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1historic place on the registers

History of Labrecque · Canada’s heritage registers

Labrecque has 1 historic place on the registers

Labrecque’s one place is Hôtel de ville, a municipal citation (québec) begun in 1930. 7% of its homes went up between 2016 and 2021; the typical town built 4.1%.

1930oldest building

Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements

Provincial and local listings

municipal citations on Québec’s register

Oldest building

1930

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

22%

typical town: 18%

How it began

The dates behind Labrecque, from 1925

Labrecque takes its name from Michel-Thomas Labrecque. In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Labrecque dates from October 6, 1925; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Labrecque’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

The 1, by tier

1 Provincial and local listings

In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.

Provincial and local listings

One more place Labrecque or its province protects

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1930Hôtel de ville223 rue Ambroise

Around the town

Within 25 km of Labrecque: 5 places on the registers

They are spread over 2 towns, including Alma and Saguenay. Nearest comes Ancien hôtel de ville d'Isle-Maligne, 14 km off, in Alma. The earliest date is Maison Jean-Maurice-Coulombe’s, 1897, 25 km away.

The 5 nearest, within 25 km

Ancien hôtel de ville d'Isle-MaligneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1936–1937 · 14 km away, in Alma

Church of St JosephMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1907–1908 · 17 km away, in Alma

Presbytère de Saint-JosephMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1901 · 17 km away, in Alma

Place des OrmesCited heritage site (Québec) · 21 km away, in Saguenay

Maison Jean-Maurice-CoulombeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 25 km away, in Saguenay

Homes by age

Labrecque’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 34% of its homes

More than half of Labrecque’s housing predates 2001. 22% of Labrecque’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 24% of Labrecque’s, about the typical 27%.

22%

Before 1961

24%

1961–80

34%

1981–2000

16%

2001–15

2016–21

LabrecqueTypical 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

Labrecque and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Labrecque	1,375	1	1930
Saint-Nazaire	2,167	0	—
L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur	2,291	0	—
Alma	30,659	3	1901
Saint-Ambroise	4,262	0	—

In brief

Labrecque in brief

Labrecque has 22% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Everything else is close to the norm: its one place was designated in 1988.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
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.
Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.

Questions about Labrecque’s history

How many historic places does Labrecque have on the registers?

The registers list 1 historic place inside Labrecque.

What is the oldest building in Labrecque?

By its record, Hôtel de ville, from 1930 (Municipal citation (Québec)).

How old are the homes in Labrecque?

The 2021 Census dates 22% 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).