LocalCited heritage site (Québec) · 1930–1932Site patrimonial de la Paroisse-de-Notre-Dame-des-AngesPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Site patrimonial de la Paroisse-de-Notre-Dame-des-Anges · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Amherst · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Amherst
In Amherst that place is Site patrimonial de la Paroisse-de-Notre-Dame-des-Anges, a cited heritage site (québec), from 1930. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has March 9, 1887, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. Add one just outside the town.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1930
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
19%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Amherst’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Amherst
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Leave Amherst and the first historic place is Site du patrimoine Beattie-des-Pins, 19 km away
Their towns number 2: Mont-Tremblant and Lac-Simon first. Count to 25 km and there are 3.
The 3 nearest, within 25 km
| Site du patrimoine Beattie-des-PinsCited heritage site (Québec) · 1891–1910 · 19 km away, in Mont-Tremblant |
| Domaine des Pères de Sainte-CroixCited heritage site (Québec) · 1933 · 24 km away, in Lac-Simon |
| Chapel of St. BernardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1941–1942 · 24 km away, in Mont-Tremblant |
Just outside Amherst: 1
| Site du patrimoine du calvaire d'HuberdeauCited heritage site (Québec) · 4.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Amherst’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 30%
19% of Amherst’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 19% of Amherst’s housing, about the typical 18%. From 2016 to 2021 Amherst added 5.1% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
19%
Before 1961
30%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
19%
2001–15
5.1%
2016–21
AmherstTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Amherst and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst | 1,703 | 1 | 0 | 1930 |
| Brébeuf | 1,012 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Conception | 1,685 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mont-Tremblant | 11,879 | 2 | 0 | 1891 |
In brief
Amherst in brief
Older stock first: 19% of homes in Amherst were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. Beyond that, its designation dates from 2007.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
Questions about Amherst’s history
How many historic places does Amherst have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Amherst.
What is the oldest building in Amherst?
Site patrimonial de la Paroisse-de-Notre-Dame-des-Anges — its record dates it to 1930 (Cited heritage site (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Amherst?
19% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · 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).