History around Membertou 28B: 5 designated places within 5 km
Homes from before 1961 are 4.9% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. The nearest town with a top designation is Cape Breton, 6 km away.
3 km from Membertou 28B: Highland Arts Theatre, the nearest on the registers
Bank of Montreal Building, 3.2 km off, is the oldest: 1901. All told, 5 places are within 5 km. The mix: 3 provincial or municipal listings and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 5 nearest, within 5 km
| Highland Arts TheatreMunicipally Registered Property · 1910 · 3 km away, in Cape Breton |
| Science BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1966–1967 · 3.1 km away, in Cape Breton |
| Arts BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1956–1957 · 3.1 km away, in Cape Breton |
| Bank of Montreal BuildingMunicipally Registered Property · 1901 · 3.2 km away, in Cape Breton |
| St. George's ChurchProvincially Registered Property · 3.4 km away, in Cape Breton |
Membertou 28B is still building: 13% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Membertou 28B built little from 1961 to 1980: 12% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 35% of Membertou 28B’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 32% of Membertou 28B’s, against 23% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Membertou 28B and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membertou 28B | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cape Breton | 106,752 | 9 | 3 | 1758 |
Membertou 28B in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 4.9%, against 18% in the typical town.
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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Membertou 28B’s history
How many historic places does Membertou 28B have on the registers?
None within Membertou 28B itself; the nearest is 3 km off: Highland Arts Theatre, in Cape Breton.
How old are the homes in Membertou 28B?
The 2021 Census dates 4.9% 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).