TopNational Historic Site · 1867–1868Bolton-Est Town Hall858 Missisquoi RoadPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Bolton-Est Town Hall · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.04historic places on the registers
History of Bolton-Est · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Bolton-Est: 4 historic places, one of the highest rank
On the list: 3 municipal citations. Of the dated places, Église Holy Trinity de South Bolton is the oldest, from 1860. Wikidata dates the municipality to December 28, 1876, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Historic places
4
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
3
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1860
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
21%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Bolton-Est in 4 photos
Each of Bolton-Est’s designated places has a photo. Among them: Bolton-Est Town Hall and Église Methodist United.
Église Methodist United
Église Holy Trinity de South Bolton
Église Saint-Patrick de Bolton Centre+1See all photosPhotos 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 Bolton-Est’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 4, by tier
1 Highest designations3 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Bolton-Est 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
On provincial and local lists in Bolton-Est: 3 places
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. The oldest, Église Holy Trinity de South Bolton, dates from 1860; the newest from 1879. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860Église Holy Trinity de South Boltonroute Bolton PassPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1873–1876Église Saint-Patrick de Bolton Centreroute MissisquoiPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1879Église Methodist Unitedroute MissisquoiPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Bolton-Est: 9.8% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 19% of Bolton-Est’s, against 27% in the typical town. 29% of Bolton-Est’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Before 1961: 21% of Bolton-Est’s homes, near the usual 18%.
21%
Before 1961
19%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
29%
2001–15
9.8%
2016–21
Bolton-EstTypical 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
Bolton-Est and its neighbours
In brief
Bolton-Est in brief
The 2021 Census dates 21% of Bolton-Est’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 4 historic places, one with the highest designation, with Bolton-Est Town Hall first. For the rest, its past has lives on the record such as Reginald Fessenden (1866) and Nina May Owens (1869); and the list grew between 1984 and 2012.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- 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.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
Questions about Bolton-Est’s history
Which places in Bolton-Est have the highest designation?
Bolton-Est Town Hall.
What is the oldest building in Bolton-Est?
By its record, Église Holy Trinity de South Bolton, from 1860 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Bolton-Est?
21% 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).