Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière · Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Few homes are old by the census: 1.6% before 1961, against 18%. Inside the town there are 5 historic places, all of them top designations. Relative to its size the figure is 2.5 per 10,000 residents, more than in 88% of Canadian towns.
Begin with Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière, then Maison Lanthier. Photos show 2 of the places Kirkland’s registers name; the others show their record instead. Among Kirkland’s top-tier places, 2 are pictured.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
2 of the 5 dated places were built before Confederation.
On Wikidata the municipality of Kirkland dates to 1722, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation. Kirkland is named after Charles-Aimé Kirkland.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Designations came from 1976 to 2023. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They date from 1740 (Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière) to 1959. Each one opens its own page.
At the head of the list: Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière and Maison Lanthier.
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Few of Kirkland’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 9.5%, the norm 15%. Kirkland has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 46%, where most towns have 23%. 43% of Kirkland’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above 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.
Towns of 19,500 to 19,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Only North End has more. The typical town its size has 0. For 11, the registers list nothing.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkland | 19,696 | 5 | 5 | 1740 |
| Pierrefonds-Ouest | 30,978 | 3 | 1 | 1799 |
| Beaconsfield | 19,430 | 2 | 1 | 1765 |
| Pointe-Claire | 37,437 | 4 | 3 | 1709 |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | 18,885 | 12 | 2 | 1790 |
| Baie-D'Urfé | 3,706 | 1 | 0 | 1700 |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 50,246 | 0 | 0 | — |
Canada’s heritage lists give Kirkland 5 historic places, 5 with the highest designation, Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière among them. Around Atelier Charles-Daudelin, 3 of the places of the highest designation lie within 400 m. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places.
Of the 5 with a date, 3 come from the years since 1946. Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 1.6% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, the designations ran from 1976 to 2023.
By its record, Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière, from 1740 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
1.6% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
They are Maison Jean-Baptiste-Jamme-Dit-Carrière, Maison Lanthier, Charles Daudelin House, Atelier Charles-Daudelin and Site patrimonial de la Maison-Charles-Daudelin.
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).
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