TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1817–1820Église de la Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Viergerue de l'ÉglisePhoto: Challwa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Site patrimonial de La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of La Présentation · Canada’s heritage registers
La Présentation: 2 historic places, all in the top tier
Scaled to its population La Présentation’s record is long: 7.4 per 10,000 residents, more than 97% of Canadian towns. Église de la Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge, begun in 1817, is the oldest by its record. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is July 1, 1855: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Historic places
2
7.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1817
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
15%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
See La Présentation’s history: 2 photos
You can start with Site patrimonial de La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge and Église de la Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge. Each of La Présentation’s two designated places has a photo.
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.
The map
Where La Présentation’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
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.
Highest designations
2 places in La Présentation with the highest designation
They include Église de la Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge and Site patrimonial de La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Designations came from 1957 to 1984. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage site (Québec)Site patrimonial de La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Viergerue de l'ÉglisePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
The highest designation, once, within 10 km of La Présentation
The radius of 10 km holds 7. Closest of all is Porte des Anciens Maires, in Saint-Hyacinthe, 7.2 km off. Oldest of them is Marché public de Saint-Hyacinthe (1876), 8.1 km off.
The 7 nearest, within 10 km
| Porte des Anciens MairesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1927 · 7.2 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Pavillon de l'aqueducMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897–1898 · 7.2 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1905–1907 · 7.4 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Sainte-Hyacinthe, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1899–1900 · 7.7 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Saint-Hyacinthe Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1889–1895 · 7.9 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Hôtel de ville de Saint-HyacintheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1895 · 7.9 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Marché public de Saint-HyacintheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1876–1877 · 8.1 km away, in Saint-Hyacinthe |
Homes by age
8% of La Présentation’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
More than half of La Présentation’s housing predates 2001. 32% of La Présentation’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Like the typical town (18%), La Présentation has 15% of its homes from before 1961.
15%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
32%
2001–15
8%
2016–21
La PrésentationTypical 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 Présentation has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,700 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.
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Only Emerson-Franklin has more. The typical town its size has 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
La Présentation and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Présentation | 2,696 | 2 | 2 | 1817 |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 2,387 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 60,874 | 7 | 1 | 1876 |
| Sainte-Marie-Madeleine | 2,940 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Barnabé-Sud | 1,053 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 1,867 | 1 | 1 | 1804 |
| Saint-Jude | 1,402 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
La Présentation in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give La Présentation 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Its housing is young: only 15% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: one person of its past, Élisabeth Bergeron (1851); and the designations ran from 1957 to 1984.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about La Présentation’s history
Which places in La Présentation have the highest designation?
Église de la Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge and Site patrimonial de La Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge.
What is the oldest building in La Présentation?
By its record, Église de la Présentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge, from 1817 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in La Présentation?
The 2021 Census dates 15% 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).