TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1648Maison Delisle172 chemin du RoyPhoto: Huguette Dion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Moulin à vent de Grondines · Photo: Gilles Y. Hamel · CC BY-SA 3.016historic places on the registers
History of Deschambault-Grondines · Canada’s heritage registers
Back to 1648 in Deschambault-Grondines, with Maison Delisle
The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; Deschambault-Grondines has 37%. All told the heritage lists hold 16 historic places within the town, and 10 sit in the top tier. On the list: 6 municipal citations. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from February 27, 2002, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
Historic places
16
Highest designations
10
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
6
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1648
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
37%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Photos of all 10 top-tier places in Deschambault-Grondines
15 designated places in Deschambault-Grondines have a photo. First come Moulin à vent de Grondines and Presbytère de Saint-Charles-des-Grondines. Credit goes to 7 photographers, each named on the photo.
Presbytère de Saint-Charles-des-Grondines
Relais de poste de Deschambault
Vieux presbytère de Deschambault
Maison Delisle
Maison de la Veuve-Groleau+10See all photosPhotos 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
Deschambault-Grondines, long ago
The past in one picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1910Public 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.
How old
In Deschambault-Grondines, the years before Confederation left the most behind
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
New France before 17604
British North America 1760–186610
After Confederation 1867–19131
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0
Of the 15 with a date, 14 predate 1867.
The map
Where Deschambault-Grondines’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings400 m from Église Saint-Joseph de Deschambault
4 of 10within 400 m of Église Saint-Joseph de Deschambault, the heart of the town’s history
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 16, by tier
10 Highest designations6 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
10 places in Deschambault-Grondines with the highest designation
They were designated between 1963 and 2012. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Maison Delisle is the earliest, from 1648; the latest dates from 1842. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1674Moulin à vent de Grondines535 chemin des AncêtresPhoto: Gilles Y. Hamel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1715Maison de la Veuve-Groleau200 chemin du RoyPhoto: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1735–1758Relais de poste de Deschambault258 chemin du RoyPhoto: Sylvainbrousseau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1825Maison Sewell106 chemin du RoyPhoto: Huguette Dion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1802Moulin de La Chevrotière109 rue De ChavignyPhoto: Harfang · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1815–1818Vieux presbytère de Deschambault117 rue Saint-JosephPhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1835–1838Église Saint-Joseph de Deschambault110 rue de l'Église¤ rue Saint-JosephPhoto: Harfang · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1839–1842Saint-Charles-Borromée Church501 chemin Sir-Lomer-GouinPhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1842–1843Presbytère de Saint-Charles-des-Grondines490 chemin du RoyPhoto: Sylvainbrousseau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
What’s designated
Deschambault-Grondines’s record leans to churches and religious buildings: 38%
5 places make houses the second group. Leading by designation: Maison Delisle and Moulin à vent de Grondines. All told, 5 kinds of place appear.
Churches and religious buildings6
Houses5
Public buildings2
Mills, shops and works2
Other places1
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Provincial and local listings
6 local listings in Deschambault-Grondines
Maison Jean-Boudreau is the earliest, from 1790; the latest dates from 1913. Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Designations came from 2005 to 2014. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1790Maison Jean-Boudreau128 chemin du RoyPhoto: Huguette Dion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1841Calvaire Alexandre-Naudchemin du RoyPhoto: Huguette Dion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1848Salle des habitants de Deschambault109 rue de l'ÉglisePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1861Couvent de Deschambault115 rue de l'ÉglisePhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913École Saint-Charles-de-Grondines525 chemin Sir-Lomer-GouinPhoto: Sylvainbrousseau · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Municipal citation (Québec)Maison Benoit134 chemin du Roy
When designated
Designated in Deschambault-Grondines since 1963
The places by the year of their designation.
1960198020002020
The first was Maison Delisle, in 1963. In 1965 alone, 2 were designated. The list has grown by 2 since 2011.
Just outside
Just outside Deschambault-Grondines
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Deschambault-Grondines: 9
| Moulin du Domaine-de-LotbinièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.3 km outside the town |
| Maison Ambroise-Chavigny-De La ChevrotièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Maison François-BélangéClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Église Saint-LouisClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Chapelle de procession de Saint-LouisClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Maison PagéClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.8 km outside the town |
| Presbytère de Sainte-EmmélieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 3.2 km outside the town |
| Église Sainte-EmmélieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 3.3 km outside the town |
| École de la FalaiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 3.3 km outside the town |
Homes by age
A growing town: 5.7% of Deschambault-Grondines’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 16% of Deschambault-Grondines’s, against 27% in the typical town. 23% of Deschambault-Grondines’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Only 17% of Deschambault-Grondines’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
37%
Before 1961
16%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
23%
2001–15
5.7%
2016–21
Deschambault-GrondinesTypical 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
Born in Deschambault-Grondines before the First World War: 8 lives
The earliest is Jean-Olivier Arcand, born in 1793. Best known is Lomer Gouin, with articles in 8 Wikipedia languages. At the other end is Pierre Gauthier, from 1894. Of the 8, 4 were born in the years before Confederation.
Jean-Olivier Arcand
Jacques-Félix Sincennes
Isidore-Noël Belleau
Lomer Gouin
Charles-Joseph Arcand
Georges Mayrand
Rodolphe Mathieu
Pierre Gauthier
175017751800182518501875190019251950
LG
Lomer Gouin1861–1929 · Canadian politician
RM
Rodolphe Mathieu1890–1962 · Canadian musician
IB
Isidore-Noël Belleau1848–1936 · Canadian politician
PG
Pierre Gauthier1894–1972 · Canadian politician
JS
Jacques-Félix Sincennes1818–1876 · Lower-Canada businessman and political figure.
JA
Jean-Olivier Arcand1793–1875 · Canadian politician
CA
Charles-Joseph Arcand1871–1951 · Canadian politician
GM
Georges Mayrand1876–1951 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Deschambault-Grondines → 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
Deschambault-Grondines and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deschambault-Grondines | 2,251 | 16 | 10 | 1648 |
| Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | 2,961 | 2 | 0 | 1932 |
| Portneuf | 3,410 | 3 | 2 | 1761 |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | 1,295 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Casimir | 1,506 | 2 | 0 | 1890 |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 4 | 4 | 1720 |
| Saint-Alban | 1,264 | 1 | 0 | 1925 |
In brief
Deschambault-Grondines in brief
Housing in Deschambault-Grondines includes 37% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 16 historic places, 10 with the highest designation, Maison Delisle among them. Église Saint-Joseph de Deschambault sits at the heart of it, with 4 of the town’s places of the highest designation within 400 m. the years before Confederation account for 10 of the 15 dated places. Of its people of the past, the best known are Lomer Gouin (1861), Rodolphe Mathieu (1890) and Isidore-Noël Belleau (1848).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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. 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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 Deschambault-Grondines’s history
What is the oldest building in Deschambault-Grondines?
Maison Delisle — its record dates it to 1648 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Deschambault-Grondines?
Before 1961: 37% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Deschambault-Grondines have the highest designation?
Maison Delisle, Moulin à vent de Grondines, Maison de la Veuve-Groleau, Relais de poste de Deschambault, Maison Sewell and Moulin de La Chevrotière, and 4 more.
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).