Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDutch Settlement and its setting: 10 historic places within 25 km
The nearest town to Dutch Settlement with a top designation is Bedford, 21 km away. From 2016 to 2021 the town added 5.6% of its homes, against 4.1% in the typical town.
Top-ranked heritage near Dutch Settlement: 3 places within 25 km
Oldest of them is D'Anville's Encampment (1746), 25 km off. They are 5 provincial or municipal listings, 3 National Historic Sites and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Austinville, Bedford and Lower Sackville hold most of them, among 6 towns.
The 10 nearest, within 25 km
| Fultz HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1865 · 17 km away, in Lower Sackville |
| Scott Manor HouseProvincially Registered Property · 19 km away, in Bedford |
| Bedford PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 19 km away, in Bedford |
| Uniacke Estate Museum ParkProvincially Registered Property · 1810 · 22 km away, in Enfield |
| Van Steenburgh and Polaris Buildings at The Bedford Institute of OceanographyRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963 · 23 km away, in Austinville |
| AfricvilleNational Historic Site · 1830 · 24 km away, in Windsor Park |
| Building No. 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 24 km away, in Austinville |
| Greenvale SchoolMunicipally Registered Property · 1915 · 24 km away, in Austinville |
| Quaker Whaler HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1786 · 25 km away, in Austinville |
| D'Anville's EncampmentNational Historic Site · 1746 · 25 km away, in Clayton Park West |
From 1746 on: the dated places within 25 km of Dutch Settlement
The area here stretches to 25 km around Dutch Settlement: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
8 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 5 predate Confederation. Oldest of all: D'Anville's Encampment, Clayton Park West, 1746.
Dutch Settlement’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 31% of its homes
Homes from before 1961 are 17% of Dutch Settlement’s housing, about the typical 18%. 20% of Dutch Settlement’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. More than half of Dutch Settlement’s housing predates 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Dutch Settlement and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Settlement | 6,234 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Fall River | 9,214 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beaver Bank | 9,157 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Enfield | 26,960 | 2 | 0 | 1810 |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 1 | 0 | 1865 |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 0 | 0 | — |
Dutch Settlement in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 17% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and one person of its past, John Wickwire (1899).
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.
- Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Dutch Settlement’s history
How many historic places does Dutch Settlement have on the registers?
None within Dutch Settlement itself; the nearest is 17 km off: Fultz House, in Lower Sackville.
How old are the homes in Dutch Settlement?
Before 1961: 17% of its homes; 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).