Photo: Edgar El · CC BY 3.0In Mahone Bay, 54% of homes go back before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Mahone Bay has 3.1 times as much. 9 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Mahone Bay, the nearest Lunenburg Academy, 9.5 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Lunenburg, 9.7 km from here. 2 people on record were born in Mahone Bay before 1914, Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker the earliest.
Within 25 km of Mahone Bay, the record goes back to 1632
Places as far as 25 km from Mahone Bay, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Fort Sainte Marie de Grace, in Lunenburg, goes back furthest, to 1632. 8 dated places within 25 km make up the record. 6 go back before 1867.
5 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Mahone Bay
They are spread over 2 towns, including Lunenburg and Chester. Lunenburg Academy in Lunenburg is the nearest, 9.5 km away. Among them are 5 National Historic Sites, 3 provincial or municipal listings and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.
The 9 nearest, within 25 km
| Lunenburg AcademyNational Historic Site · 1894–1896 · 9.5 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Zion Evangelical Lutheran ChurchMunicipally Registered Property · 1891 · 9.7 km away, in Lunenburg |
| St. John's Anglican ChurchNational Historic Site · 1754–1764 · 9.8 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Knaut-Rhuland HouseNational Historic Site · 1793–1794 · 10 km away, in Lunenburg |
| St. Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchMunicipally Registered Property · 1828 · 10 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Old Town Lunenburg Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1753–1992 · 10 km away, in Lunenburg |
| Zoé Vallé Memorial LibraryMunicipally Registered Property · 1850 · 15 km away, in Chester |
| Fort Sainte Marie de GraceNational Historic Site · 1632–1633 · 18 km away, in Lunenburg |
| East Ironbound Combined Lighthouse and DwellingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 24 km away, in Lunenburg |
8.7% of Mahone Bay’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Mahone Bay has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Mahone Bay’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 6.7%, the norm 23%. Only 12% of Mahone Bay’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Mahone Bay and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahone Bay | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lunenburg | 2,523 | 6 | 4 | 1753 |
| Lunenburg | 26,862 | 2 | 1 | 1632 |
| Bridgewater | 9,989 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chester | 11,740 | 1 | 0 | 1850 |
Mahone Bay in brief
Older stock first: 54% of homes in Mahone Bay were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its past has lives on the record such as William Gordon Ernst (1897) and Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker (1864).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
Questions about Mahone Bay’s history
How many historic places does Mahone Bay have on the registers?
None inside Mahone Bay yet. The nearest, Lunenburg Academy, carries the highest designation, 9.5 km away in Lunenburg.
When did Mahone Bay become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Mahone Bay is 1754, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Mahone Bay?
Before 1961: 54% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Why might a heritage building in Mahone Bay be missing here?
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 15 more listings in Mahone Bay, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
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).