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History of Charette · Canada’s heritage registers

Before 1961: 44% of the homes in Charette

Charette’s share is 2.5 times the typical 18%. 21 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Charette, the nearest Site du calvaire, 6.4 km away. Heritage of the first rank begins 8 km away, in Saint-Boniface.

Historic places within 25 km

12 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

6.4 km

Site du calvaire

Homes built before 1961

44%

typical town: 18%

How it began

1900 and after: Charette’s milestones

In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Charette dates from February 9, 1918; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. Trains arrived at Charette in 1900.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Charette (Québec)”, revision 233329024 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Around Charette, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1730

Reaching 25 km out from Charette: the historic places by their first construction date on record.

New France before 17601

British North America 1760–18666

After Confederation 1867–19136

Wars and Depression 1914–19456

Since 1946 1946 on0

The earliest is Forges du Saint-Maurice in Trois-Rivières, begun in 1730. 19 dated places within 25 km make up the record. Before Confederation: 7.

Around the town

21 historic places within 25 km of Charette

Of 12 top designations nearby, Site archéologique des Forges-Grondin is the closest, at 6.8 km. Nearest comes Site du calvaire, 6.4 km off, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton. They are 9 places classified by Québec, 7 municipal citations and 3 National Historic Sites.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Site du calvaireCited heritage site (Québec) · 6.4 km away, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton

Site archéologique des Forges-GrondinClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1878 · 6.8 km away, in Saint-Boniface

Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-PrésentationNational Historic Site · 1924–1925 · 15 km away, in Shawinigan

Former Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting ComplexNational Historic Site · 1899–1928 · 15 km away, in Shawinigan

Église Saint-Léon-le-GrandClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1819–1824 · 15 km away, in Yamachiche

Presbytère de Saint-Léon-le-GrandMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1894 · 15 km away, in Louiseville

Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1927–1928 · 16 km away, in Shawinigan

Canadian National Railways Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1930 · 17 km away, in Shawinigan

Caserne ChamplainClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 17 km away, in Shawinigan

Pont de Saint-MathieuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1936 · 17 km away, in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc

Nérée-Beauchemin HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1867 · 19 km away, in Yamachiche

Maison Louis-Léon-Lesieur-DesaulniersClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1860–1865 · 19 km away, in Yamachiche

Homes by age

9.3% of Charette’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 17% of Charette’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 14% of Charette’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%. More than half of Charette’s housing predates 1981.

44%

Before 1961

14%

1961–80

17%

1981–2000

16%

2001–15

9.3%

2016–21

CharetteTypical 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

Charette and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Charette	1,178	0	0	—
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton	2,062	1	0	—
Saint-Boniface	5,405	1	1	1878
Saint-Barnabé	1,234	0	0	—
Saint-Paulin	1,659	0	0	—
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès	4,675	0	0	—
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc	1,598	1	0	1936

In brief

Charette in brief

The pre-1961 share of Charette’s homes is 44%, against 18% in the typical town.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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.
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 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.

Questions about Charette’s history

How many historic places does Charette have on the registers?

Charette has none of its own yet. Site du calvaire, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, is the nearest, 6.4 km away.

How old are the homes in Charette?

44% 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).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · 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).