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Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-DufresneGrange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Austin · Canada’s heritage registers

2 historic places in Austin, one of them a top designation

Designations here include a municipal citation. Its oldest building on the record is Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne, from 1907.

1highest designation1907oldest building
Historic places
2
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1907
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
13%
typical town: 18%
In pictures

Look around Austin: 2 photos

The set opens with Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne and Complexe des moulins d'Austin. Both places on Austin’s registers have a photo here.

Complexe des moulins d'AustinComplexe des moulins d'Austin

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

How it began

The dates behind Austin, from 1938

Austin takes its name from Nicholas Austin, one of the first Quakers in the province of Quebec. As a municipality, Austin carries the date November 5, 1938 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Austin’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Complexe des moulins d'Austin · Cited heritage site (Québec)Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne · Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1907
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings

Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.

The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings

Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Highest designations

One place in Austin 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 Austin or its province protects

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

Maison Merry, 8.2 km from Austin, is the closest

The registers hold 14 within 25 km. They stand in 7 towns, Bolton-Est, Waterloo and Magog among them. Bolton-Est Town Hall, 10 km off, is the nearest of 3 top-tier places.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Maison MerryMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1821 · 8.2 km away, in Magog
Église Sainte-Marguerite-MarieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1949–1950 · 9.6 km away, in Magog
Église Saint-Patrick de Bolton CentreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1873–1876 · 10 km away, in Bolton-Est
Bolton-Est Town HallNational Historic Site · 1867–1868 · 10 km away, in Bolton-Est
Église Methodist UnitedMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1879 · 11 km away, in Bolton-Est
Église Saint-Matthew de Stukely-SudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1854–1856 · 13 km away, in Stukely-Sud
Église Holy Trinity de South BoltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 15 km away, in Bolton-Est
Église Saint-Andrew de The PassMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 17 km away, in Lac-Brome
Noyau institutionnel de KnowltonCited heritage site (Québec) · 20 km away, in Lac-Brome
Pont NarrowsClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881 · 20 km away, in Stanstead
Manoir MaplewoodMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1864–1865 · 21 km away, in Waterloo
Église Saint-Luke de WaterlooClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1867–1870 · 22 km away, in Waterloo
Homes by age

A growing town: 10% of Austin’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Homes from before 1961 are 13% of Austin’s housing, below the typical 18%. More of Austin’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 29%. Austin has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 23%, where most towns have 15%.

13%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
23%
2001–15
10%
2016–21
AustinTypical 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

Austin and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Austin1,959211907
Eastman2,70600—
Magog30,764311821
Bolton-Est1,337411860
Orford5,69800—
Stukely-Sud1,242101854
Stanstead1,17100—
In brief

Austin in brief

Austin has 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, among them Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 13%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: the designations ran from 1984 to 2011.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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.
  • Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
  • The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
  • Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
  • 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.
  • Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
  • 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.

Questions about Austin’s history

Which places in Austin have the highest designation?

Just one: Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne.

What is the oldest building in Austin?

By its record, Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-Dufresne, from 1907 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).

How old are the homes in Austin?

13% 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).