Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0

1historic place on the registers

History of Durham-Sud · Canada’s heritage registers

Older housing stands out in Durham-Sud: 48% predates 1961

Most towns have 18%, so Durham-Sud has 2.7 times as much. Canada’s heritage registers list 1 historic place inside the town. The one entry is Église Saint-James de Durham-Sud (1897), a municipal citation (québec). A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.

1897oldest building 1just outside

Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements

Provincial and local listings

municipal citations on Québec’s register

Oldest building

1897

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

48%

typical town: 18%

In pictures

Durham-Sud’s landmarks

One place in Durham-Sud is on the registers, and this is it: Église Saint-James de Durham-Sud.

Église Saint-James de Durham-Sud

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.

How it began

Durham-Sud’s first recorded year: 1865

Until 1969, Durham-Sud was called Durham Sud. For the municipality of Durham-Sud itself, Wikidata records January 1, 1865, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Durham-Sud’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Provincial and local listings

Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.

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

On a provincial or local list in Durham-Sud: one place

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1897Église Saint-James de Durham-Sudrue de l'Hôtel-de-VillePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Around the town

Durham-Sud’s area holds 4 top-tier places within 25 km

By designation: 6 municipal citations, 3 places classified by Québec and a heritage railway station. 11 places lie within 25 km. The first one out is Moulin à laine d'Ulverton, 5.8 km away in L'Avenir.

The 11 nearest, within 25 km

Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849 · 5.8 km away, in L'Avenir

Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 13 km away, in Richmond

Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 13 km away, in Richmond

Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 14 km away, in Richmond

Maison Joseph-Armand-BombardierMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915 · 17 km away, in Valcourt

Église Saint-Joseph-d'ElyMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1869 · 17 km away, in Valcourt

Presbytère de Saint-Joseph-d'ElyMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1923 · 17 km away, in Valcourt

Bijouterie DrainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1924 · 17 km away, in Valcourt

Église anglicane Saint-PaulMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1843 · 18 km away, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey

Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 19 km away, in Acton Vale

Moulin DenisonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1855 · 20 km away, in Danville

Just outside Durham-Sud: 1

Église All Saints de Davidson HillMunicipal citation (Québec) · 4.7 km outside the town

Homes by age

None of Durham-Sud’s homes is from 2016–21 (4.1% is typical)

Durham-Sud built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Few of Durham-Sud’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, the norm 23%. Over half of the homes in Durham-Sud were already standing by 1981.

48%

Before 1961

27%

1961–80

14%

1981–2000

11%

2001–15

2016–21

Durham-SudTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Durham-Sud and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Durham-Sud	1,041	1	0	1897
Melbourne	1,128	0	0	—
L'Avenir	1,456	0	0	—
Richmond	3,419	3	1	1859
Cleveland	1,624	0	0	—
Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey	1,550	1	0	1840
Valcourt	1,081	0	0	—

In brief

Durham-Sud in brief

Counted by age, 48% of Durham-Sud’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. The other figures are unremarkable: Francis McCrea (1852) and Éphrem-A. Brisebois (1850) are its people of the past on the record; and its one place was designated in 2012.

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.
People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
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.
The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.

Questions about Durham-Sud’s history

How old are the homes in Durham-Sud?

Before 1961: 48% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

How many historic places does Durham-Sud have on the registers?

Inside Durham-Sud: 1 historic place.

What is the oldest building in Durham-Sud?

Église Saint-James de Durham-Sud, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1897.

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).