FedHeritage Lighthouse · 1968Cape George LighthouseHighway 337Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons file
Cape George Lighthouse · Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Antigonish County, Subdivision A · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
Cape George Lighthouse, from 1968, is Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s heritage lighthouse. Measured against its size, Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s 1 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 79% of Canadian towns. Wikidata knows 10 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Historic places
1
1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Other federal designations
1
Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses
Oldest building
1968
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
12%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
One other place Canada recognizes in Antigonish County, Subdivision A
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
One place of national importance within 50 km of Antigonish County, Subdivision A
The first one out is St Ninian's Cathedral, 3.9 km away in Antigonish. Antigonish, New Glasgow and Guysborough hold most of them, among 3 towns. 4 places lie within 50 km.
The 4 nearest, within 50 km
| St Ninian's CathedralProvincially Registered Property · 1867 · 3.9 km away, in Antigonish |
| Antigonish County Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1855–1856 · 4.3 km away, in Antigonish |
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1961–1962 · 47 km away, in New Glasgow |
| Old Guysborough Court House MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1843 · 50 km away, in Guysborough |
Homes by age
A growing town: 8.9% of Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Only 21% of Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. Homes from before 1961 are 12% of Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s housing, below the typical 18%. More of Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 34%.
12%
Before 1961
21%
1961–80
34%
1981–2000
24%
2001–15
8.9%
2016–21
Antigonish County, Subdivision ATypical 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
Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s people of the past, born 1820–1875
The widest known is Hiram Blanchard: 4 Wikipedia editions. There are 4 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. George Henry Murphy reached 83, the longest life here, ending in 1958.
Hiram Blanchard
Edmund Mortimer McDonald
Neil Franklin MacKay
George Henry Murphy
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Hiram Blanchard1820–1874 · Canadian politician
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Edmund Mortimer McDonald1825–1874 · Canadian politician
Neil Franklin MacKay1864–1922 · Canadian politician
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George Henry Murphy1875–1958 · Canadian politician from Nova Scotia
Everyone born in Antigonish County, Subdivision A → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Antigonish County, Subdivision A has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,600 to 9,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Antigonish County, Subdivision A1
Just these have more: Charlesbourg and Qualicum Beach. Their median is 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Antigonish County, Subdivision A and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish County, Subdivision A | 9,682 | 1 | 0 | 1968 |
| Antigonish | 5,175 | 2 | 1 | 1855 |
In brief
Antigonish County, Subdivision A in brief
Antigonish County, Subdivision A has 1 historic place. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Hiram Blanchard (1820), Edmund Mortimer McDonald (1825) and Neil Franklin MacKay (1864) are the best known of its historic lives. Before 1961: just 12% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, its one place was designated in 2015.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Antigonish County, Subdivision A’s history
How many historic places does Antigonish County, Subdivision A have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Antigonish County, Subdivision A, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
By its record, Cape George Lighthouse, from 1968 (Heritage Lighthouse).
Why might a heritage building in Antigonish County, Subdivision A be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 10 more listings in Antigonish County, Subdivision A are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
How old are the homes in Antigonish County, Subdivision A?
12% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).