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History of St. George · Canada’s heritage registers

St. George in 4 old photographs, 1894–1912

More of St. George’s homes are old than in most towns: 32% before 1961, against 18%. The nearest heritage to St. George is Minister's Island, 17 km off, one of 10 places within 25 km. For the highest designations, the closest town is Saint Andrews, 19 km off. 3 people on record were born in St. George before 1914, Arthur Hill Gillmor the earliest.

Historic places within 25 km
10
6 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
17 km
Minister's Island
Homes built before 1961
32%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
3
the earliest in 1824
Through time

1894–1912: St. George in old pictures

4 old photographs of the town, from oldest to latest. Each dot on the line is a picture; tap one to open it full screen.

St. George 1894 vue1894
Confederation to 1900St. George 1894 vuePhoto: Not specified · Public domain
St. George 1910 rue Main1910
Boom yearsSt. George 1910 rue MainPhoto: Not specified · Public domain
St. George 1912 gare1912
Boom yearsSt. George 1912 garePhoto: Not specified · Public domain
St. George 1912 vue1912
Boom yearsSt. George 1912 vuePhoto: Not specified · Public domain

Public 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.

How it began

St. George’s record begins in 1783

A single date stands for St. George as a municipality on Wikidata, 1783, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. St. George took its legal form as a town in 1904.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “St. George, New Brunswick”, revision 1380117980 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

From 1784 on: the dated places within 25 km of St. George

No place near St. George is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.

British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19132
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on1

8 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 4 go back before 1867. Oldest of all: St. Andrews Historic District, Saint Andrews, 1784.

Around the town

St. George’s area holds 6 top-tier places within 25 km

Count to 25 km and there are 10. Oldest of them is St. Andrews Historic District (1784), 19 km off. Nearest comes Minister's Island, 17 km off, in Saint Andrews.

The 10 nearest, within 25 km

Minister's IslandNational Historic Site · 1889–1916 · 17 km away, in Saint Andrews
Minister's Island Pre-contact SitesNational Historic Site · 18 km away, in Saint Andrews
Charlotte County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1832–1837 · 19 km away, in Saint Andrews
Charlotte County GaolProvincial heritage place · 19 km away, in Saint Andrews
St. Andrews Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1784–2008 · 19 km away, in Saint Andrews
Ross Memorial MuseumLocal historic place · 1980 · 19 km away, in Saint Andrews
The Algonquin ResortLocal historic place · 1889 · 19 km away, in Saint Andrews
Greenock ChurchNational Historic Site · 1821–1825 · 19 km away, in Saint Andrews
St. Andrews BlockhouseNational Historic Site · 1812–1814 · 20 km away, in Saint Andrews
Cottage 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 21 km away, in Saint Andrews
Homes by age

St. George’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 32% of its homes

New building has been slow in St. George: 2.9% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Only 17% of St. George’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. More than half of St. George’s housing predates 2001.

32%
Before 1961
17%
1961–80
32%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
2.9%
2016–21
St. GeorgeTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Born here

Natives of St. George from 1824 to 1885

The widest known is Arthur Hill Gillmor: 3 Wikipedia editions. Before 1914, 3 births here made the record. Longest lived was William Neil Campbell, 94 years in all (1979).

Arthur Hill Gillmor
Percival G. Baldwin
William Neil Campbell
1800182518501875190019251950
AG
Arthur Hill Gillmor1824–1903 · Canadian politician
PB
Percival G. Baldwin1880–1936 · American politician
WC
William Neil Campbell1885–1979 · Politician

Everyone born in St. George → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.

Neighbours

St. George and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
St. George1,75700—
Saint George2,67500—
Pennfield2,30900—
Saint Andrews2,167941784
In brief

St. George in brief

In St. George, 32% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Three lives from its past stand out: Arthur Hill Gillmor (1824), Percival G. Baldwin (1880) and William Neil Campbell (1885).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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.
  • 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. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
  • 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.
  • The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
  • 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 St. George’s history

How many historic places does St. George have on the registers?

Inside St. George, none so far. At 17 km, Minister's Island in Saint Andrews is the nearest, with the top designation.

How old are the homes in St. George?

The 2021 Census dates 32% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).

Why might a heritage building in St. George be missing here?

Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows one more listing in St. George, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article it gets no page.

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).