Photo: Paulo O from Halifax, Canada · CC BY 2.0Hammonds Plains’s surroundings: 97 historic places within 25 km
Few homes are old by the census: 3% before 1961, against 18%. For the highest designations, the closest town is Bedford, 8.3 km off.
Within 25 km of Hammonds Plains, 43 top designations
Bedford Petroglyphs in Bedford is the nearest, 9.2 km away. Among them are 37 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 33 National Historic Sites and 16 provincial or municipal listings. The registers hold 97 within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Bedford PetroglyphsNational Historic Site · 9.2 km away, in Bedford |
| Fultz HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1865 · 9.5 km away, in Lower Sackville |
| Scott Manor HouseProvincially Registered Property · 9.8 km away, in Bedford |
| D'Anville's EncampmentNational Historic Site · 1746 · 13 km away, in Clayton Park West |
| AfricvilleNational Historic Site · 1830 · 15 km away, in Windsor Park |
| Van Steenburgh and Polaris Buildings at The Bedford Institute of OceanographyRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1962–1963 · 15 km away, in Austinville |
| Hydrostone DistrictNational Historic Site · 1917 · 17 km away, in North End |
| Halifax ForumMunicipally Registered Property · 1927 · 17 km away, in North End |
| Building No. 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 17 km away, in Austinville |
| Wellington HouseClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1852–1861 · 17 km away, in North End |
| Carall Building S-17Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1941–1945 · 17 km away, in North End |
| Mont Blanc Anchor SiteMunicipally Registered Property · 1917 · 17 km away, in Westmount |
Within 25 km of Hammonds Plains, the record goes back to 1746
Out to 25 km from Hammonds Plains, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The bars count 93 dated places within 25 km. 48 go back before 1867. Oldest of all: D'Anville's Encampment, Clayton Park West, 1746.
A growing town: 13% of Hammonds Plains’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 9.5% of Hammonds Plains’s, against 27% in the typical town. 33% of Hammonds Plains’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Hammonds Plains’s largest group of homes, 40%, went up from 1981 to 2000.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Hammonds Plains and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammonds Plains | 13,844 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Middle Sackville | 14,898 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upper Tantallon | 5,248 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bedford | 28,848 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Lower Sackville | 20,171 | 1 | 0 | 1865 |
| Hubley | 6,337 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Timberlea | 11,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
Hammonds Plains in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 3% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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.
Questions about Hammonds Plains’s history
How many historic places does Hammonds Plains have on the registers?
Nothing inside Hammonds Plains; Bedford Petroglyphs in Bedford, 9.2 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Hammonds Plains?
The 2021 Census dates 3% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).