Hervey-Jonction (Lac-aux-Sables, Mauricie, Québec, Canada)-Partie nord du village-2025-07-27

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History of Lac-aux-Sables · Canada’s heritage registers

32% of Lac-aux-Sables’s homes were built before 1961

Lac-aux-Sables has 1.8 times what the typical town has (18%). Calvaire du rang Saint-Joseph, 14 km from Lac-aux-Sables, heads a list of 69 historic places within 50 km. Look 35 km away, to Saint-Narcisse, for the nearest place of the highest designation.

Historic places within 50 km

30 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

14 km

Calvaire du rang Saint-Joseph

Homes built before 1961

32%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Lac-aux-Sables on record since 1899

As a municipality, Lac-aux-Sables carries the date April 24, 1899 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation. A change of name came to Lac-aux-Sables in 1983.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Lac-aux-Sables”, revision 1379454989 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

The age of the area

Within 50 km of Lac-aux-Sables, the years before Confederation left the most

The nearest historic places to Lac-aux-Sables, out to 50 km, by the first construction date on each record.

New France before 17606

British North America 1760–186626

After Confederation 1867–191318

Wars and Depression 1914–194512

Since 1946 1946 on2

Maison Delisle, in Deschambault-Grondines, is the oldest (1648). Within 50 km, building dates exist for 64 places. 32 predate Confederation.

Around the town

Within 50 km of Lac-aux-Sables, 30 top designations

The registers hold 69 within 50 km. Maison Delisle, 44 km off, is the oldest: 1648. Calvaire du rang Saint-Joseph in Saint-Ubalde is the nearest, 14 km away.

The 12 nearest, within 50 km

Calvaire du rang Saint-JosephMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1910 · 14 km away, in Saint-Ubalde

Caserne Patrick-DouvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930 · 16 km away, in Sainte-Thècle

Centrale hydroélectrique de Saint-AlbanMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1925–1927 · 31 km away, in Saint-Alban

Vieux couvent de Saint-CasimirMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1890 · 32 km away, in Saint-Casimir

Édifice des Chevaliers de ColombMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1947–1948 · 32 km away, in Saint-Casimir

Calvaire du Rapide NordMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1820 · 32 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

Monument du Sacré-CœurMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1932 · 35 km away, in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières

Mausolée Adélard-VézinaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1945 · 35 km away, in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières

Maison DupontMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1871 · 36 km away, in Saint-Narcisse

Former Saint-Narcisse Power StationClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1897 · 36 km away, in Saint-Narcisse

Annexe de l'Ancienne-Centrale-Hydroélectrique-de-Saint-NarcisseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1904 · 36 km away, in Saint-Narcisse

Statue de la Montée d'EnseigneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 37 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

Homes by age

32% of Lac-aux-Sables’s homes were built before 1961

Half of the homes standing in Lac-aux-Sables today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 21% of Lac-aux-Sables’s, against 27% in the typical town. 29% of Lac-aux-Sables’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, more than the typical town’s 23%.

32%

Before 1961

21%

1961–80

29%

1981–2000

14%

2001–15

2016–21

Lac-aux-SablesTypical 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

Lac-aux-Sables and its neighbours

Town	People	Oldest
Lac-aux-Sables	1,463	—
Sainte-Thècle	2,422	—
Saint-Ubalde	1,565	—

In brief

Lac-aux-Sables in brief

Before 1961: 32% of Lac-aux-Sables’s homes, against 18% in the typical town.

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 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.
The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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.

Questions about Lac-aux-Sables’s history

How many historic places does Lac-aux-Sables have on the registers?

Inside Lac-aux-Sables, none so far; Calvaire du rang Saint-Joseph, 14 km away in Saint-Ubalde, is the closest.

How old are the homes in Lac-aux-Sables?

Before 1961: 32% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

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).