LocalDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1825L'Orignal JailPhoto: Bibliocom · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
L'Orignal Jail · Photo: Bibliocom · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Vankleek Hill · Canada’s heritage registers
1 historic place on the heritage registers in Vankleek Hill
Vankleek Hill’s entry is L'Orignal Jail (1825), a designated heritage property (part iv). Relative to its size Vankleek Hill has 1.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 80% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
1.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Provincial and local listings
1
provincial and municipal listings with an encyclopedia article
Oldest building
1825
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Vankleek Hill’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists the places the Government of Canada has recognized; outside Québec, provincial and municipal listings come only through Wikidata, and only those with an encyclopedia article get a page.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Vankleek Hill: one place
Provincial and municipal listings that Wikidata records and an encyclopedia describes. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Near Vankleek Hill, within 25 km: 8 places of national rank
The earliest date is Maison Barclay’s, 1800, 23 km away. 17 places lie within 25 km. They belong to 6 towns, chiefly Wendover, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil and Grenville.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison du patrimoine de GrenvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1820 · 7.7 km away, in Grenville |
| Calumet railway stationMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1877 · 8.8 km away, in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge |
| Église Saint-MungoMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1836 · 16 km away, in Brownsburg-Chatham |
| Macdonell-Williamson HouseNational Historic Site · 1817–1820 · 22 km away, in East Hawkesbury |
| Carillon CanalNational Historic Site · 1826–1834 · 22 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
| Collector's HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1842–1844 · 22 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
| Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1842–1844 · 23 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
| Maison BarclayClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1850 · 23 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
| Maison CharleboisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840 · 23 km away, in Wendover |
| Carillon BarracksNational Historic Site · 1836–1839 · 23 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil |
| Église et presbytère de Notre-Dame-de-BonsecoursMunicipal citation (Québec) · 23 km away, in Wendover |
| Louis-Joseph-Papineau EstateClassified heritage site (Québec) · 23 km away, in Wendover |
Homes by age
A town of older homes: 28% of Vankleek Hill’s were built before 1961 (18% is typical)
From 2016 on, Vankleek Hill built 3.3% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 29% of Vankleek Hill’s homes. Over half of the homes in Vankleek Hill were already standing by 1981.
28%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
12%
2001–15
3.3%
2016–21
Vankleek HillTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
A national historic person among Vankleek Hill’s people of the past
Best known is James B. Harkin, with articles in 4 Wikipedia languages. There are 9 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. Alanson Cooke comes first, born in 1811. 7 of the 9 were born in the decades after Confederation.
Alanson Cooke
Hayter Reed
Donald McAlpine
James B. Harkin
Lorne Proudfoot
Sydney Charles Tweed
Hubert Reginald Evans
Larry Landrian
Élie-Oscar Bertrand
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James B. Harkin1875–1955 · On Canada’s list since 1955 · Canadian environmentalist and journalist
Lorne Proudfoot1880–1977 · Canadian politician
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Hubert Reginald Evans1892–1986 · Canadian writer
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Larry Landrian1894–1966 · Canadian rower
ÉB
Élie-Oscar Bertrand1894–1980 · Canadian politician
AC
Alanson Cooke1811–1904 · Canadian politician
Hayter Reed1849–1936 · Canadian politician
DM
Donald McAlpine1869–1925 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Vankleek Hill → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Neighbours
Vankleek Hill and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vankleek Hill | 9,321 | 1 | 0 | 1825 |
| Hawkesbury | 11,451 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grenville | 1,889 | 1 | 0 | 1820 |
| Grenville-sur-la-Rouge | 3,040 | 1 | 0 | 1877 |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,787 | 1 | 1 | 1817 |
In brief
Vankleek Hill in brief
In Vankleek Hill, 28% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Of its people of the past, the best known are James B. Harkin (1875), Lorne Proudfoot (1880) and Hubert Reginald Evans (1892). The rest is about typical: one historic place is about usual for its size (the median is 0).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. Provincial and municipal listings here come from Wikidata alone, since the provinces’ own registers can’t be reused; a listing needs an encyclopedia article to get a page.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Vankleek Hill’s history
How many historic places does Vankleek Hill have on the registers?
Inside Vankleek Hill: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Vankleek Hill?
L'Orignal Jail, a Designated heritage property (part IV), begun in 1825.
How old are the homes in Vankleek Hill?
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).
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).