Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Wicklow’s surroundings: 9 historic places within 50 km
From Wicklow, look 24 km away, to Wakefield, for the nearest place of the highest designation. The earliest of 2 people born in Wicklow before 1914 is Lydia Giberson.
Within 50 km of Wicklow, 2 top designations
Among them are 4 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. By age, Old Carleton County Court House leads, from 1833, at 34 km. All told, 9 places are within 50 km.
The 9 nearest, within 50 km
| Florenceville BridgeLocal historic place · 5.6 km away, in Florenceville-Bristol |
| Hartland Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1901–1902 · 23 km away, in Wakefield |
| Diggity SiteProvincial heritage place · 24 km away, in Kent |
| Old Carleton County Court HouseProvincial heritage place · 1833 · 34 km away, in Woodstock |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Aroostook, New BrunswickHeritage Railway Station · 1906–1907 · 37 km away, in Tobique 20 |
| L. P. Fisher Public LibraryLocal historic place · 1914 · 37 km away, in Woodstock |
| Connell HouseNational Historic Site · 1839–1841 · 37 km away, in Woodstock |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1904–1906 · 37 km away, in Woodstock |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1955–1956 · 37 km away, in Woodstock |
The places within 50 km of Wicklow lean to the decades after Confederation
No place near Wicklow is close: these lie up to 50 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
The bars count 7 dated places within 50 km. 2 are older than 1867. Oldest of all: Old Carleton County Court House, Woodstock, 1833.
Wicklow added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.6%, where most towns have 4.1%
Wicklow’s largest group of homes, 28%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 27% of Wicklow’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Wicklow’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Wicklow and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wicklow | 1,558 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Florenceville-Bristol | 1,583 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kent | 2,028 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Wilmot | 1,057 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peel | 1,176 | 0 | 0 | — |
Wicklow in brief
Counted by age, 27% of Wicklow’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, people of its past such as Lydia Giberson (1899) and Bill Howell (1905).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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 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.
Questions about Wicklow’s history
How many historic places does Wicklow have on the registers?
Wicklow has none of its own yet. Florenceville Bridge, in Florenceville-Bristol, is the nearest, 5.6 km away.
How old are the homes in Wicklow?
The 2021 Census dates 27% 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).