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History · New Canada

33% of New Canada’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1931 on, and the census since 1890.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From New Canada’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about New Canada’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 633 in 1940; 310 people lived here in 2020.
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Start New Canada’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Canada’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDaigle, Maine (1915): stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

New Canada, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 633

Peaked at 633 in 1940; 310 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on New Canada’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

New Canada, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Canada yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

New Canada (French: Nouveau-Canada) is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 310 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 321 to 310 (-3%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

New Canada, 1899 to 1940

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Daigle post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1915In the archiveDaigle, Maine (1915)
  5. 1931On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1933Post officeThe Daigle post office closes
  7. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 633
By decade

New Canada, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Daigle, Maine (1915)1915Daigle, Maine (1915)
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
MEMap-location-of-New Canada2017MEMap-location-of-New Canada
On the map

New Canada on the map, 1931 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Canada. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

New Canada on the 1931 USGS mapNew Canada on the 1953 USGS mapNew Canada on the 1975 USGS mapNew Canada on the 1986 USGS map1931Square Lake sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of New Canada.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Daigle, Maine (1915)
Retake this viewDaigle, Maine (1915), 1915

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on New Canada’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to New Canada

Nobody well known was born in New Canada itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Susan CollinsUnited States Senator from Maine since 1997 · b. 1952
Jessica MeirAmerican and Swedish astronaut · b. 1977
Ellis PaulAmerican singer-songwriter and musician · b. 1965
Troy Dale JacksonAmerican politician · b. 1968
Norman BuckleyAmerican television director and film editor · b. 1955
Clifford McIntireAmerican politician · b. 1908
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Daigle, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Daigle
1cemetery inside New Canada
Holy Family

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Wallagrass1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFort Kent3 historic placesB+

Questions about New Canada’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.