Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clifbudden/ Clif Budden · CC BY 2.0One registered heritage site stands within 100 km of St. Alban's
The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 7.1% of the total, the typical town 4.1%. Before 1961: just 13% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
One historic place within 100 km of St. Alban's
Closest of all is Rocky Point Lighthouse, in Harbour Breton, 45 km off.
The nearest, within 100 km
| Rocky Point LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1881 · 45 km away, in Harbour Breton |
St. Alban's’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 32% of its homes
More than half of St. Alban's’s housing predates 2001. St. Alban's has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 19%, where most towns have 15%. 30% of St. Alban's’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
St. Alban's in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 13% were built before 1961, 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.
- 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. 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.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about St. Alban's’s history
How many historic places does St. Alban's have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside St. Alban's; Rocky Point Lighthouse, in Harbour Breton, is 45 km away.
How old are the homes in St. Alban's?
13% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).