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1historic place on the registers
History of Brownsburg-Chatham · Canada’s heritage registers

1 historic place on the heritage registers in Brownsburg-Chatham

The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; Brownsburg-Chatham has 36%. It is Église Saint-Mungo, a municipal citation (québec) begun in 1836. Brownsburg-Chatham has 1.2 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 81% of Canadian towns.

Historic places
1
1.2 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1836
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
36%
typical town: 18%
In pictures

Brownsburg-Chatham’s landmarks

The photo shows Église Saint-Mungo, the one place on Brownsburg-Chatham’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.

How it began

The record of Brownsburg-Chatham, from 1999 on

A reorganization in 1999 folded in Brownsburg and Chatham. In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Brownsburg-Chatham dates from October 6, 1999; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Brownsburg-Chatham’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Église Saint-Mungo · Municipal citation (Québec) · 1836
Provincial and local listings

Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.

The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings

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.

Provincial and local listings

On a provincial or local list in Brownsburg-Chatham: one place

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

Within 25 km of Brownsburg-Chatham: 16 places on the registers

Among them are 5 municipal citations, 3 National Historic Sites and 3 places classified by Québec. Édifice centenaire de la municipalité régionale de comté d'Argenteuil in Lachute is the nearest, 6.7 km away. The earliest date is Maison Barclay’s, 1800, 13 km away.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Édifice centenaire de la municipalité régionale de comté d'ArgenteuilMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887 · 6.7 km away, in Lachute
Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Lachute, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1930 · 6.7 km away, in Lachute
Carillon CanalNational Historic Site · 1826–1834 · 12 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Collector's HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1842–1844 · 12 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Superintendent's ResidenceRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1842–1844 · 12 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Maison BarclayClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1850 · 13 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Macdonell-Williamson HouseNational Historic Site · 1817–1820 · 13 km away, in East Hawkesbury
Carillon BarracksNational Historic Site · 1836–1839 · 13 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Église Christ Church de Saint-André-d'ArgenteuilClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1819–1828 · 14 km away, in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Maison du patrimoine de GrenvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1820 · 16 km away, in Grenville
Calumet railway stationMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1877 · 18 km away, in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge
L'Orignal JailDesignated heritage property (part IV) · 1825 · 22 km away, in Vankleek Hill
Homes by age

36% of Brownsburg-Chatham’s homes were built before 1961

Count back from today and half of Brownsburg-Chatham’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 4.3% of Brownsburg-Chatham’s, about the typical 4.1%. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Brownsburg-Chatham 27% of its homes, near the usual 27%.

36%
Before 1961
27%
1961–80
21%
1981–2000
12%
2001–15
4.3%
2016–21
Brownsburg-ChathamTypical 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

Brownsburg-Chatham has the most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 8,400 to 8,500 residents, by places on the registers.

Neighbours

Brownsburg-Chatham and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Brownsburg-Chatham8,466101836
Lachute15,469201887
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil3,300531800
Gore2,75600—
Grenville1,889101820
East Hawkesbury3,787111817
Hawkesbury11,45100—
In brief

Brownsburg-Chatham in brief

Of the homes standing in Brownsburg-Chatham, 36% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 1 historic place. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. The rest is about typical: one person of its past, John Hay (1862); and its designation dates from 2007.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.

Questions about Brownsburg-Chatham’s history

How old are the homes in Brownsburg-Chatham?

The 2021 Census dates 36% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).

How many historic places does Brownsburg-Chatham have on the registers?

The registers list 1 historic place inside Brownsburg-Chatham.

What is the oldest building in Brownsburg-Chatham?

Église Saint-Mungo (Municipal citation (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1836.

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).