Presbytère de Saint-Samuel · Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0

5historic places on the registers

History of Lac-Drolet · Canada’s heritage registers

An older town: 38% of Lac-Drolet’s homes predate 1961

For Lac-Drolet, that is 2.2 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Federal, provincial and local lists together give 5 historic places here. The oldest dated place, Résidence Bernardin-Therrien, goes back to 1868. On the list: 5 municipal citations.

5photos 1868oldest 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

1868

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

38%

typical town: 18%

In pictures

Look around Lac-Drolet: 5 photos

All of Lac-Drolet’s designated places are pictured. Among them: Presbytère de Saint-Samuel and Résidence Bernardin-Therrien.

Résidence Bernardin-Therrien

Vieux couvent, Lac-Drolet

Maison René-Robert

Église Saint-Samuel de Lac-Drolet+1See all photos

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.

How it began

From 1885: Lac-Drolet’s first milestones

Wikidata gives the municipality of Lac-Drolet the date January 1, 1885, which can mark a founding, an incorporation or a merger. Before 1972, Lac-Drolet went by Gayhurst.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Lac-Drolet’s history is

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

Provincial and local listings

Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.

The 5, by tier

5 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.

What’s designated

More churches and religious buildings than anything else in Lac-Drolet: 60%

Next come houses: 2. Two of the highest-ranked are Résidence Bernardin-Therrien and Maison René-Robert.

Churches and religious buildings3

Houses2

The groups come from each place’s name and its recorded functions, by what it was built as.

Provincial and local listings

5 more places Lac-Drolet or its province protects

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Their dates run from 1868, with Résidence Bernardin-Therrien, to 1912. Each one opens its own page.

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1868Résidence Bernardin-Therrien357 7e RangPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1887Maison René-Robert705 rue PrincipalePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1898–1899Église Saint-Samuel de Lac-Drolet671 rue PrincipalePhoto: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1906Vieux couvent, Lac-Drolet700 rue Principale¤698 rue PrincipalePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1912Presbytère de Saint-Samuel677 rue PrincipalePhoto: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Homes by age

Lac-Drolet added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2%, where most towns have 4.1%

Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 9.2% of Lac-Drolet’s, against 15% in the typical town. More than half of Lac-Drolet’s housing predates 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Lac-Drolet 27% of its homes, near the usual 27%.

38%

Before 1961

27%

1961–80

25%

1981–2000

9.2%

2001–15

2016–21

Lac-DroletTypical 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-Drolet and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Lac-Drolet	1,066	5	1868
Saint-Ludger	1,091	0	—
Nantes	1,412	0	—
Lac-Mégantic	5,947	3	1890

In brief

Lac-Drolet in brief

Lac-Drolet has 38% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 5 historic places. For the rest, the dates cluster in the decades after Confederation; and all its places were designated in 1990.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
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.
The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Protection. In Québec, a classement or a municipal citation under the Loi sur le patrimoine culturel protects the building in law; a federal designation recognises significance and binds only federal owners.

Questions about Lac-Drolet’s history

How old are the homes in Lac-Drolet?

The 2021 Census dates 38% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).

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

Inside Lac-Drolet: 5 historic places.

What is the oldest building in Lac-Drolet?

By its record, Résidence Bernardin-Therrien, from 1868 (Municipal citation (Québec)).

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).