Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn a 25 km circle around Lawrencetown: 105 places on the registers
Only 4.7% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. For the highest designations, the closest town is Eastern Passage, 9.3 km off.
8.3 km from Lawrencetown: “Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14”, the nearest on the registers
Of 44 top designations nearby, Fort McNab is the closest, at 12 km. The oldest, D'Anville's Encampment, dates from 1746, 19 km away. They are 45 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, 34 National Historic Sites and 15 provincial or municipal listings.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1960 · 8.3 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Oil Stores and Artificers ShopRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1906–1907 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Gun Emplacement, Magazine and Crew Shelter 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1907 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Battery Command PostRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1940–1941 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Gun Emplacements 3 and 4, Radar Building, Left Magazine and Crew ShelterRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1907 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Gun Emplacement, Magazine and Crew Shelter 1Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1907 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| CasematesRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1888–1893 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Greenvale SchoolMunicipally Registered Property · 1915 · 12 km away, in Austinville |
| Fort McNabNational Historic Site · 1888–1893 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Searchlight Emplacement Building 16Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1940–1941 · 12 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Lower BatteryClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1868–1872 · 12 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Stores Building 110 (Carpenter Shop and Smithy)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 12 km away, in Schmidtville |
Within 25 km of Lawrencetown, the oldest record dates from 1746
Out to 25 km from Lawrencetown, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
First by date comes D'Anville's Encampment in Clayton Park West, from 1746. 101 places within 25 km have a date. 47 predate Confederation.
None of Lawrencetown’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 49% of Lawrencetown’s, against 23% in the typical town. More than half of Lawrencetown’s housing predates 2001. In Lawrencetown, 28% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Lawrencetown compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,500 to 3,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Downtown East Village and Saint-Pascal have more. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Lawrencetown and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrencetown | 3,509 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Preston | 2,573 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westphal | 4,201 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cole Harbour | 21,627 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lake Echo | 5,223 | 0 | 0 | — |
| East Lawrencetown | 4,020 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Portland Estates | 10,164 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lawrencetown in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 4.7%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
- 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.
Questions about Lawrencetown’s history
How many historic places does Lawrencetown have on the registers?
None inside Lawrencetown yet. The nearest is Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14, 8.3 km away in Eastern Passage.
How old are the homes in Lawrencetown?
4.7% 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).