TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1855Moulin Denison540 chemin DenisonPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Moulin Denison · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Danville · Canada’s heritage registers
47% of Danville’s homes were built before 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Danville has 2.7 times as much. The lists give 2 historic places here, one in the top tier. Scaled to its population the record is long: 5.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 95% of Canadian towns. The earliest construction date, 1850, belongs to Moulin Denison.
Historic places
2
5.1 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
1850
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
47%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
A walk through Danville in 2 photos
Both of Danville’s designated places are pictured. First come Moulin Denison and Maison Houston.
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.
The map
Where Danville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 2, by tier
1 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Danville with the highest 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 Danville: one place
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885Maison Houston4 rue Daniel-Johnson¤6 rue Daniel-JohnsonPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
Leave Danville and the first historic place is Presbytère de Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, 15 km away
Bureau d'enregistrement de Richmond, 19 km away, leads 2 places with the top designation. Richmond, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey hold most of them, among 6 towns. Oldest of them is Église anglicane Saint-Paul (1840), 18 km off.
The 8 nearest, within 25 km
| Presbytère de Saint-Georges-de-WindsorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1926 · 15 km away, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
| Église anglicane Saint-PaulMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1843 · 18 km away, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 18 km away, in Richmond |
| Pont Joseph-Édouard-PerraultMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 19 km away, in Warwick |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 19 km away, in Richmond |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 19 km away, in Richmond |
| Site du patrimoine de La PoudrièreCited heritage site (Québec) · 23 km away, in Windsor |
| Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849 · 24 km away, in L'Avenir |
Homes by age
No home in Danville dates from 2016 to 2021; the typical town has 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 35% of Danville’s, against 27% in the typical town. Only 4.2% of Danville’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Danville built little from 1981 to 2000: 14% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.
47%
Before 1961
35%
1961–80
14%
1981–2000
4.2%
2001–15
0%
2016–21
DanvilleTypical 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
1814 to 1911: the people Danville gave its past
12 Wikipedias cover Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead, the most of anyone here. There are 9 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. The longest life here was Galen Clark’s, 96 years, ending in 1910. Of the 9, 5 were born in the years before Confederation.
Galen Clark
Francis Edward Gilman
Clarence Chester Cleveland
R.A.E. Greenshields
George William Hill
Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead
Ralph Frederick Stockwell
Jacques Miquelon
Émilien Lafrance
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Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead1867–1941 · American gynecologist
Galen Clark1814–1910 · Canadian-born American conservationist, writer and botanist
Clarence Chester Cleveland1849–1907 · Canadian politician
George William Hill1862–1934 · Canadian artist
Francis Edward Gilman1842–1917 · Canadian politician
R.A.E. Greenshields1861–1942 · Canadian jurist and academic, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of …
Ralph Frederick Stockwell1885–1962 · Canadian politician
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Jacques Miquelon1911–2004 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Danville → 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 its size
Danville has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,900 to 4,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Danville2
Just these have more: Fort Macleod and New Richmond. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Danville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 3,944 | 2 | 1 | 1850 |
| Val-des-Sources | 7,303 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kingsey Falls | 2,072 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tingwick | 1,567 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | 1,034 | 1 | 0 | 1926 |
| Wotton | 1,448 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Danville in brief
Danville has 47% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, Moulin Denison among them. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Among the lives from its past: Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead (1867), Galen Clark (1814) and Clarence Chester Cleveland (1849). Everything else is close to the norm: the list grew between 1973 and 1998.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Danville’s history
How old are the homes in Danville?
47% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Danville have the highest designation?
Just one: Moulin Denison.
What is the oldest building in Danville?
Moulin Denison — its record dates it to 1850 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
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).