TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1835–1841Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna)455 rue de l'ÉglisePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna) · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.03historic places on the registers
History of Cacouna · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers list 3 historic places in Cacouna, 2 at the top
Designations here include a municipal citation. Of its homes, 36% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Its oldest building on the record is Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna), from 1835. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has March 22, 2006, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Historic places
3
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1835
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
36%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Then and today: Cacouna in 3 photos and 1 old pictures
Look out for Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna) and “Church of St George, Cacouna”. All of Cacouna’s designated places are pictured.
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.
Through time
Cacouna before 1950
From before 1950 comes the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1900Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Cacouna’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 3, by tier
2 Highest designations1 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.
Highest designations
2 places in Cacouna with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna) is the earliest, from 1835; the latest dates from 1845. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1845–1848Church of St George, Cacouna435 rue de l'ÉglisePhoto: Hélène Grenier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Cacouna
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891Maison Denis-Launière215 rue de la GrèvePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
36% of Cacouna’s homes were built before 1961
Over half of the homes in Cacouna were already standing by 1981. Only 16% of Cacouna’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. From 2016 to 2021 Cacouna added 3.5% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
36%
Before 1961
33%
1961–80
16%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
3.5%
2016–21
CacounaTypical 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
Lives begun in Cacouna between 1830 and 1866
The widest known is Élie Mailloux: 3 Wikipedia editions. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 4 births here before 1914. Longest lived was Joseph-Cléophas Saindon, 75 years in all (1941).
Élie Mailloux
Georges-Honoré Deschênes
Félix-Alonzo Talbot
Joseph-Cléophas Saindon
1800182518501875190019251950
ÉM
Élie Mailloux1830–1893 · Canadian politician
GD
Georges-Honoré Deschênes1841–1892 · Canadian politician
FT
Félix-Alonzo Talbot1860–1915 · Canadian politician
JS
Joseph-Cléophas Saindon1866–1941 · Canadian Catholic priest
Everyone born in Cacouna → 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
Cacouna and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 3 | 2 | 1835 |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 13 | 4 | 1829 |
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 0 | 0 | — |
| L'Isle-Verte | 1,427 | 7 | 4 | 1823 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Cacouna in brief
Older stock first: 36% of homes in Cacouna were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 3 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, led by Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna). Its people of the past include Élie Mailloux (1830), Georges-Honoré Deschênes (1841) and Félix-Alonzo Talbot (1860). Beyond that, its places were designated between 1957 and 2013.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
Questions about Cacouna’s history
How old are the homes in Cacouna?
Before 1961: 36% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Cacouna have the highest designation?
Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna) and Church of St George, Cacouna.
What is the oldest building in Cacouna?
Presbytère de Saint-Georges (Cacouna), a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1835.
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).