LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1942–1943Arboriduc de ForestvillePhoto: Hélène Grenier · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Arboriduc de Forestville · Photo: Hélène Grenier · CC BY-SA 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Forestville · Canada’s heritage registers
Forestville: 2 historic places on Canada’s heritage registers
Per resident Forestville outdoes 96% of Canadian towns, with 7.1 for every 10,000 people. Arboriduc de Forestville, begun in 1942, is the oldest by its record. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is May 1, 1944: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. Among the places are 2 municipal citations.
Historic places
2
7.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
2
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1942
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
31%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Forestville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by tier
2 Provincial and local listings
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Forestville: 2 places
The first was designated in 2004, the latest in 2007. Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1942 (Arboriduc de Forestville) to 1948. Each one opens its own page.
Municipal citation (Québec) · 1948La Petite Anglicane de Forestville2e Rue
Around the town
The highest designation, 29 times, within 100 km of Forestville
Maison Lamontagne, 52 km off, is the oldest: 1744. The nearest is Light Station: Fog Alarm, 39 km away in Rimouski. Between them, 14 towns share them, mainly Rimouski, L'Isle-Verte and Mont-Joli.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Light Station: Fog AlarmRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1908–1909 · 39 km away, in Rimouski |
| LighthouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1844–1845 · 39 km away, in Rimouski |
| Chapelle de Notre-Dame-des-MuraillesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 50 km away, in Saint-Fabien |
| Roy HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1810 · 51 km away, in Rimouski |
| Light TowerClassified Federal Heritage Building · 1909–1910 · 52 km away, in Rimouski |
| Pointe-au-Père LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1859–1976 · 52 km away, in Rimouski |
| Fog Alarm BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1903–1904 · 52 km away, in Rimouski |
| Site patrimonial de la Rue-Saint-Germain-EstCited heritage site (Québec) · 52 km away, in Rimouski |
| Maison LamontagneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1744–1745 · 52 km away, in Rimouski |
| Grange Adolphe-GagnonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1888 · 52 km away, in Saint-Fabien |
| Site de la rue Saint-Germain OuestCited heritage site (Québec) · 52 km away, in Rimouski |
| Vieux Théâtre de Saint-FabienMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930 · 52 km away, in Saint-Fabien |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Forestville: 0.7% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Forestville built little from 2001 to 2015: 3.4% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Homes from before 1961 make up 31% of Forestville’s housing; the typical town has 18%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 47% of Forestville’s homes.
31%
Before 1961
47%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
3.4%
2001–15
0.7%
2016–21
ForestvilleTypical 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
Forestville has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,800 to 2,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Forestville2
Their median is 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
In brief
Forestville in brief
Counted by age, 31% of Forestville’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 2 historic places. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: the designations ran from 2004 to 2007.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
Questions about Forestville’s history
How many historic places does Forestville have on the registers?
The registers list 2 historic places inside Forestville.
How old are the homes in Forestville?
31% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
What is the oldest building in Forestville?
Arboriduc de Forestville, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1942.
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).