Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn a 50 km circle around Gaetz Brook: 109 places on the registers
Heritage of the first rank begins 23 km from Gaetz Brook, in Eastern Passage. Local registers add 2 more places, counted here but not paged: Wikidata holds their numbers and little else.
45 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Gaetz Brook
Nearest comes “Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14”, 22 km off, in Eastern Passage. Count to 50 km and there are 109. By designation: 46 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 34 National Historic Sites and 16 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1960 · 22 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Greenvale SchoolMunicipally Registered Property · 1915 · 25 km away, in Austinville |
| Quaker Whaler HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1786 · 25 km away, in Austinville |
| Gun Emplacement, Magazine and Crew Shelter 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1907 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Oil Stores and Artificers ShopRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1906–1907 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Gun Emplacements 3 and 4, Radar Building, Left Magazine and Crew ShelterRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1907 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Battery Command PostRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1940–1941 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| CasematesRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1893 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Gun Emplacement, Magazine and Crew Shelter 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1907 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Fort McNabNational Historic Site · 1888–1893 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Searchlight Emplacement Building 16Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1940–1941 · 26 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Lower BatteryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1868–1872 · 26 km away, in Schmidtville |
Around Gaetz Brook, within 50 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1746
The nearest historic places to Gaetz Brook, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The bars count 105 dated places within 50 km. 49 predate Confederation. First by date comes D'Anville's Encampment in Clayton Park West, from 1746.
Most of Gaetz Brook’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 35%
Before 1961: 16% of Gaetz Brook’s homes, near the usual 18%. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 6% of Gaetz Brook’s, above the typical 4.1%. 21% of Gaetz Brook’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Gaetz Brook compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,400 to 4,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Minnetonka and Vulcan County. Their median is 0. 14 of them have none.
Gaetz Brook and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetz Brook | 4,473 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lake Echo | 5,223 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Musquodoboit Harbour | 2,719 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 0 | 0 | — |
Gaetz Brook in brief
The census dates only 16% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Gaetz Brook’s history
How many historic places does Gaetz Brook have on the registers?
None within Gaetz Brook itself; the nearest is 22 km off: Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14, in Eastern Passage.
How old are the homes in Gaetz Brook?
Before 1961: 16% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Gaetz Brook be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 2 further listings in Gaetz Brook show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).