Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Louis S. St. Laurent · Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0The record has 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. For its size Compton is rich ground: 9 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 97% of Canadian towns. Its oldest building on the record is Louis S. St. Laurent, from 1839.
Among them: Louis S. St. Laurent and St. Laurent House. Photos show every place Compton’s registers name. Go back furthest in Compton with Louis S. St. Laurent: 1839.
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.
In 1994 the municipality took over from Compton and Compton. For the municipality of Compton itself, Wikidata records June 22, 1994, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. St. Laurent House is the earliest, from 1839; the latest dates from 1866. Each one opens its own page.
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
| Ensemble institutionnel Saint-JamesCited heritage site (Québec) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Église Saint-JamesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Site du patrimoine du canton de Sainte-Edwidge-de-CliftonCited heritage site (Québec) · 4.3 km outside the town |
Compton’s largest group of homes, 28%, went up from 1961 to 1980. From 2016 on, Compton built only 2.7% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 19% of Compton’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Fame, by Wikipedia: Louis St. Laurent first, in 44 languages. Louis S. St. Laurent, inside the town, is tied to Louis St. Laurent. In 1823 came the earliest, Matthew Henry Cochrane. Most of them, 5 of 9, came into the world in the decades after Confederation.
Everyone born in Compton → Born before 1914, or named by one of the town’s historic places. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Towns of 3,300 to 3,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: North St. Boniface and Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. Their median is 1. For 8, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton | 3,351 | 3 | 1 | 1839 |
| Waterville | 2,643 | 3 | 0 | 1825 |
| Hatley | 2,512 | 1 | 0 | 1870 |
| Coaticook | 9,027 | 7 | 1 | 1837 |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | 2,938 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 11 | 6 | 1853 |
| Ayer's Cliff | 1,284 | 0 | 0 | — |
Before 1961: 23% of Compton’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 3 historic places, one with the highest designation, led by Louis S. St. Laurent. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. Louis St. Laurent (1882), Josiah Grout (1841) and William W. Grout (1836) lead its people of the past. Beyond that, its places were designated between 1973 and 1998.
It is Louis S. St. Laurent.
Louis S. St. Laurent (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1839.
Before 1961: 23% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).
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