Photo: Tim Green from Bradford, UK · CC BY 2.0In Shelburne, 34% of homes go back before 1961
For Shelburne, that is 1.9 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The nearest heritage to Shelburne is Dory Shop Museum, 4 km off, one of 6 places within 50 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Barrington, 41 km from here. 7 people on record were born in Shelburne before 1914, William Chisholm the earliest.
Within 50 km of Shelburne, the dated places belong mostly to the wars and the Depression
The nearest historic places to Shelburne, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Oldest of all: Fort St. Louis, Barrington, 1629. The chart rests on 5 dated places within 50 km. 2 go back before 1867.
The highest designation, 2 times, within 50 km of Shelburne
Among them are 2 provincial or municipal listings, 2 National Historic Sites and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Within 50 km there are 6 in all. They belong to 3 towns, chiefly Barrington, Shelburne and Liverpool.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| Dory Shop MuseumMunicipally Registered Property · 4 km away, in Shelburne |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1915–1916 · 29 km away, in Barrington |
| Barrington Woolen MillMunicipally Registered Property · 1968 · 33 km away, in Barrington |
| Old Barrington Meeting HouseNational Historic Site · 1765–1766 · 33 km away, in Barrington |
| Fort St. LouisNational Historic Site · 1629 · 34 km away, in Barrington |
| Port Mouton LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1937 · 41 km away, in Liverpool |
New homes are rare in Shelburne: 1.7% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Few of Shelburne’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.2%, the norm 15%. Count back from today and half of Shelburne’s homes are older than 1981. 29% of Shelburne’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to 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.
People of Shelburne’s past, one of them designated by Canada
At the other end is Merrill D. Rawding, from 1905. In 1788 came the earliest, William Chisholm. Before 1914, 7 births here made the record. By Wikipedia’s reach, Donald McKay leads, with 11 articles.
Everyone born in Shelburne → 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.
How Shelburne compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,500 to 4,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Melville, Casselman, Saint-Anselme and Warner County No. 5. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have none.
Shelburne and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne | 4,542 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shelburne | 1,797 | 1 | 0 | — |
Shelburne in brief
Housing in Shelburne includes 34% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Donald McKay (1810), Civilla D. Martin (1866) and William Chisholm (1788) lead its people of the past. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- 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 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. 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 Shelburne’s history
How many historic places does Shelburne have on the registers?
None within Shelburne itself; the nearest is 4 km off: Dory Shop Museum, in Shelburne.
How old are the homes in Shelburne?
34% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Why might a heritage building in Shelburne be missing here?
Only federal designations are fully open outside Québec. 3 more listings in Shelburne 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).