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Wolfville Canadian Pacific, Wolfville, Nova Scotia · Photo: Mike James from Reston, VA, USA · CC BY 2.0On the list: a heritage railway station. Scaled to its population Wolfville’s record is long: 3.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 92% of Canadian towns. Ladies' Seminary, begun in 1878, is the oldest by its record. 27 further listings on provincial or municipal registers are known only through Wikidata, so they have no page of their own.
Wikidata holds 1755 as the start of the municipality of Wolfville, a date that can just as well be an incorporation. Wolfville takes its name from Nathan DeWolf. In 1868 the railway came to Wolfville.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Wolfville”, revision 1380129688 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
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Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
The nearest is Acacia Grove / Prescott House, 3.4 km away in Kings County, Subdivision B. They stand in 2 towns, Kings County, Subdivision D and Kings County, Subdivision B among them. Oldest of them is Grand-Pré Rural Historic District (1680), 4.7 km off.
| Acacia Grove / Prescott HouseNational Historic Site · 1799–1810 · 3.4 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision B |
| Covenanters' ChurchNational Historic Site · 1804–1812 · 4.5 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision D |
| Commemorative ChurchClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1922–1923 · 4.6 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision D |
| Grand-PréNational Historic Site · 1922–1924 · 4.7 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision D |
| Grand-Pré Rural Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 1680–1756 · 4.7 km away, in Kings County, Subdivision D |
At 23%, Wolfville’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. The busiest building years in Wolfville were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 25% of today’s homes. Wolfville has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 21%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
The decades after Confederation gave 5 of the 6. Best known is Ashley Mulgrave Gould, with articles in 3 Wikipedia languages. It starts with Ashley Mulgrave Gould, born in 1859. William Pearly Oliver closes the list, born in 1912.
Everyone born in Wolfville → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 5,500 to 5,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Memramcook. The middle one has 0. 12 of them have none.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfville | 5,587 | 2 | 1 | 1878 |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | 6,517 | 4 | 4 | 1680 |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | 12,661 | 3 | 2 | 1799 |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | 8,994 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kentville | 7,589 | 2 | 0 | 1912 |
Wolfville has 23% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, including Ladies' Seminary. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. Ashley Mulgrave Gould (1859), Edward Blackadder (1874) and Ronald M. Keirstead (1895) are the best known of its historic lives. For the rest, its places were designated between 1992 and 1998.
Ladies' Seminary.
Ladies' Seminary — its record dates it to 1878 (National Historic Site).
Provincial and municipal registers outside Québec aren’t open data. Wikidata knows 27 more listings in Wolfville, but without an open description or an encyclopedia article they get no page.
23% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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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).
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