Photo: Jorshua59 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0History around Marystown: 4 designated places within 100 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Marystown is in Placentia, 93 km away. Wikidata knows 2 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Nearest to Marystown: Rocky Point Lighthouse, 58 km away
The mix: 2 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage lighthouse and a National Historic Site. Castle Hill, 92 km off, is the oldest: 1692. For the highest designation, go 92 km to Castle Hill.
The 4 nearest, within 100 km
| Rocky Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1881 · 58 km away, in Harbour Breton |
| Castle HillNational Historic Site · 1692–1763 · 92 km away, in Placentia |
| Fort FrederickMunicipal heritage site · 93 km away, in Placentia |
| O’Reilly HouseMunicipal heritage site · 93 km away, in Placentia |
Few of Marystown’s homes are older than 1961: 12%, against 18%
31% of Marystown’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%. The busiest building years in Marystown were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 42% of today’s homes. From 2016 on, Marystown built only 3% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Marystown and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marystown | 5,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burin | 2,249 | 0 | 0 | — |
Marystown in brief
Counted by age, only 12% of its homes come from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Marystown’s history
How many historic places does Marystown have on the registers?
Inside Marystown, none so far; Rocky Point Lighthouse, 58 km away in Harbour Breton, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Marystown?
12% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Marystown be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 2 more listings in Marystown are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).