Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain10 heritage places lie within 50 km of Pictou County, Subdivision B
Stellarton, 6.9 km from Pictou County, Subdivision B, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Records name 5 people born in Pictou County, Subdivision B before 1914; the first is James McDonald.
Top-ranked heritage near Pictou County, Subdivision B: 3 places within 50 km
Among them are 5 provincial or municipal listings, 3 National Historic Sites and 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Nearest comes Government of Canada Building, 9.5 km off, in New Glasgow. 10 places lie within 50 km.
The 10 nearest, within 50 km
| Government of Canada BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1961–1962 · 9.5 km away, in New Glasgow |
| Pictou AcademyNational Historic Site · 1818–1819 · 17 km away, in Pictou |
| Pictou Railway Station (Intercolonial)National Historic Site · 1904–1905 · 17 km away, in Pictou |
| McCulloch House MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 17 km away, in Pictou |
| Balmoral Grist Mill MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1874 · 38 km away, in Colchester County, Subdivision B |
| Sutherland Steam Mill MuseumProvincially Registered Property · 1958 · 39 km away, in Colchester County, Subdivision B |
| Truro Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1883–1887 · 46 km away, in Truro |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1874–1875 · 47 km away, in Truro |
| Wood Islands LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1876 · 47 km away, in Belfast |
| Fraser Octagon HouseProvincially Registered Property · 1857 · 48 km away, in Colchester County, Subdivision B |
Most of what stands within 50 km of Pictou County, Subdivision B dates from the decades after Confederation
The nearest historic places to Pictou County, Subdivision B, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Oldest of all: Pictou Academy, Pictou, 1818. Dated places within 50 km: 9. 2 go back before 1867.
Old houses stand out in Pictou County, Subdivision B: 26% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
Count back from today and half of Pictou County, Subdivision B’s homes are older than 1981. Pictou County, Subdivision B has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 22%, where most towns have 15%. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 4.8% of Pictou County, Subdivision B’s, about the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lives begun in Pictou County, Subdivision B between 1828 and 1896
The longest life here was Simon Hugh Holmes’s, 88 years, ending in 1919. Fame, by Wikipedia: Leonard W. Murray first, in 6 languages. There are 5 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. Most of them, 3 of 5, came into the world in the decades after Confederation.
Everyone born in Pictou County, Subdivision B → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Pictou County, Subdivision B and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pictou County, Subdivision B | 6,482 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Westville | 3,731 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stellarton | 4,251 | 1 | 1 | — |
| New Glasgow | 10,378 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Trenton | 2,499 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C | 8,847 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pictou | 3,307 | 3 | 2 | 1818 |
Pictou County, Subdivision B in brief
The 2021 Census dates 26% of Pictou County, Subdivision B’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Leonard W. Murray (1896), James McDonald (1828) and Simon Hugh Holmes (1831) lead its people of the past. Beyond that, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
Questions about Pictou County, Subdivision B’s history
How many historic places does Pictou County, Subdivision B have on the registers?
None inside Pictou County, Subdivision B yet. The nearest is Government of Canada Building, 9.5 km away in New Glasgow.
How old are the homes in Pictou County, Subdivision B?
Before 1961: 26% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).