Before 1784,
New Brunswick was part of the colony of
Nova Scotia and the majority of the population was aboriginal. The native populations of the land that is now New Brunswick were a nomadic people and thus there are few remains of their settlements. However, in 1784 New Brunswick became its own colony due to an increasingly non-aboriginal population. The area was mostly forest until
United Empire Loyalists started to arrive, and European-style buildings were not constructed for the most part until after their arrival. Many
Acadian homes and settlements were destroyed by the
British during the expulsion of the Acadians known as the
Great Expulsion from 1755 to 1763. Acadians were a people of French descent who lived in New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia for over a century before the British took over the lands that were
New France. After the expulsion there was a short wave of settlement by a peoples known as the
New England Planters. They were a small group without a lot of remaining architecture. The following is a list of oldest buildings and structures in
New Brunswick constructed prior to 1890. ==Newfoundland and Labrador==