LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913–1918Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière100 4e avenue PainchaudPhoto: Bouchecl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière · Photo: Bouchecl · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of La Pocatière · Canada’s heritage registers
La Pocatière’s past, on the record: 1 historic place
Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, from 1913, is La Pocatière’s municipal citation (québec). For the municipality itself, Wikidata has January 1, 1960, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. For every 10,000 residents La Pocatière has 2.4, ahead of 87% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
2.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1913
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
25%
typical town: 18%
Through time
La Pocatière before 1950
From before 1950 comes the oldest view of one of its historic places. Open it full screen with a tap.
c. 1914Public 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.
The map
Where La Pocatière’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On a provincial or local list in La Pocatière: one place
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near La Pocatière: 3 places within 10 km
The mix: 4 municipal citations, 3 places classified by Québec and a heritage railway station. “Canadian National Railways Station, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec” in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is the nearest, 1 km away. They stand in 3 towns, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Saint-Pacôme and Rivière-Ouelle among them.
The 8 nearest, within 10 km
| Canadian National Railways Station, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1859–1860 · 1 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
| Site du patrimoine des villas King et Harding et du cimetière familial King et HardingCited heritage site (Québec) · 1903–1904 · 7.1 km away, in Saint-Pacôme |
| Ancien presbytère de Rivière-OuelleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881–1882 · 7.7 km away, in Rivière-Ouelle |
| Moulin Casgrain-LévesqueMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840 · 7.8 km away, in Saint-Pacôme |
| Ancien magasin général Norbert-DionneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1851 · 8.2 km away, in Saint-Pacôme |
| Moulin banal des AulnaiesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1842 · 9.9 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
| Petite École DelisleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930–1931 · 9.9 km away, in Rivière-Ouelle |
| Domaine seigneurial des AulnaiesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1853 · 10 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
Homes by age
La Pocatière added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2%, where most towns have 4.1%
Only 7.1% of La Pocatière’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. 25% of La Pocatière’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The busiest building years in La Pocatière were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 40% of today’s homes.
25%
Before 1961
40%
1961–80
27%
1981–2000
7.1%
2001–15
2%
2016–21
La PocatièreTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
La Pocatière has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,200 to 4,200 residents, by places on the registers.
La Pocatière1
The middle one has 0. 14 of them have none.
Neighbours
La Pocatière and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Pocatière | 4,206 | 1 | 0 | 1913 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | 1,635 | 1 | 0 | 1859 |
| Saint-Pacôme | 1,540 | 3 | 0 | 1840 |
| Rivière-Ouelle | 1,014 | 2 | 1 | 1881 |
| Mont-Carmel | 1,191 | 1 | 0 | 1926 |
In brief
La Pocatière in brief
Counted by age, 25% of La Pocatière’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. It tops the 16 towns nearest its size for historic places. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: its one place was designated in 2011.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
Questions about La Pocatière’s history
How many historic places does La Pocatière have on the registers?
Inside La Pocatière: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in La Pocatière?
Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière — its record dates it to 1913 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
How old are the homes in La Pocatière?
The 2021 Census dates 25% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).