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History of Kingsey Falls · Canada’s heritage registers

Once Chutes de Kingsey: Kingsey Falls took its name in 1969

The nearest heritage to Kingsey Falls is Maison Houston, 9 km off, one of 19 places within 25 km. Danville, 9.6 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.

Historic places within 25 km
19
6 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
9 km
Maison Houston
Homes built before 1961
17%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1885
How it began

Kingsey Falls’s early dates, from 1865

Kingsey Falls was known as Chutes de Kingsey until 1969. The municipality of Kingsey Falls has the date January 1, 1865 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The age of the area

Most of what stands within 25 km of Kingsey Falls dates from the decades after Confederation

The nearest historic places to Kingsey Falls, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.

British North America 1760–18666
After Confederation 1867–19139
Wars and Depression 1914–19451
Since 1946 1946 on0

Église anglicane Saint-Paul, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, is the oldest (1840). 16 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 6 are older than 1867.

Around the town

19 historic places within 25 km of Kingsey Falls

Of the 6 of the highest rank, the nearest is Moulin Denison, 12 km away. The first one out is Maison Houston, 9 km away in Danville. Victoriaville, Richmond and Danville hold most of them, among 8 towns.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Maison HoustonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885 · 9 km away, in Danville
Moulin DenisonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1855 · 12 km away, in Danville
Pont Joseph-Édouard-PerraultMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 13 km away, in Warwick
Église anglicane Saint-PaulMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1843 · 13 km away, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 22 km away, in Richmond
Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 23 km away, in Richmond
Maison d'école du rang Cinq-ChicotsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1903 · 23 km away, in Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska
Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 23 km away, in Richmond
Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849 · 23 km away, in L'Avenir
Église Saint-Christophe d'ArthabaskaClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1873–1875 · 24 km away, in Victoriaville
Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Saint-Christophe-d'ArthabaskaCited heritage site (Québec) · 24 km away, in Victoriaville
Maison FleuryCited heritage site (Québec) · 1855 · 24 km away, in Victoriaville
Homes by age

Little new building in Kingsey Falls: 1.2% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Over half of the homes in Kingsey Falls were already standing by 2001. Kingsey Falls has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 45%, where most towns have 23%. Homes from before 1961 are 17% of Kingsey Falls’s housing, about the typical 18%.

17%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
45%
1981–2000
15%
2001–15
1.2%
2016–21
Kingsey FallsTypical 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

Kingsey Falls and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Kingsey Falls2,07200—
Tingwick1,56700—
Danville3,944211850
Warwick4,939101908
Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey1,550101840
Val-des-Sources7,30300—
Saint-Albert1,74400—
In brief

Kingsey Falls in brief

Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 17% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its past has one life on the record, Marie-Victorin (1885).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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 federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
  • 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 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.
  • People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
  • The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.

Questions about Kingsey Falls’s history

How many historic places does Kingsey Falls have on the registers?

None within Kingsey Falls itself; the nearest is 9 km off: Maison Houston, in Danville.

How old are the homes in Kingsey Falls?

17% 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).