Classified heritage building (Québec)Croix de chemin du Bassin-Sudroute 214¤ chemin du Bassin Sud
Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Westbury · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Westbury, at the top of the registers
The municipality’s date on Wikidata is August 16, 1858: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. Before 1961: 28% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Westbury’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Westbury with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
The places within 5 km of Westbury lean to the decades after Confederation
Each historic place within 5 km of Westbury, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19134
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on0
Dated places within 5 km: 6. Église Christ Church d’East Angus, in East Angus, is the oldest (1886).
Around the town
Within 5 km of Westbury: 6 places on the registers
Église Christ Church d’East Angus, 2.6 km off, is the oldest: 1886. Closest of all is Presbytère de Saint-Louis-de-France, in East Angus, 2.1 km off. By designation: 5 municipal citations and a heritage railway station.
The 6 nearest, within 5 km
| Presbytère de Saint-Louis-de-FranceMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1907 · 2.1 km away, in East Angus |
| Church of St Louis of FranceMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1921–1923 · 2.2 km away, in East Angus |
| Bureau de poste d’East AngusMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1914–1915 · 2.3 km away, in East Angus |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, East Angus, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1915 · 2.3 km away, in East Angus |
| Église Emmanuel United ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1899 · 2.5 km away, in East Angus |
| Église Christ Church d’East AngusMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 2.6 km away, in East Angus |
Homes by age
Westbury is still building: 7.1% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 29% of Westbury’s homes. Over half of the homes in Westbury were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 19% of Westbury’s, about the typical 23%.
28%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
7.1%
2016–21
WestburyTypical 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
Westbury and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury | 1,207 | 1 | 1 | — |
| East Angus | 4,261 | 6 | 0 | 1886 |
| Cookshire-Eaton | 5,491 | 3 | 2 | 1840 |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bury | 1,243 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stoke | 3,272 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dudswell | 1,850 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Westbury in brief
Westbury has 28% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, led by Croix de chemin du Bassin-Sud. For the rest, one person of its past, Mary Adams (1823); and its designation dates from 2024.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
Questions about Westbury’s history
Which places in Westbury have the highest designation?
Just one: Croix de chemin du Bassin-Sud.
How old are the homes in Westbury?
28% 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). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · 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).