Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0More of Hérouxville’s homes are old than in most towns: 32% before 1961, against 18%. The registers count 14 places within 25 km of Hérouxville; the closest, Caserne Champlain, is 15 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Shawinigan, 12 km from here.
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It was Father Joseph Euchariste Héroux who founded Hérouxville, in 1897. It has been 129 years since then.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Hérouxville”, revision 1380384577 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
No place near Hérouxville is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 14 places. Oldest of all: Maison Dupont, Saint-Narcisse, 1871.
The radius of 25 km holds 14. Oldest of them is Maison Dupont (1871), 16 km off. At 15 km, Caserne Champlain in Shawinigan is the closest.
| Caserne ChamplainClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 15 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1930 · 15 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Domaine BeauséjourCited heritage site (Québec) · 1885–1950 · 16 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1927–1928 · 16 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Maison DupontMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1871 · 16 km away, in Saint-Narcisse |
| Former Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting ComplexNational Historic Site · 1899–1928 · 17 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Caserne Patrick-DouvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930 · 17 km away, in Sainte-Thècle |
| Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-PrésentationNational Historic Site · 1924–1925 · 18 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Wabenaki LodgeRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1886–1915 · 18 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Andrew LodgeRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1920–1929 · 18 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Former Saint-Narcisse Power StationClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1897 · 20 km away, in Saint-Narcisse |
| Pont de Saint-MathieuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1936 · 20 km away, in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc |
More than half of Hérouxville’s housing predates 1981. New building in Hérouxville runs at the usual pace: 4.8% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 26% of Hérouxville’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hérouxville | 1,570 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Tite | 3,759 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shawinigan | 51,739 | 8 | 3 | 1885 |
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | 3 | 2 | 1871 |
| Saint-Stanislas | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
Of the homes standing in Hérouxville, 32% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
Nothing inside Hérouxville; Caserne Champlain in Shawinigan, 15 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
32% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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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).