TopNational Historic Site · 1861–1864Farmers' Bank of RusticoChurch StreetPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Farmers' Bank of Rustico · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.03historic places on the registers
History of New Glasgow · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers list 3 historic places in New Glasgow, 2 at the top
Counted by designation, there are a provincial or municipal listing. Few towns have as much for their size as New Glasgow: 5.5 for every 10,000 residents, more than 95% of Canadian towns. Of the dated places, Shaw's Hotel is the oldest, from 1860. Outside the boundary but close by, there are 4 more.
Historic places
3
5.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1860
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
19%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
New Glasgow’s landmarks in 2 pictures
Farmers' Bank of Rustico and Doucet House lead the set. 2 designated places in New Glasgow have a photo. Among New Glasgow’s highest-designated places, one has a photo.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where New Glasgow’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 3, by tier
2 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
2 places in New Glasgow with the highest designation
The first was designated in 1959, the latest in 2004. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Shaw's Hotel is the earliest, from 1860; the latest dates from 1861. Each one opens its own page.
National Historic Site · 1860–2001Shaw's Hotel99 Apple Tree Road
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in New Glasgow: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalJust outside
Just outside New Glasgow
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside New Glasgow: 4
| North Rustico Harbour LightDesignated heritage place · 1 km outside the town |
| L.M. Montgomery's CavendishNational Historic Site · 1.8 km outside the town |
| Green Gables HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 2.2 km outside the town |
| Simpson Farm, Main HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 2.4 km outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in New Glasgow: 12% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes from before 1961 are 19% of New Glasgow’s housing, about the typical 18%. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 29% of New Glasgow’s homes. New Glasgow has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 23%, where most towns have 15%.
19%
Before 1961
18%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
23%
2001–15
12%
2016–21
New GlasgowTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
New Glasgow has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,500 to 5,500 residents, by places on the registers.
New Glasgow3
Ahead of it: Hudson. Their median is 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
New Glasgow and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Glasgow | 5,502 | 3 | 2 | 1860 |
| Miltonvale Park | 1,279 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kingston | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | — |
| North Shore | 2,994 | 2 | 1 | 1896 |
| Cornwall | 7,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charlottetown | 48,118 | 14 | 11 | 1820 |
| New London | 1,443 | 2 | 0 | 1876 |
In brief
New Glasgow in brief
Older stock first: 19% of homes in New Glasgow were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 3 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, Shaw's Hotel among them. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. For the rest, people of its past such as David Laird (1833) and Bradford William LePage (1876); and the list grew between 1959 and 2004.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- 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. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Outside Québec, provinces’ and municipalities’ heritage registers aren’t open data; their places are known only through Wikidata items with a register number, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
- 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.
Questions about New Glasgow’s history
Which places in New Glasgow have the highest designation?
They are Shaw's Hotel and Farmers' Bank of Rustico.
What is the oldest building in New Glasgow?
Shaw's Hotel, a National Historic Site, begun in 1860.
Why might a heritage building in New Glasgow be missing here?
Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 8 further listings in New Glasgow show up only as Wikidata numbers.
How old are the homes in New Glasgow?
19% predate 1961, where 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).