TopNational Historic Site · 1680–1756Grand-Pré Rural Historic DistrictGrand-Pré Rd.Photo: Dr Wilson . User Semhur on the french , modified the original picture · CC BY 2.5 · Commons file
Grand-Pré · Photo: Dr Wilson . User Semhur on the french , modified the original picture · CC BY 2.54historic places on the registers
History of Kings County, Subdivision D · Canada’s heritage registers
Kings County, Subdivision D’s oldest designated place, Grand-Pré Rural Historic District, dates from 1680
Inside Kings County, Subdivision D there are 4 historic places, all of them top designations. Per resident it outdoes 96% of Canadian towns, with 6.1 for every 10,000 people. Wikidata knows 5 more provincial or municipal listings here that get no page, lacking an open statement or an encyclopedia article.
Historic places
4
6.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
4
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1680
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
30%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
All 4 top-tier places in Kings County, Subdivision D, pictured
Each of Kings County, Subdivision D’s designated places has a photo. Old pictures of 2 places in Kings County, Subdivision D fill their own pages. The set opens with Grand-Pré and Commemorative Church.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Through time
Kings County, Subdivision D, long ago
A single old picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap it to see it full screen.
1893Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Kings County, Subdivision D’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations400 m from Commemorative Church
3 of 4within 400 m of Commemorative Church, the heart of the town’s history
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 4, by tier
4 Highest designations
Most entries are federal, from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations; local listings outside Québec are known only through Wikidata items with an article.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
4 places in Kings County, Subdivision D with the highest designation
Grand-Pré Rural Historic District is the earliest, from 1680; the latest dates from 1922. Here that means 3 National Historic Sites and a Classified Federal Heritage Building. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1804–1812Covenanters' Church1989 Grand-Pré RoadPhoto: Skinnzy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
National Historic Site · 1922–1924Grand-Pré2205 Grand Pré RoadPhoto: Dr Wilson . User Semhur on the french , modified the original picture · CC BY 2.5 · Commons file
TopClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1922–1923Commemorative ChurchPhoto: Mykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
Old houses stand out in Kings County, Subdivision D: 30% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.9% of Kings County, Subdivision D’s, about the typical 4.1%. More than half of Kings County, Subdivision D’s housing predates 1981. 26% of Kings County, Subdivision D’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
30%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
3.9%
2016–21
Kings County, Subdivision DTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Robert Borden and 4 more born in Kings County, Subdivision D before 1914
The longest life here was Robert Borden’s, 83 years, ending in 1937. Robert Borden carries a national designation as a historic person. At the other end is Robert Borden, from 1854. Counting only births before 1914, there are 5.
Joseph Dugas
Pierre LeBlanc
Alexis Landry
Tante Blanche
Robert Borden
170017501800185019001950
Robert Borden1854–1937 · National historic person, 1938 · 8th prime minister of Canada
Alexis Landry1721–1798 · Acadian merchant
JD
Joseph Dugas1714–1779 · Merchant
PL
Pierre LeBlanc1720–1799 · Canadian farmer
TB
Tante Blanche1738–
Everyone born in Kings County, Subdivision D → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Towns its size
Kings County, Subdivision D has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,500 to 6,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Kings County, Subdivision D4
The typical town its size has 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Kings County, Subdivision D and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 6,517 | 4 | 4 | 1680 |
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 2 | 1 | 1878 |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 3 | 2 | 1799 |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 2 | 0 | 1912 |
| Windsor | 20,318 | 6 | 3 | 1750 |
In brief
Kings County, Subdivision D in brief
Before 1961: 30% of Kings County, Subdivision D’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 4 historic places, 4 with the highest designation, Grand-Pré Rural Historic District among them. It tops the 16 towns nearest its size for historic places.
Its places of the highest designation cluster together: 3 of them stand within 400 m of Commemorative Church. Robert Borden (1854), Alexis Landry (1721) and Joseph Dugas (1714) are the best known of its historic lives. Everything else is close to the norm: its places were designated between 1976 and 1995.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Kings County, Subdivision D’s history
What is the oldest building in Kings County, Subdivision D?
By its record, Grand-Pré Rural Historic District, from 1680 (National Historic Site).
Which places in Kings County, Subdivision D have the highest designation?
These: Grand-Pré Rural Historic District, Covenanters' Church, Grand-Pré and Commemorative Church.
How old are the homes in Kings County, Subdivision D?
Before 1961: 30% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Kings County, Subdivision D be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 5 more listings in Kings County, Subdivision D are known through Wikidata alone, so they are counted, not paged.
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).