How it began
Nouvelle’s milestones, starting in 1855
The date Wikidata keeps for Nouvelle is July 1, 1855; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open. Saint-Jean l'Evangeliste was the name of Nouvelle until 1953.
Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.00historic places on the registers
History of Nouvelle · Canada’s heritage registers
37% of Nouvelle’s homes were built before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Nouvelle has 2.1 times as much. Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, 9.3 km from Nouvelle, heads a list of 12 historic places within 50 km. Listuguj, 34 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.
Historic places within 50 km
12
4 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
9.3 km
Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse
Homes built before 1961
37%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1911
The age of the area
Near Nouvelle (50 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
The nearest historic places to Nouvelle, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.
British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19132
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on0
Battle of the Restigouche, in Listuguj, is the oldest (1760). The bars count 7 dated places within 50 km. Before Confederation: 4.
Around the town
The closest heritage to Nouvelle is Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, 9.3 km off
By designation: 7 municipal citations, 3 places classified by Québec and a heritage lighthouse. 12 places lie within 50 km. New Richmond, Carleton-sur-Mer and Listuguj hold most of them, among 6 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Inch Arran Point Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1870–1871 · 9.3 km away, in Dalhousie |
| Site du Mont-Saint-JosephCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-EudoreCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Church of St. Joseph, CarletonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1854 · 16 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer |
| Young HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1830 · 31 km away, in Pointe-à-la-Croix |
| Gaspesian British Heritage VillageCited heritage site (Québec) · 32 km away, in New Richmond |
| Magasin général J.-A.-GendronClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1890–1917 · 32 km away, in New Richmond |
| Battle of the RestigoucheNational Historic Site · 1760–1761 · 34 km away, in Listuguj |
| Site du patrimoine de New RichmondCited heritage site (Québec) · 34 km away, in New Richmond |
| Busteed HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800 · 34 km away, in Listuguj |
| La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 43 km away, in Caplan |
| Pont de Saint-EdgarClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1938 · 45 km away, in New Richmond |
Homes by age
Nouvelle added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 3%, where most towns have 4.1%
Nouvelle built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.7% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in Nouvelle were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 31% of Nouvelle’s, about the typical 27%.
37%
Before 1961
31%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
7.7%
2001–15
3%
2016–21
NouvelleTypical 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
Nouvelle and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouvelle | 1,819 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 3,255 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | 4,175 | 3 | 0 | 1850 |
| Charlo | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Eel River Crossing | 1,918 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dalhousie | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Nouvelle in brief
Nouvelle has 37% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one person of its past, Jean-Louis Lévesque (1911).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- 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.
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Nouvelle’s history
How many historic places does Nouvelle have on the registers?
None inside Nouvelle yet. The nearest is Inch Arran Point Front Range Lighthouse, 9.3 km away in Dalhousie.
How old are the homes in Nouvelle?
Before 1961: 37% of its homes; 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).