Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk) · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY 3.0Acton Vale’s one place is Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk), a national historic site begun in 1900. Acton Vale has 1.3 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 81% of Canadian towns.
The past in one picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1910Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Wikidata holds January 1, 1861 as the start of the municipality of Acton Vale, a date that can just as well be an incorporation. Before 1969, Acton Vale went by Acton-Vale. The first railway station on record, Acton Vale railway station, opened in 1900.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
They belong to 5 towns, chiefly Durham-Sud, Saint-Valérien-de-Milton and Saint-Germain-de-Grantham. The nearest is Presbytère de Saint-Valérien-de-Milton, 14 km away in Saint-Valérien-de-Milton. Among them are 5 municipal citations and a place classified by Québec.
| Presbytère de Saint-Valérien-de-MiltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1877–1879 · 14 km away, in Saint-Valérien-de-Milton |
| Église All Saints de Davidson HillMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1863 · 17 km away, in Durham-Sud |
| Église Saint-James de Durham-SudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 18 km away, in Durham-Sud |
| Ancien presbytère de Saint-Germain-de-GranthamMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 22 km away, in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham |
| Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849 · 24 km away, in L'Avenir |
| Ancien poste de transmission MarconiMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1925 · 25 km away, in Drummondville |
Acton Vale’s largest group of homes, 35%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Few of Acton Vale’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.1%, the norm 15%. From 2016 on, Acton Vale built only 3.2% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns of 7,900 to 8,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Just one has more: Cardinal. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 1 | 1 | 1900 |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton | 1,650 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Roxton Falls | 1,399 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upton | 2,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Roxton | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wickham | 2,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton | 1,794 | 1 | 0 | 1877 |
Older stock first: 26% of homes in Acton Vale were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, including Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk). Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Everything else is close to the norm: Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette (1893) and Milton McDonald (1848) are its people of the past on the record; and its one place was designated in 1976.
Just one: Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk).
Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk) (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1900.
Before 1961: 26% 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).
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