How it began
Milestones of Eastman since 2001
Eastman and Stukely gave way to the present municipality in 2021. The date Wikidata keeps for Eastman is May 30, 2001; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open.
Photo: Michel Craig · CC BY-SA 2.00historic places on the registers
History of Eastman · Canada’s heritage registers
Within 25 km of Eastman, 19 places are on the heritage registers
Austin, 5.4 km from Eastman, has the nearest place of the highest rank. The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 16% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.
Historic places within 25 km
19
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
10 km
Église Saint-Matthew de Stukely-Sud
Homes built before 1961
14%
typical town: 18%
Around the town
Nearest to Eastman: Église Saint-Matthew de Stukely-Sud, 10 km away
19 places lie within 25 km. For the highest designations, the nearest of 3 is Bolton-Est Town Hall, 14 km away. By age, Maison Merry leads, from 1821, at 11 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Église Saint-Matthew de Stukely-SudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1854–1856 · 10 km away, in Stukely-Sud |
| Maison MerryMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1821 · 11 km away, in Magog |
| Complexe des moulins d'AustinCited heritage site (Québec) · 12 km away, in Austin |
| Église Sainte-Marguerite-MarieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1949–1950 · 12 km away, in Magog |
| Église Saint-Patrick de Bolton CentreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1873–1876 · 14 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Bolton-Est Town HallNational Historic Site · 1867–1868 · 14 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Église Methodist UnitedMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1879 · 14 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Grange circulaire Damase-Amédée-DufresneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1907 · 17 km away, in Austin |
| Manoir MaplewoodMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1864–1865 · 18 km away, in Waterloo |
| Église Saint-Luke de WaterlooClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1867–1870 · 19 km away, in Waterloo |
| Église universaliste de WaterlooMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1870 · 19 km away, in Waterloo |
| Église Holy Trinity de South BoltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 19 km away, in Bolton-Est |
The age of the area
Within 25 km of Eastman, the decades after Confederation left the most
Out to 25 km from Eastman, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19138
Wars and Depression 1914–19453
Since 1946 1946 on1
The oldest is Maison Merry in Magog, from 1821. The bars count 16 dated places within 25 km. 4 predate Confederation.
Homes by age
The biggest share of Eastman’s homes dates from 2001 to 2015: 33%
Before 1961: 14% of Eastman’s homes, near the usual 18%. Few of Eastman’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, the norm 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 21% of Eastman’s, against 27% in the typical town.
14%
Before 1961
21%
1961–80
16%
1981–2000
33%
2001–15
16%
2016–21
EastmanTypical 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
Eastman and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastman | 2,706 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Austin | 1,959 | 2 | 1 | 1907 |
| Orford | 5,698 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stukely-Sud | 1,242 | 1 | 0 | 1854 |
| Magog | 30,764 | 3 | 1 | 1821 |
| Bolton-Est | 1,337 | 4 | 1 | 1860 |
| Racine | 1,441 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Eastman in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 14%, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Eastman’s history
How many historic places does Eastman have on the registers?
Not inside Eastman. The closest is Église Saint-Matthew de Stukely-Sud in Stukely-Sud, 10 km away.
How old are the homes in Eastman?
Before 1961: 14% of its homes; 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).