 dated places within 25 km. Before Confederation: one.
The heritage closest to Shediac: Caissie Point Lighthouse, at 12 km
The earliest date is Free Meeting House’s, 1821, 23 km away. Within 25 km there are 15 in all. Among them are 11 provincial or municipal listings, 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings and a heritage lighthouse.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Caissie Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1872–1873 · 12 km away, in Dundas |
| The BendLocal historic place · 22 km away, in Moncton |
| Sunny Brae RinkLocal historic place · 1920 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Léopold-Taillon BuildingLocal historic place · 1948 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Free Meeting HouseNational Historic Site · 1821–1822 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Moncton MuseumLocal historic place · 1973 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Bank of Montreal BuildingLocal historic place · 1876 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Aberdeen Cultural CentreLocal historic place · 1986 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Bell Aliant TowerLocal historic place · 1971 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Gulf Fisheries CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1948–1949 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Saint George's Anglican ChurchLocal historic place · 1935 · 23 km away, in Moncton |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the AssumptionLocal historic place · 1940 · 24 km away, in Moncton |
A growing town: 13% of Shediac’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Before 1961: 14% of Shediac’s homes, near the usual 18%. 31% of Shediac’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Shediac built little from 1961 to 1980: 21% of its homes, where most towns have 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Shediac’s past in lives: one nationally designated
Most of them, 6 of 12, came into the world in the years before Confederation. The widest known is Muriel McQueen Fergusson: 6 Wikipedia editions. Before 1914, 12 births here made the record. It starts with Edward J. Smith, born in 1819.
Everyone born in Shediac → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Shediac has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,800 to 9,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Roberval. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
Shediac and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shediac | 9,849 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Shediac | 5,699 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dundas | 4,733 | 1 | 0 | 1872 |
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est | 8,138 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cocagne | 2,982 | 0 | 0 | — |
Shediac in brief
Inside Shediac there are 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. Its people of the past include Muriel McQueen Fergusson (1899), Albert James Smith (1822) and Pascal Poirier (1852). Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 14%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- 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.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Shediac’s history
How many historic places does Shediac have on the registers?
Inside Shediac: 1 historic place.
Why might a heritage building in Shediac be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. One more listing in Shediac is known through Wikidata alone, so it is counted, not paged.
How old are the homes in Shediac?
14% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).