TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1770–1826Maison Étienne-Guertin2100 rue RichelieuPhoto: Ugo Ducharme · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Maison Jean-Baptiste-Lamothe · Photo: Challwa · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Beloeil · Canada’s heritage registers
Beloeil’s record starts in 1770 with Maison Étienne-Guertin
The registers list 2 historic places inside Beloeil, every one with the highest designation. Measured against its size, 0.8 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 78% of Canadian towns. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is December 9, 1903; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Historic places
2
0.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1770
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
13%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
All 2 of Beloeil’s highest-designated places, photographed
Among them: Maison Jean-Baptiste-Lamothe and Maison Étienne-Guertin. Both places on Beloeil’s registers have a photo here.
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 Beloeil’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 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
2 places in Beloeil with the highest designation
Their designations span 1957 to 1975. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Maison Étienne-Guertin is the earliest, from 1770; the latest dates from 1824. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1824Maison Jean-Baptiste-Lamothe96 rue Richelieu¤98 rue RichelieuPhoto: Challwa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
6 designated places lie within 5 km of Beloeil
Closest of all is Église Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire), in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 1.5 km off. The earliest date is Maison natale Ozias-Leduc’s, 1800, 4 km away. Among them are 3 places classified by Québec and 3 municipal citations.
The 6 nearest, within 5 km
| Église Saint-Hilaire (Mont-Saint-Hilaire)Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1830–1837 · 1.5 km away, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
| Maison natale de Paul-Émile-BorduasMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1900 · 1.6 km away, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
| École Sacré-CœurMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1927 · 1.6 km away, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
| Maison Paul-Émile-BorduasClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1945 · 1.8 km away, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
| Rouville-Campbell ManorClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1853–1860 · 2 km away, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
| Maison natale Ozias-LeducMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1800–1850 · 4 km away, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
Homes by age
Beloeil is still building: 10% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Beloeil’s largest group of homes, 38%, went up from 1961 to 1980. At 13%, Beloeil’s share of pre-1961 homes is under the typical town’s 18%. 20% of Beloeil’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
13%
Before 1961
38%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
20%
2001–15
10%
2016–21
BeloeilTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
8 lives that began in Beloeil before 1914
Fame, by Wikipedia: Louis-Philippe Brodeur first, in 7 languages. Most of them, 7 of 8, came into the world in the years before Confederation. At 94, Philippe-Auguste Choquette outlived the rest, dying in 1948. Alexandre Dufresne comes first, born in 1818.
Alexandre Dufresne
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques
Albine Gadbois
Alexis-Xyste Bernard
Philippe-Auguste Choquette
Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Joseph-Éloi Fontaine
Béatrice La Palme
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Louis-Philippe Brodeur1862–1924 · Canadian Supreme Court justice and politician
Philippe-Auguste Choquette1854–1948 · Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator
Béatrice La Palme1878–1921 · Canadian singer
Alexis-Xyste Bernard1847–1923 · Catholic bishop
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques1828–1880 · Canadian politician
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Joseph-Éloi Fontaine1865–1930 · Canadian politician
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Alexandre Dufresne1818–1878 · Canadian politician
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Albine Gadbois1830–1874
Everyone born in Beloeil → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Beloeil and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beloeil | 25,240 | 2 | 2 | 1770 |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 19,447 | 6 | 3 | 1800 |
| McMasterville | 6,114 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 2,999 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Otterburn Park | 9,460 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 1 | 1 | 1804 |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,146 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Beloeil in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give Beloeil 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Of its people of the past, the best known are Louis-Philippe Brodeur (1862), Philippe-Auguste Choquette (1854) and Béatrice La Palme (1878). The census dates only 13% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, 2 historic places is about usual for its size (the median is 0); and the list grew between 1957 and 1975.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- 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.
Questions about Beloeil’s history
What is the oldest building in Beloeil?
Maison Étienne-Guertin (Classified heritage building (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1770.
Which places in Beloeil have the highest designation?
These: Maison Étienne-Guertin and Maison Jean-Baptiste-Lamothe.
How old are the homes in Beloeil?
Before 1961: 13% 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).