History of Dolbeau-Mistassini · Canada’s heritage registers
Dolbeau-Mistassini: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers
Dolbeau-Mistassini’s one place is Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Mistassini, a cited heritage site (québec) begun in 1910. Scaled to its population, Dolbeau-Mistassini’s 0.7 per 10,000 residents beats 77% of Canadian towns. Just beyond the boundary, the registers place 2 more.
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How it began
Dolbeau-Mistassini’s first recorded year: 1997
In 1997 the municipality took over from Dolbeau and Mistassini. Wikidata gives the municipality of Dolbeau-Mistassini the date December 17, 1997, which can mark a founding, an incorporation or a merger. Dolbeau-Mistassini is named after Dolbeau, administrative sector in Dolbeau-Mistassini, Quebec, Canada, former town.
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 Dolbeau-Mistassini
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Ancien moulin de Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, 11 km from Dolbeau-Mistassini, is the closest
All told, 3 places are within 25 km. They belong to 2 towns, chiefly Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc and Normandin. Calvaire de Saint-Augustin, 22 km off, is the oldest: 1899.
Old houses stand out in Dolbeau-Mistassini: 23% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
From 2016 on, Dolbeau-Mistassini built only 2.7% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 39% of Dolbeau-Mistassini’s homes. Dolbeau-Mistassini built little from 2001 to 2015: 9.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
23%
Before 1961
39%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
9.2%
2001–15
2.7%
2016–21
Dolbeau-MistassiniTypical 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
Dolbeau-Mistassini has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,500 to 13,700 residents, by places on the registers.
The 2021 Census dates 23% of Dolbeau-Mistassini’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 1 historic place. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: one person of its past, Charles-Arthur Gauthier (1913); and its one place was designated in 2010.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
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Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
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The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
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Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
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People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
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The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Dolbeau-Mistassini’s history
How many historic places does Dolbeau-Mistassini have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Dolbeau-Mistassini.
What is the oldest building in Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Mistassini, a Cited heritage site (Québec), begun in 1910.
How old are the homes in Dolbeau-Mistassini?
Before 1961: 23% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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.
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