Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.027 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Stoke
Sherbrooke, 12 km from Stoke, has the nearest place of the highest rank. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has January 1, 1864, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
9 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Stoke
Their towns number 8: Sherbrooke, East Angus and Waterville first. At 10 km, Église Plymouth Trinity in Sherbrooke is the closest. Oldest of them is École Milby (1825), 19 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Église Plymouth TrinityClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1855 · 10 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Sherbrooke City HallClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1904–1906 · 10 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Granada TheatreNational Historic Site · 1928–1930 · 10 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Sherbrooke, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1890–1891 · 10 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Site patrimonial de l'Ancienne-Prison-WinterClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1865–1867 · 10 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Sherbrooke War MemorialClassified heritage building (Québec) · 10 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Federal BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1950–1955 · 11 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1910 · 11 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Sherbrooke, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1910–1911 · 11 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| Église Emmanuel United ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1899 · 12 km away, in East Angus |
| Église Christ Church d’East AngusMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 12 km away, in East Angus |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, East Angus, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1915 · 13 km away, in East Angus |
From 1825 on: the dated places within 25 km of Stoke
No place near Stoke is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
22 places within 25 km have a date. 6 predate Confederation. The oldest is École Milby in Waterville, from 1825.
New homes stand out in Stoke: 7.8% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes from before 1961 are 16% of Stoke’s housing, about the typical 18%. More of Stoke’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 36%. Half of the homes standing in Stoke today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Stoke compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,300 to 3,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Bonavista and Annapolis County, Subdivision D have more. Their median is 0. 14 of them have none.
Stoke and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke | 3,272 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 11 | 6 | 1853 |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 6 | 0 | 1886 |
| Westbury | 1,207 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Val-Joli | 1,787 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 3 | 2 | 1840 |
Stoke in brief
Before 1961: just 16% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Stoke’s history
How many historic places does Stoke have on the registers?
Stoke has none of its own; Église Plymouth Trinity, in Sherbrooke, the closest at 10 km, holds the highest designation.
When did Stoke become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Stoke dates from January 1, 1864; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Stoke?
The 2021 Census dates 16% 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).