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History of Alberton · Canada’s heritage registers

The registers list 2 historic places in Alberton, one at the top

On the list: a provincial or municipal listing. The oldest dated place, Alberton Court House, goes back to 1877. 21 more places on provincial or local lists are counted from Wikidata without pages.

1highest designation1877oldest building
Historic places
2
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1877
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
19%
typical town: 18%
How it began

Alberton’s milestones, starting in 1862

The name Alberton dates from 1862. On paper, Alberton became a village in 1878.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Alberton, Prince Edward Island”, revision 1373537902 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The map

Where Alberton’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Alberton Railway Station · Designated heritage placeAlberton Court House · National Historic Site · 1877–1879
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings

Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.

The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings

Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Highest designations

One place in Alberton with the highest designation

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.

Provincial and local listings

One more place Alberton or its province protects

Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

Alberton’s surroundings: 7 historic places within 25 km

The nearest is Northport Rear Range Lighthouse, 2 km away in Alberton. They are 6 provincial or municipal listings and a heritage lighthouse. Between them, 4 towns share them, mainly Tignish, Alberton and Central Prince.

The 7 nearest, within 25 km

Northport Rear Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1885 · 2 km away, in Alberton
Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchRegistered Heritage Place · 1890 · 6.5 km away, in Alberton
St. Brigid's Church, Prince Edward IslandRegistered Heritage Place · 1873 · 14 km away, in Central Prince
St. Simon & St. Jude ChurchRegistered Heritage Place · 16 km away, in Tignish
Convent of Notre Dame-des-AngesRegistered Heritage Place · 16 km away, in Tignish
Immaculate Conception ChurchRegistered Heritage Place · 16 km away, in Tignish
O'Leary railway stationDesignated heritage place · 16 km away, in O'Leary
Homes by age

Alberton is still building: 8% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

More of Alberton’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 29%. 19% of Alberton’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Alberton has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 20%, where most towns have 15%.

19%
Before 1961
24%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
20%
2001–15
8%
2016–21
AlbertonTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Alberton and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Alberton1,498211877
Alberton2,426101890
Miminegash1,16600—
O'Leary2,87800—
O'Leary1,02110—
Tignish2,041201861
In brief

Alberton in brief

Alberton’s homes from before 1961 come to 19%, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, including Alberton Court House. For the rest, one person of its past, William Wendell Rogers (1896); and its one place was designated in 1981.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
  • Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
  • The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
  • The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
  • Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.

Questions about Alberton’s history

Which places in Alberton have the highest designation?

Alberton Court House.

What is the oldest building in Alberton?

By its record, Alberton Court House, from 1877 (National Historic Site).

Why might a heritage building in Alberton be missing here?

Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 21 further listings in Alberton show up only as Wikidata numbers.

How old are the homes in Alberton?

The 2021 Census dates 19% 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).