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History of Dorval · Canada’s heritage registers

Older housing stands out in Dorval: 44% predates 1961

The typical town has 18%: Dorval has 2.5 times the share. The registers count 26 places within 10 km of Dorval; the closest, Light Tower (Front), is 4.6 km away. The nearest town with a top designation is Pointe-Claire, 4.9 km away.

Historic places within 10 km

16 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

4.6 km

Light Tower (Front)

Homes built before 1961

44%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Milestones of Dorval since 1667

Dorval took its legal form as a village in 1892. On Wikidata the municipality of Dorval dates to 1667, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Dorval”, revision 1384547511 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

The 10 km around Dorval keep buildings from as early as 1669

Within 10 km of Dorval but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.

New France before 17606

British North America 1760–18668

After Confederation 1867–19133

Wars and Depression 1914–19453

Since 1946 1946 on3

First by date comes LeBer-LeMoyne House in Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre, from 1669. The chart rests on 23 dated places within 10 km. 14 are older than 1867.

Around the town

Within 10 km of Dorval, 16 top designations

The nearest is Light Tower (Front), 4.6 km away in Lachine-Ouest. They are spread over 11 towns, including Pointe-Claire, Kirkland and Kahnawake. Count to 10 km and there are 26.

The 12 nearest, within 10 km

Light Tower (Front)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1901 · 4.6 km away, in Lachine-Ouest

Light Tower (Rear)Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1900–1901 · 4.8 km away, in Lachine-Ouest

Maison Hyacinthe-Jamme-dit-CarrièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1769–1791 · 5.5 km away, in Pointe-Claire

The Fur Trade at LachineNational Historic Site · 1803–1804 · 6.1 km away, in Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre

Site patrimonial de la pointe ClaireCited heritage site (Québec) · 6.2 km away, in Pointe-Claire

Pointe-Claire WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1709 · 6.3 km away, in Pointe-Claire

Maison Robert-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1803–1806 · 6.6 km away, in Bois-Francs

Caughnawaga PresbyteryNational Historic Site · 1716–1720 · 6.7 km away, in Kahnawake

Fort St-LouisNational Historic Site · 1725–1726 · 6.7 km away, in Kahnawake

Caughnawaga Mission / Mission of St. Francis XavierNational Historic Site · 1716–1915 · 6.7 km away, in Kahnawake

Last Post Fund National Field of HonourNational Historic Site · 1929 · 6.8 km away, in Pointe-Claire

LeBer-LeMoyne HouseNational Historic Site · 1669–1672 · 6.8 km away, in Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre

Homes by age

44% of Dorval’s homes were built before 1961

Half of the homes standing in Dorval today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 13% of Dorval’s, against 23% in the typical town. From 2016 on, Dorval built 3.7% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%.

44%

Before 1961

27%

1961–80

13%

1981–2000

13%

2001–15

3.7%

2016–21

DorvalTypical 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

How Dorval compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 20,800 to 21,300 residents, by places on the registers.

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures3

Sturgeon County2

Chameran/Montpellier1

Dorval0

Just these have more: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Sturgeon County and Chameran/Montpellier. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Dorval and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Dorval	21,062	0	0	—
Lachine-Ouest	15,315	1	0	1900
Pointe-Claire	37,437	4	3	1709
Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre	31,113	2	2	1669
Dollard-Des Ormeaux	50,246	0	0	—
Côte-Saint-Luc	37,901	0	0	—
Bois-Francs	35,858	1	0	1803

In brief

Dorval in brief

Dorval’s homes from before 1961 come to 44%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
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.
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 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.
Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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.

Questions about Dorval’s history

How many historic places does Dorval have on the registers?

Not inside Dorval. The closest is Light Tower (Front) in Lachine-Ouest, 4.6 km away.

How old are the homes in Dorval?

44% predate 1961, where 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).