TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1939–1940Church of St Amelia36 avenue MarquettePhoto: Hélène Grenier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Church of St Amelia · Photo: Hélène Grenier · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Baie-Comeau · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Baie-Comeau: 1 historic place of the highest rank
Baie-Comeau’s entry is Church of St Amelia (1939), a classified heritage building (québec). Wikidata gives 1937 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged. Measured against its size, Baie-Comeau’s 0.5 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 74% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
0.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1939
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
24%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Baie-Comeau’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Baie-Comeau with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Baie-Comeau: 12 places within 100 km
The mix: 25 municipal citations, 9 places classified by Québec and 4 heritage railway stations. They belong to 9 towns, chiefly Rimouski, Mont-Joli and Sainte-Luce. Within 100 km there are 44 in all.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Presbytère de Saint-Jérôme-de-MataneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887 · 63 km away, in Matane |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1914 · 63 km away, in Matane |
| East watchtowerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940–1942 · 64 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Jardins de MétisClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1887 · 65 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Estevan LodgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1887 · 65 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Jardins de MétisNational Historic Site · 1926–1959 · 65 km away, in Price |
| Site du patrimoine Flavie-DrapeauCited heritage site (Québec) · 67 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Ancien presbytère de Sainte-FlavieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1853 · 67 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Maison BourgoinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 68 km away, in Price |
| Rivière-Blanche railway stationClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1908–1910 · 69 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Mont-Joli, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 69 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| West WatchtowerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940–1942 · 69 km away, in Sainte-Luce |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Baie-Comeau: 0.8% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Baie-Comeau today were built before 1981. Only 3.2% of Baie-Comeau’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 55% of Baie-Comeau’s, against 27% in the typical town.
24%
Before 1961
55%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
3.2%
2001–15
0.8%
2016–21
Baie-ComeauTypical 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
Baie-Comeau has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 20,500 to 20,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Baie-Comeau1
Only Rivière-du-Loup, Édouard-Montpetit and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures have more. Their median is 0. 10 of them have none.
Neighbours
Baie-Comeau and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie-Comeau | 20,660 | 1 | 1 | 1939 |
| Pointe-Lebel | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | 1,406 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | 1,447 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Baie-Comeau in brief
Before 1961: 24% of Baie-Comeau’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, led by Church of St Amelia. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 3 have more historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 2017.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. In Québec, a classement or a municipal citation under the Loi sur le patrimoine culturel protects the building in law; a federal designation recognises significance and binds only federal owners.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Baie-Comeau’s history
Which places in Baie-Comeau have the highest designation?
Church of St Amelia.
What is the oldest building in Baie-Comeau?
Church of St Amelia — its record dates it to 1939 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Baie-Comeau?
24% 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).