Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Maison Pierre-Thibault · Photo: Acjelen · CC BY-SA 3.0All told the heritage lists hold 21 historic places within Château-Richer, and 2 sit in the top tier. For its size this is rich ground: 44 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 99% of Canadian towns. Counted by designation, there are 19 municipal citations. A further 3 sit a short way past the edge of town.
Of the places on Château-Richer’s registers, 7 have a photo here. First come Maison Pierre-Thibault and Site archéologique des Couvents-de-Château-Richer. Credit goes to 5 photographers, each named on the photo.
Site archéologique des Couvents-de-Château-Richer
Vieux couvent de Château-Richer
Caveau à légumes 1
Caveau à légumes (8851 avenue Royale)
Maison Guyon-Lessard+2See 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.
From before 1950 comes the oldest view of one of its historic places. Open it full screen with a tap.
c. 1920Public 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.
Until 1968, Château-Richer was called Chateau Richer. 1636 is the date of Château-Richer’s municipality in Wikidata, and like many such dates it may record a charter, not the first homes.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
They were designated between 2012 and 2015. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Among them: Maison Pierre-Thibault and Site archéologique des Couvents-de-Château-Richer. Each one opens its own page.
The top of the list holds Maison Pierre-Thibault and Site archéologique des Couvents-de-Château-Richer. 2 places make houses the second group.
Kinds read from each place’s name and the functions its register gives; a building keeps the kind it was built as.
Their designations span 1997 to 2010. Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1760 (Maison Guyon-Lessard) to 1907. Each one opens its own page.
The places by the year of their designation.
The earliest designation is Site du patrimoine de la Place-de-l'Église’s, from 1997. In 2010 alone, 16 were designated. The list has grown by 2 since 2011.
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
| Sainte-Famille churchClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Chapelle de procession de Sainte-FamilleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Caveau à légumes 2Municipal citation (Québec) · 3.1 km outside the town |
24% of Château-Richer’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Château-Richer were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 32% of today’s homes. Only 14% of Château-Richer’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Pierre-Vincent Valin closes the list, born in 1827. The longest life was Louis-Théodore Besserer’s: 76 years, to 1861. By Wikipedia’s reach, Charles-Honoré Laverdière leads, with 5 articles. It starts with Louis-Théodore Besserer, born in 1785.
Everyone born in Château-Richer → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns of 4,700 to 4,800 residents, by places on the registers.
The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have nothing on the registers.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 21 | 2 | 1739 |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 5 | 4 | 1674 |
| Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans | 1,704 | 3 | 3 | 1717 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 3,173 | 7 | 2 | 1780 |
| Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | 9,084 | 4 | 0 | 1919 |
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 7 | 3 | 1660 |
| Beaupré | 4,314 | 1 | 0 | — |
The pre-1961 share of Château-Richer’s homes is 24%, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 21 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. No town its size has more historic places: it leads the 16 nearest in population. Three lives from its past stand out: Charles-Honoré Laverdière (1826), Louis-Théodore Besserer (1785) and Pierre-Vincent Valin (1827). More than half went on the registers in a single year, 2010: 16 of 21.
Maison Pierre-Thibault — its record dates it to 1739 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
Maison Pierre-Thibault and Site archéologique des Couvents-de-Château-Richer.
The 2021 Census dates 24% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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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