TopNational Historic Site · 1774–1798Saint-Joachim Church1 d'Youville BoulevardPhoto: Daign · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Saint-Joachim Church · Photo: Daign · CC BY-SA 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Châteauguay · Canada’s heritage registers
Back to 1774 in Châteauguay, with Saint-Joachim Church
Canada’s heritage registers list 2 historic places inside Châteauguay, one with the highest designation. For every 10,000 residents that makes 0.4, ahead of 73% of Canadian towns. The record has a municipal citation. Wikidata dates the municipality to June 1, 1913, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Historic places
2
0.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1774
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Then and today: Châteauguay in 2 photos and 1 old pictures
Up first are Saint-Joachim Church and Maison LePailleur. The photos cover both places on Châteauguay’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.
Through time
Châteauguay before 1950
The oldest view of one of its historic places, made before 1950. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
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.
The map
Where Châteauguay’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 2, by tier
1 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
Châteauguay’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in Châteauguay: one place
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1792Maison LePailleur54 boulevard Salaberry SudPhoto: Guerinf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
Within 10 km of Châteauguay, 12 top designations
They stand in 8 towns, Kahnawake, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot and Sault-Saint-Louis among them. The oldest, LeBer-LeMoyne House, dates from 1669, 9.3 km away. At 3.3 km, Maison Sauvageau-Sweeny in Mercier is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Maison Sauvageau-SweenyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1825 · 3.3 km away, in Mercier |
| Fort St-LouisNational Historic Site · 1725–1726 · 7.5 km away, in Kahnawake |
| Caughnawaga Mission / Mission of St. Francis XavierNational Historic Site · 1716–1915 · 7.5 km away, in Kahnawake |
| Caughnawaga PresbyteryNational Historic Site · 1716–1720 · 7.5 km away, in Kahnawake |
| Light Tower (Front)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1901 · 8.4 km away, in Lachine-Ouest |
| Light Tower (Rear)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1901 · 8.6 km away, in Lachine-Ouest |
| The Fur Trade at LachineNational Historic Site · 1803–1804 · 9 km away, in Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre |
| Île Perrot Windmill and Miller's HouseNational Historic Site · 1707–1792 · 9.2 km away, in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot |
| Pointe-du-Moulin WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1707–1708 · 9.2 km away, in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot |
| Annexe de la maison De Lorimier-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930 · 9.2 km away, in Sault-Saint-Louis |
| Maison De Lorimier-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1775–1800 · 9.2 km away, in Sault-Saint-Louis |
| Fleming WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1827 · 9.2 km away, in Cecil-P.-Newman |
Homes by age
Most of Châteauguay’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 37%
Châteauguay has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 19%, where most towns have 15%. New building in Châteauguay runs at the usual pace: 4.8% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Before 1961: 18% of Châteauguay’s homes, near the usual 18%.
18%
Before 1961
37%
1961–80
21%
1981–2000
19%
2001–15
4.8%
2016–21
ChâteauguayTypical 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
5 people born in Châteauguay before 1914
4 of the 5 were born in the years before Confederation. It starts with Joseph Duquet, born in 1815. By Wikipedia’s reach, John George Jack leads, with 7 articles. Lucille Desparois closes the list, born in 1909.
Joseph Duquet
Tancrède Sauvageau
Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme
John George Jack
Lucille Desparois
1800182518501875190019251950
John George Jack1861–1949 · American botanist
JD
Joseph Duquet1815–1838 · Lower Canadian notary
TS
Tancrède Sauvageau1819–1892 · Member of Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Lucille Desparois1909–1996 · Canadian radio host
Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme1851–1929 · Canadian private banker
Everyone born in Châteauguay → 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
Châteauguay and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteauguay | 53,508 | 2 | 1 | 1774 |
| Kahnawake | 11,142 | 3 | 3 | 1716 |
| Mercier | 16,036 | 1 | 1 | 1800 |
| Léry | 2,817 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lachine-Ouest | 15,315 | 1 | 0 | 1900 |
| Dorval | 21,062 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Châteauguay in brief
Châteauguay has 18% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, led by Saint-Joachim Church. John George Jack (1861), Joseph Duquet (1815) and Tancrède Sauvageau (1819) are the best known of its historic lives. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has 2 historic places, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); and the designations ran from 1999 to 2010.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Protection. In Québec, a classement or a municipal citation under the Loi sur le patrimoine culturel protects the building in law; a federal designation recognises significance and binds only federal owners.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- 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. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
Questions about Châteauguay’s history
What is the oldest building in Châteauguay?
Saint-Joachim Church, a National Historic Site, begun in 1774.
Which places in Châteauguay have the highest designation?
It is Saint-Joachim Church.
How old are the homes in Châteauguay?
The 2021 Census dates 18% 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).