Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.035 heritage places lie within 25 km of Conception Bay South
The typical town keeps 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 7.4%. Look 19 km away, to St. John's, for the nearest place of the highest designation. 2 people on record were born in Conception Bay South before 1914, Phebe Florence Miller the earliest.
Conception Bay South’s surroundings: 35 historic places within 25 km
The record reaches back to 1697 with Fort William, 23 km away. Admiralty House Museum & Archives in Mount Pearl is the nearest, 14 km away. Hawthorne Cottage, 17 km away, leads 23 places with the top designation.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Admiralty House Museum & ArchivesCity of Mount Pearl heritage site · 1914 · 14 km away, in Mount Pearl |
| Kent CottageRegistered heritage structure · 17 km away, in Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
| Brigus Stone BarnRegistered heritage structure · 17 km away, in Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
| Hawthorne CottageNational Historic Site · 1830–1831 · 17 km away, in Division No. 1, Subdivision M |
| Petty Harbour Generating StationProvincial or municipal listing · 21 km away, in Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove |
| St. Patrick's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1864–1882 · 21 km away, in St. John's |
| Former Newfoundland Railway HeadquartersNational Historic Site · 1901–1904 · 21 km away, in St. John's |
| George Street United ChurchCity of St. John's heritage site · 21 km away, in St. John's |
| Fort TownshendNational Historic Site · 1773–1780 · 22 km away, in St. John's |
| Water Street Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1847–1917 · 22 km away, in St. John's |
| St. John's Ecclesiastical DistrictCity of St. John's heritage district · 22 km away, in St. John's |
| Basilica of St. John the BaptistNational Historic Site · 1839–1856 · 22 km away, in St. John's |
The places within 25 km of Conception Bay South lean to the years before Confederation
Out to 25 km from Conception Bay South, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The chart rests on 27 dated places within 25 km. Before Confederation: 18. The oldest is Fort William in St. John's, from 1697.
7.4% of Conception Bay South’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 33% of Conception Bay South’s homes. 32% of Conception Bay South’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Conception Bay South built little from 1961 to 1980: 20% 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.
Conception Bay South and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conception Bay South | 29,725 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Paradise | 26,155 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mount Pearl | 24,266 | 1 | 0 | 1914 |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | 9,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wabana | 2,008 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Holyrood | 2,749 | 0 | 0 | — |
Conception Bay South in brief
Before 1961: just 7.4% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed; and its past has lives on the record such as Nick Wall (1906) and Phebe Florence Miller (1889).
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Conception Bay South’s history
How many historic places does Conception Bay South have on the registers?
Not inside Conception Bay South. The closest is Admiralty House Museum & Archives in Mount Pearl, 14 km away.
How old are the homes in Conception Bay South?
7.4% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Conception Bay South be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 19 further listings in Conception Bay South show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).