LocalCited heritage site (Québec) · 1949Site patrimonial de la Montagne de la Croixchemin de la CroixPhoto: Claude Brochu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Site patrimonial de la Montagne de la Croix · Photo: Claude Brochu · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Clermont · Canada’s heritage registers
1 historic place on the heritage registers in Clermont
Per resident Clermont outdoes 91% of Canadian towns, with 3.2 for every 10,000 people. Of its homes, 32% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Site patrimonial de la Montagne de la Croix, from 1949, is the town’s cited heritage site (québec). Wikidata gives 1800 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Historic places
1
3.2 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1949
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
32%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Clermont’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
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.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Clermont
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Clermont’s area holds 3 top-tier places within 10 km
The registers hold 4 within 10 km. Église Sainte-Agnès in La Malbaie is the nearest, 4.6 km away. By age, Grange-étable Bhérer leads, from 1840, at 9.5 km.
The 4 nearest, within 10 km
| Église Sainte-AgnèsClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1841–1842 · 4.6 km away, in La Malbaie |
| Forge-menuiserie CauchonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1882 · 5.4 km away, in La Malbaie |
| Forge RiverinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 6.9 km away, in La Malbaie |
| Grange-étable BhérerClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1840 · 9.5 km away, in La Malbaie |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Clermont: 2.4% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Clermont’s largest group of homes, 34%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Count back from today and half of Clermont’s homes are older than 1981. In Clermont, 19% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
32%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
2.4%
2016–21
ClermontTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Clermont has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,100 to 3,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Clermont1
Just these have more: Percé, Paspébiac and Trois-Pistoles. The typical town its size has 0. 12 of them have none.
Neighbours
Clermont and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont | 3,117 | 1 | 0 | 1949 |
| Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs | 1,169 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Malbaie | 8,293 | 5 | 4 | 1840 |
In brief
Clermont in brief
Counted by age, 32% of Clermont’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 3 have more historic places. For the rest, its one place was designated in 2013.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
Questions about Clermont’s history
How many historic places does Clermont have on the registers?
1 historic place inside Clermont, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
How old are the homes in Clermont?
Before 1961: 32% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Clermont?
Site patrimonial de la Montagne de la Croix (Cited heritage site (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1949.
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).