LocalDesignated heritage placeSt. Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchPhoto: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Commons file
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church · Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Malpeque Bay · Canada’s heritage registers
1 historic place on the heritage registers in Malpeque Bay
More of Malpeque Bay’s homes are old than in most towns: 34% before 1961, against 18%. 9 further listings on provincial or municipal registers are known only through Wikidata, so they have no page of their own.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Homes built before 1961
34%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Malpeque Bay’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
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.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Malpeque Bay: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
From 1831 on: the dated places within 25 km of Malpeque Bay
Reaching 25 km out from Malpeque Bay: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
British North America 1760–18662
After Confederation 1867–19135
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on0
Oldest of all: Green Gables House, New Glasgow, 1831. 8 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 2 go back before 1867.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Malpeque Bay: 3 places within 25 km
All told, 10 places are within 25 km. The earliest date is Green Gables House’s, 1831, 20 km away. Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island) in Kensington is the nearest, 7 km away.
The 10 nearest, within 25 km
| Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island)National Historic Site · 1904–1905 · 7 km away, in Kensington |
| Cape Tryon LightRegistered Heritage Place · 1905 · 11 km away, in New London |
| Back Range Light TowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1876–1877 · 12 km away, in New London |
| Former Summerside Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1883–1888 · 16 km away, in Summerside |
| Summerside stationRegistered historic place · 16 km away, in Summerside |
| Indian Head LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1881 · 19 km away, in Kinkora |
| Simpson Farm, Main HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1921–1922 · 19 km away, in New Glasgow |
| Green Gables HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1831–1871 · 20 km away, in New Glasgow |
| L.M. Montgomery's CavendishNational Historic Site · 20 km away, in New Glasgow |
| Seacow Head LightDesignated heritage place · 1864 · 24 km away, in Kinkora |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Malpeque Bay: 5.8% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
18% of Malpeque Bay’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 21% of Malpeque Bay’s, against 27% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Malpeque Bay today were built before 1981.
34%
Before 1961
21%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
18%
2001–15
5.8%
2016–21
Malpeque BayTypical 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
Malpeque Bay and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpeque Bay | 1,351 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kensington, Part 1 | 3,357 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kensington | 2,016 | 1 | 1 | 1904 |
| New London | 1,443 | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
| Summerside | 19,006 | 3 | 1 | 1881 |
| Kinkora | 1,416 | 1 | 0 | 1864 |
| Miscouche | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Malpeque Bay in brief
Malpeque Bay’s homes from before 1961 come to 34%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. For the rest, Michael C. Delaney (1849) and Alban MacLellan (1902) are its people of the past on the record.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Protection. Being on these registers doesn’t mean a building can’t change. Federal designation commemorates; protection is provincial or municipal, and those lists aren’t open here.
Questions about Malpeque Bay’s history
How many historic places does Malpeque Bay have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Malpeque Bay.
How old are the homes in Malpeque Bay?
The 2021 Census dates 34% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Why might a heritage building in Malpeque Bay be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 9 further listings in Malpeque Bay show up only as Wikidata numbers.
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).