TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1765Maison Beaurepaire13 thompson PointPhoto: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Maison Beaurepaire · Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Beaconsfield · Canada’s heritage registers
History in Beaconsfield goes back to 1765: Maison Beaurepaire
Canada’s heritage registers list 2 historic places inside Beaconsfield, one with the highest designation. Scaled to its population, 1 per 10,000 residents beats 79% of Canadian towns. Counted by designation, there are a municipal citation. Wikidata dates the municipality to 1698, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Historic places
2
1 per 10,000 residents
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
1765
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
30%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 photos of Beaconsfield’s historic places
Up first are Maison Beaurepaire and Maison Mary-Garbutt-Angell. The photos cover both places on Beaconsfield’s registers.
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.
The map
Where Beaconsfield’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
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 Beaconsfield 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 Beaconsfield or its province protects
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1855Maison Mary-Garbutt-Angell530 Lakeshore RoadPhoto: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Around the town
9 places of the highest rank within 5 km of Beaconsfield
Kirkland, Pointe-Claire and Baie-D'Urfé hold most of them, among 4 towns. Atelier Charles-Daudelin in Kirkland is the nearest, 1.5 km away. 11 places lie within 5 km.
The 11 nearest, within 5 km
| Atelier Charles-DaudelinClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1959 · 1.5 km away, in Kirkland |
| Site patrimonial de la Maison-Charles-DaudelinClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1951 · 1.6 km away, in Kirkland |
| Charles Daudelin HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1951 · 1.6 km away, in Kirkland |
| Maison LanthierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1785 · 2.6 km away, in Kirkland |
| Last Post Fund National Field of HonourNational Historic Site · 1929 · 2.6 km away, in Pointe-Claire |
| Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-CarrièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1740–1761 · 2.8 km away, in Kirkland |
| Site patrimonial de la pointe ClaireCited heritage site (Québec) · 3.3 km away, in Pointe-Claire |
| Pointe-Claire WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1709 · 3.4 km away, in Pointe-Claire |
| Maison Rangé-dit-LavioletteMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1700 · 3.6 km away, in Baie-D'Urfé |
| Maison Montpellier dit BeaulieuClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1848–1851 · 4.4 km away, in L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève |
| Maison Hyacinthe-Jamme-dit-CarrièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1769–1791 · 4.5 km away, in Pointe-Claire |
Homes by age
Little new building in Beaconsfield: 1.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Few of Beaconsfield’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, the norm 23%. Beaconsfield built little from 2001 to 2015: 5.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. At 30%, Beaconsfield’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%.
30%
Before 1961
49%
1961–80
14%
1981–2000
5.2%
2001–15
1.7%
2016–21
BeaconsfieldTypical 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
Beaconsfield and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 2 | 1 | 1765 |
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 5 | 5 | 1740 |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 3 | 1 | 1799 |
| Baie-D'Urfé | 3,706 | 1 | 0 | 1700 |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 4 | 3 | 1709 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 5,393 | 1 | 1 | 1790 |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 12 | 2 | 1790 |
In brief
Beaconsfield in brief
Older stock first: 30% of homes in Beaconsfield were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, Maison Beaurepaire among them. For the rest, it has 2 historic places, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 0); and the list grew between 2002 and 2012.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Beaconsfield’s history
What is the oldest building in Beaconsfield?
Maison Beaurepaire — its record dates it to 1765 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
Which places in Beaconsfield have the highest designation?
Maison Beaurepaire.
How old are the homes in Beaconsfield?
Before 1961: 30% of its homes; 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).