National Historic Site · 1924–1948Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission67453 Mission Road
Lac La Biche Mission · Photo: Grapher78 · CC BY-SA 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Lac la Biche County · Canada’s heritage registers
2 historic places in Lac la Biche County, one of them a top designation
The list takes in a provincial or municipal listing. Its oldest building on the record is Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission, from 1924. Wikidata dates the municipality to August 1, 2007, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger. Lac la Biche County has 2.3 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 87% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
2
2.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1924
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
7.8%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Lac la Biche County’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Highest designations
One place in Lac la Biche County with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Lac la Biche County or its province protects
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
LocalAround the town
The highest designation, once, within 100 km of Lac la Biche County
The mix: a provincial or municipal listing and a National Historic Site. At 80 km, Newbrook Observatory in Thorhild County is the closest. Oldest of them is Victoria District (1863), 89 km off.
The 2 nearest, within 100 km
| Newbrook ObservatoryProvincial historic resource · 1951 · 80 km away, in Thorhild County |
| Victoria DistrictNational Historic Site · 1863–2001 · 89 km away, in Smoky Lake County |
Homes by age
Pre-1961 homes are scarce in Lac la Biche County: 7.8%, against a usual 18%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 19% of Lac la Biche County’s, against 27% in the typical town. 30% of Lac la Biche County’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. The busiest building years in Lac la Biche County were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 39% of today’s homes.
7.8%
Before 1961
19%
1961–80
39%
1981–2000
30%
2001–15
4.9%
2016–21
Lac la Biche CountyTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Lac la Biche County has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,500 to 8,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Lac la Biche County2
Only Carleton Heights-Courtland Park and Lac-Beauport have more. The middle one has 0. 12 of them have none.
In brief
Lac la Biche County in brief
Lac la Biche County has 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, among them Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 7.8%, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, Frank Fane (1897) is its person of the past on the record; and its designation dates from 1989.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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. 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.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Lac la Biche County’s history
Which places in Lac la Biche County have the highest designation?
It is Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission.
What is the oldest building in Lac la Biche County?
Notre Dame des Victoires / Lac La Biche Mission — its record dates it to 1924 (National Historic Site).
How old are the homes in Lac la Biche County?
Before 1961: 7.8% 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).