Photo: Charny · CC BY-SA 3.0Within 25 km of Maria, 8 places are on the heritage registers
From Maria, look 11 km away, to New Richmond, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Of the 2 people born in Maria before 1914, Irvin Blais came first. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has July 1, 1855, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Maria’s area holds 2 top-tier places within 25 km
They stand in 3 towns, New Richmond, Carleton-sur-Mer and Caplan among them. “Church of St. Joseph, Carleton”, 12 km off, is the oldest: 1850. Gaspesian British Heritage Village in New Richmond is the nearest, 7.2 km away.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Gaspesian British Heritage VillageCited heritage site (Québec) · 7.2 km away, in New Richmond |
| Magasin général J.-A.-GendronClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1890–1917 · 7.2 km away, in New Richmond |
| Site du patrimoine de New RichmondCited heritage site (Québec) · 9.5 km away, in New Richmond |
| Site du Mont-Saint-JosephCited heritage site (Québec) · 10 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Church of St. Joseph, CarletonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1854 · 12 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-EudoreCited heritage site (Québec) · 13 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 20 km away, in Caplan |
| Pont de Saint-EdgarClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1938 · 21 km away, in New Richmond |
Maria built the most from 1961 to 1980, 33% of today’s homes
23% of Maria’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 5.2% of Maria’s, above the typical 4.1%. Maria built little from 2001 to 2015: 12% of its homes, 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.
How Maria compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,800 to 2,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part, Front of Yonge and Little Current have more. The typical town its size has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Maria and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
| New Richmond | 3,947 | 4 | 2 | 1890 |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | 4,175 | 3 | 0 | 1850 |
Maria in brief
Of the homes standing in Maria, 23% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. Everything else is close to the norm: Jean-François Guité (1852) and Irvin Blais (1000) are its people of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
Questions about Maria’s history
How many historic places does Maria have on the registers?
None inside Maria yet. The nearest is Gaspesian British Heritage Village, 7.2 km away in New Richmond.
When did Maria become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Maria is July 1, 1855, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Maria?
23% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).