Photo: Chicoutimi · CC BY 3.0Hampstead keeps its older homes: 47% from before 1961
The typical town has 18%: Hampstead has 2.7 times the share. 38 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Hampstead, the nearest Monklands / Villa Maria Convent, 1.8 km away. Côte-Saint-Antoine, 1.8 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1914: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
The 5 km around Hampstead keep buildings from as early as 1694
The historic places within 5 km of Hampstead, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
First by date comes Sulpician Towers / Fort de la Montagne in Montagne, from 1694. Within 5 km, 32 records give a date. 13 predate Confederation.
Hampstead’s area holds 30 top-tier places within 5 km
38 places lie within 5 km. Oldest of them is Sulpician Towers / Fort de la Montagne (1694), 4.8 km off. Monklands / Villa Maria Convent in Côte-Saint-Antoine is the nearest, 1.8 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Monklands / Villa Maria ConventNational Historic Site · 1794–1795 · 1.8 km away, in Côte-Saint-Antoine |
| MonklandsClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1803 · 2 km away, in Côte-Saint-Antoine |
| Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount RoyalNational Historic Site · 1904–1967 · 2.4 km away, in Édouard-Montpetit |
| Hurtubise HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1739 · 2.7 km away, in Westmount |
| Site patrimonial de la Maison-HurtubiseClassified heritage site (Québec) · 2.7 km away, in Westmount |
| Maison Simon-LacombeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1825–1848 · 2.8 km away, in Édouard-Montpetit |
| Monument des Patriotes-du-Cimetière-de-Notre-Dame-des-NeigesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1858–1866 · 3.4 km away, in Édouard-Montpetit |
| Roger-Gaudry BuildingNational Historic Site · 1928–1944 · 3.4 km away, in Édouard-Montpetit |
| Lachine CanalNational Historic Site · 1821–1826 · 3.4 km away, in Ville-Émard |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Westmount, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1896–1897 · 3.5 km away, in Westmount |
| Maison BraemarClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1847 · 3.6 km away, in Westmount |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1934–1936 · 3.6 km away, in Montagne |
Only 2.2% of Hampstead’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Hampstead has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 40%, where most towns have 27%. Few of Hampstead’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 3.8%, the norm 15%. Only 7.6% of Hampstead’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Hampstead compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,400 to 7,500 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Digby and Colborne. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Hampstead and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 7,464 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Snowdon | 22,511 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Loyola | 26,607 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | 20,415 | 2 | 2 | 1794 |
| Côte-Saint-Luc | 37,901 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Savane | 32,028 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upper Lachine | 21,130 | 0 | 0 | — |
Hampstead in brief
Of the homes standing in Hampstead, 47% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- 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.
- 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. 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 Hampstead’s history
How many historic places does Hampstead have on the registers?
None inside Hampstead yet. The nearest, Monklands / Villa Maria Convent, carries the highest designation, 1.8 km away in Côte-Saint-Antoine.
When did Hampstead become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Hampstead dates from 1914; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Hampstead?
Before 1961: 47% 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).