TopNational Historic Site · 1500Blanc-SablonRoute 138 just east of bridge over Blanc Sablon RiverPhoto: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Blanc-Sablon · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.03historic places on the registers
History of Blanc-Sablon · Canada’s heritage registers
Blanc-Sablon keeps a building from 1500: Blanc-Sablon
The registers list 3 historic places inside Blanc-Sablon, every one with the highest designation. Homes from before 1961 are 5.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from January 1, 1990, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
Historic places
3
Highest designations
3
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1500
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
5.4%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Blanc-Sablon’s 3 highest designations, each in a photo
Photos show every place Blanc-Sablon’s registers name. First come Blanc-Sablon and Site archéologique de l'Île-au-Bois.
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 Blanc-Sablon’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 3, by tier
3 Highest designations
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
3 places in Blanc-Sablon with the highest designation
Blanc-Sablon and Site archéologique de l'Île-au-Bois lead the list. They are 2 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage site (Québec)Site archéologique de l'Île-au-BoisPhoto: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage site (Québec)Site patrimonial de Room's PointPhoto: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
Blanc-Sablon added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.2%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 46% of Blanc-Sablon’s, against 23% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Blanc-Sablon were already standing by 2001. In Blanc-Sablon, 33% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
5.4%
Before 1961
33%
1961–80
46%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
2.2%
2016–21
Blanc-SablonTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Blanc-Sablon in brief
Inside Blanc-Sablon there are 3 historic places, 3 with the highest designation. Before 1961: just 5.4% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: its places were designated between 1989 and 2007.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Blanc-Sablon’s history
What is the oldest building in Blanc-Sablon?
Blanc-Sablon, a National Historic Site, begun in 1500.
Which places in Blanc-Sablon have the highest designation?
They are Blanc-Sablon, Site archéologique de l'Île-au-Bois and Site patrimonial de Room's Point.
How old are the homes in Blanc-Sablon?
5.4% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).