How it began
Back to 1991: Chertsey’s first record
Chertsey and Lac-Paré gave way to the present municipality in 1991. As a municipality, Chertsey carries the date November 13, 1991 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.00historic places on the registers
History of Chertsey · Canada’s heritage registers
Chertsey and its setting: 78 historic places within 50 km
Heritage of the first rank begins 14 km from Chertsey, in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson. Homes from 2016 to 2021 make up 4.4% of the stock; the typical town has 4.1%.
Historic places within 50 km
78
26 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
13 km
Centre commercial du Domaine-de-l'Estérel
Homes built before 1961
15%
typical town: 18%
Around the town
Leave Chertsey and the first historic place is Centre commercial du Domaine-de-l'Estérel, 13 km away
Among them are 48 municipal citations, 24 places classified by Québec and 3 heritage railway stations. The registers hold 78 within 50 km. Between them, 27 towns share them, mainly Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Saint-Jérôme and Saint-Jacques.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Centre commercial du Domaine-de-l'EstérelClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1936–1937 · 13 km away, in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de Sainte-JulienneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 18 km away, in Sainte-Julienne |
| Church of St. CosmasMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 23 km away, in Saint-Côme |
| Presbytère de Saint-CômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887–1888 · 23 km away, in Saint-Côme |
| Wilfrid Laurier HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1870–1872 · 27 km away, in Saint-Lin--Laurentides |
| Sir Wilfrid LaurierNational Historic Site · 1870–1871 · 27 km away, in Saint-Lin--Laurentides |
| Maison Joseph-ThibodeauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1844–1855 · 27 km away, in Piedmont |
| Couvent des sœurs de Sainte-AnneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913 · 28 km away, in Saint-Jacques |
| Église Saint-Jacques (Saint-Jacques, Quebec)Municipal citation (Québec) · 1916–1918 · 28 km away, in Saint-Jacques |
| Maison Louise-PariseauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1905 · 28 km away, in Saint-Jacques |
| Ancien bureau de poste de Saint-JacquesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1927 · 28 km away, in Saint-Jacques |
| Presbytère de Saint-JacquesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 28 km away, in Saint-Jacques |
The age of the area
The 50 km around Chertsey keep buildings from as early as 1722
Out to 50 km from Chertsey, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
New France before 17604
British North America 1760–186623
After Confederation 1867–191338
Wars and Depression 1914–19458
Since 1946 1946 on0
Within 50 km, 73 records give a date. 27 are older than 1867. Maison Therrien, in Saint-François, is the oldest (1722).
Homes by age
Chertsey built the most from 1961 to 1980, 42% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Chertsey’s homes are older than 1981. 15% of Chertsey’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Chertsey has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 19%, where most towns have 15%.
15%
Before 1961
42%
1961–80
20%
1981–2000
19%
2001–15
4.4%
2016–21
ChertseyTypical 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
Chertsey and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey | 5,678 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Entrelacs | 1,124 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rawdon | 13,099 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 2 | 1 | 1936 |
| Saint-Calixte | 7,627 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 1 | 1 | 1859 |
In brief
Chertsey in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 15%, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
Questions about Chertsey’s history
How many historic places does Chertsey have on the registers?
None inside Chertsey yet. The nearest, Centre commercial du Domaine-de-l'Estérel, carries the highest designation, 13 km away in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson.
How old are the homes in Chertsey?
15% 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).