105 heritage places lie within 25 km of East Preston
The closest top-tier heritage to East Preston is in Eastern Passage, 12 km away. The earliest of 2 people born in East Preston before 1914 is William Chamberlain Silver.
East Preston’s area holds 44 top-tier places within 25 km
Among them are 45 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 34 National Historic Sites and 15 provincial or municipal listings. The first one out is “Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14”, 10 km away in Eastern Passage. By age, D'Anville's Encampment leads, from 1746, at 17 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1960 · 10 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Greenvale SchoolMunicipally Registered Property · 1915 · 11 km away, in Austinville |
| Quaker Whaler HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1786 · 12 km away, in Austinville |
| Former Stores Building 110 (Carpenter Shop and Smithy)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Married Officers Quarters, former Building 125Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1901–1902 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Laboratory, former Building 92Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Field Forge Storage Building No. 90Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1873–1878 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Guardroom and Prisoners' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1866–1867 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Artillery Stores, Building 91Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1873–1878 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| North Caponiers, Building 82A & 82BRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1829–1832 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Halifax Defense Complex, Georges Island, Fort Charlotte, South, Southeast and Southwest CaponiersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1866–1868 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Guardhouse / Fire Engine House / Coal Stores, Building 114Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885 · 13 km away, in Schmidtville |
Around East Preston, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1746
Places as far as 25 km from East Preston, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 101 places. 47 go back before 1867. First by date comes D'Anville's Encampment in Clayton Park West, from 1746.
East Preston built the most from 1981 to 2000, 38% of today’s homes
New building in East Preston runs at the usual pace: 4.6% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Homes from before 1961 are 13% of East Preston’s housing, below the typical 18%. Count back from today and half of East Preston’s homes are older than 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
East Preston and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Preston | 2,573 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lake Echo | 5,223 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Woodlawn | 20,925 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Portland Estates | 10,164 | 0 | 0 | — |
East Preston in brief
Few of its homes are old, 13% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place; and people of its past such as Mary Jane Katzmann (1828) and William Chamberlain Silver (1814).
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. 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about East Preston’s history
How many historic places does East Preston have on the registers?
Inside East Preston, none so far; Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14, 10 km away in Eastern Passage, is the closest.
How old are the homes in East Preston?
Before 1961: 13% 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).