Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.025 heritage places lie within 100 km of Grande-Vallée
The closest top-tier heritage to Grande-Vallée is in Gaspé, 64 km away. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from September 15, 1927, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding. A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.
Looking back at Grande-Vallée
One picture from before 1950: one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
1943Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Top-ranked heritage near Grande-Vallée: 5 places within 100 km
Closest of all is Pointe-à-la-Renommée Lighthouse, in Gaspé, 41 km off. They stand in 3 towns, Gaspé, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and Percé among them. 25 places lie within 100 km.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Pointe-à-la-Renommée LighthouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1907 · 41 km away, in Gaspé |
| Auberge Le CaribouMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1865 · 59 km away, in Gaspé |
| Moulin des PlourdeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1907–1909 · 59 km away, in Gaspé |
| Christ the King Cathedral, GaspéClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1968–1969 · 64 km away, in Gaspé |
| William-Wakeham HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881 · 64 km away, in Gaspé |
| Le Boutillier ManorNational Historic Site · 1850–1861 · 69 km away, in Gaspé |
| Holy Name HallMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1937–1938 · 75 km away, in Gaspé |
| St. Peter's Anglican ChurchRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1864–1886 · 79 km away, in Gaspé |
| Cap-des-Rosiers LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1853–1859 · 79 km away, in Gaspé |
| Joseph Gavey HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1865–1868 · 81 km away, in Gaspé |
| Elias Gavey HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1889–1891 · 81 km away, in Gaspé |
| Daniel Gavey, HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1915–1917 · 81 km away, in Gaspé |
Just outside Grande-Vallée: 1
| Galipeault BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 100 m outside the town |
Most of what stands within 100 km of Grande-Vallée dates from the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Grande-Vallée: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The earliest is Maison Le Page in Percé, begun in 1843. 25 places within 100 km carry a construction date. 8 are older than 1867.
Most of Grande-Vallée’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 36%
From 2016 to 2021 Grande-Vallée added 3.8% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. At 23%, Grande-Vallée’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 10% of Grande-Vallée’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Grande-Vallée in brief
The pre-1961 share of Grande-Vallée’s homes is 23%, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Grande-Vallée’s history
How many historic places does Grande-Vallée have on the registers?
Inside Grande-Vallée, none so far; Pointe-à-la-Renommée Lighthouse, 41 km away in Gaspé, is the closest.
When did Grande-Vallée become a municipality?
Wikidata gives September 15, 1927 for Grande-Vallée, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Grande-Vallée?
23% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).