Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Historic Village of Val-Jalbert · Photo: Mathieu BROSSAIS · CC BY 4.0On the registers Chambord counts 6 historic places, 3 at the top. On the list: 3 municipal citations.
Of the places pictured in Chambord, “819, route de la Pointe” is the oldest, from 1863. The photos cover 4 of Chambord’s designated places; the rest keep their register record. 2 of the top-tier places in Chambord have a photo.
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.
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
2 of the 6 dated places were built before Confederation.
As a municipality, Chambord carries the date December 8, 1973 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation. Chambord and Saint-Louis-de-Chambord gave way to the present municipality in 1973.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
The group holds 2 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They date from 1676 (Métabetchouane archaeological site) to 1901. Each one opens its own page.
Second on the list: mills, shops and works, 2 of them. At the head of the list: Historic Village of Val-Jalbert and Métabetchouane archaeological site.
The groups come from each place’s name and its recorded functions, by what it was built as.
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1863 (“819, route de la Pointe”) to 1906. Each one opens its own page.
More of Chambord’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 29%. New building is strong in Chambord: 7.1% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Chambord were already standing by 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambord | 1,800 | 6 | 3 | 1676 |
| Desbiens | 1,034 | 1 | 1 | 1760 |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix | 4,230 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Roberval | 9,828 | 4 | 2 | 1872 |
Before 1961: 27% of Chambord’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 6 historic places, 3 with the highest designation. 4 of the 6 dated places belong to the decades after Confederation. For the rest, one person of its past, Joseph Miville Dechene (1879); and the list grew between 1988 and 2019.
By its record, Métabetchouane archaeological site, from 1676 (Classified heritage site (Québec)).
They are Historic Village of Val-Jalbert, Métabetchouane archaeological site and Val-Jalbert.
27% 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).
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