Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBefore 1961: 34% of the homes in Meaghers Grant
Against 18% in the typical town, Meaghers Grant has 1.9 times the share. Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14, 41 km from Meaghers Grant, heads a list of 106 historic places within 50 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Eastern Passage, 42 km from here. The earliest of 5 people born in Meaghers Grant before 1914 is Donald Archibald.
Near Meaghers Grant, within 50 km: built places from 1746 on
Out to 50 km from Meaghers Grant, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
The oldest is D'Anville's Encampment in Clayton Park West, from 1746. The bars count 102 dated places within 50 km. 47 go back before 1867.
Meaghers Grant’s area holds 44 top-tier places within 50 km
The first one out is “Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14”, 41 km away in Eastern Passage. Schmidtville, North End and Eastern Passage hold most of them, among 12 towns. Within 50 km there are 106 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1960 · 41 km away, in Eastern Passage |
| Greenvale SchoolMunicipally Registered Property · 1915 · 43 km away, in Austinville |
| Quaker Whaler HouseMunicipally Registered Property · 1786 · 43 km away, in Austinville |
| Building No. 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1916–1917 · 44 km away, in Austinville |
| Former Stores Building 110 (Carpenter Shop and Smithy)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Married Officers Quarters, former Building 125Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1901–1902 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Laboratory, former Building 92Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1891 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Field Forge Storage Building No. 90Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1873–1878 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Guardroom and Prisoners' QuartersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1866–1867 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Former Artillery Stores, Building 91Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1873–1878 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| North Caponiers, Building 82A & 82BRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1829–1832 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
| Halifax Defense Complex, Georges Island, Fort Charlotte, South, Southeast and Southwest CaponiersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1866–1868 · 45 km away, in Schmidtville |
No home in Meaghers Grant dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Meaghers Grant’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 32% of Meaghers Grant’s, about the typical 27%. In Meaghers Grant, 23% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
5 lives that began in Meaghers Grant before 1914
Most of them, 3 of 5, came into the world in the years before Confederation. It starts with Donald Archibald, born in 1840. Alexander Stephen Jr. reached 75, the longest life here, ending in 1920. The last born is Douglas A. Webber, in 1901.
Everyone born in Meaghers Grant → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Meaghers Grant compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,400 to 3,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Richmond. Their median is 0. 15 of them have none.
Meaghers Grant and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaghers Grant | 3,430 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Musquodoboit Harbour | 2,719 | 0 | 0 | — |
Meaghers Grant in brief
Meaghers Grant’s homes from before 1961 come to 34%, against 18% in the typical town. Its people of the past include Donald Archibald (1840), Jane Bruce (1847) and Alexander Stephen Jr. (1845). For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Meaghers Grant’s history
How many historic places does Meaghers Grant have on the registers?
None within Meaghers Grant itself; the nearest is 41 km off: Former Hampton Gray Memorial School, Building 14, in Eastern Passage.
How old are the homes in Meaghers Grant?
34% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Meaghers Grant be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; one further listing in Meaghers Grant shows up only as a Wikidata number.
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).