Photo: essede · CC BY-SA 3.0Before 1961: 34% of the homes in Lac-Etchemin
Lac-Etchemin’s share is 1.9 times the typical 18%. Within 25 km of Lac-Etchemin there are 21 designated places; Croix de chemin, at 10 km, is the closest. The closest top-tier heritage is in Notre-Dame-des-Pins, 29 km from here. The earliest of 2 people born in Lac-Etchemin before 1914 is Ernest Ouellet.
Lac-Etchemin, long ago
One picture from before 1950: one old photograph of the town. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
1947Public 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.
Around Lac-Etchemin, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1870
The nearest historic places to Lac-Etchemin, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Église Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice de Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland in Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, begun in 1870. 11 places within 25 km have a date.
Nearest to Lac-Etchemin: Croix de chemin, 10 km away
Their towns number 5: Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Frampton and Saint-Damien-de-Buckland first. Oldest of them is Église Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice de Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland (1870), 25 km off. All told, 21 places are within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Croix de cheminMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2001 · 10 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Premier cimetière de Saint-Léon-de-StandonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 12 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Église Saint-Léon de Saint-Léon-de-StandonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1923–1925 · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Deuxième cimetière de Saint-Léon-de-StandonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930 · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Ancien presbytère de Saint-Léon-de-StandonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885 · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Croix de chemin du Rang-Saint-FrançoisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1989 · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Croix de chemin du Rang-Sainte-AnneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Troisième cimetière de Saint-Léon-de-StandonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Croix de chemin du Rang-Saint-GuillaumeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1946 · 13 km away, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon |
| Croix de cheminMunicipal citation (Québec) · 21 km away, in Frampton |
| Croix de cheminMunicipal citation (Québec) · 23 km away, in Frampton |
| Croix de cheminMunicipal citation (Québec) · 23 km away, in Frampton |
34% of Lac-Etchemin’s homes were built before 1961
Count back from today and half of Lac-Etchemin’s homes are older than 1981. Only 11% of Lac-Etchemin’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. From 2016 to 2021 Lac-Etchemin added 3.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Lac-Etchemin compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,100 to 4,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: L'Ange-Gardien, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges and North Norfolk. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Lac-Etchemin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Etchemin | 4,089 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Justine | 1,822 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne | 1,460 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon | 1,033 | 9 | 0 | 1885 |
| Saint-Benjamin | 1,267 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lac-Etchemin in brief
Lac-Etchemin has 34% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0. The other figures are unremarkable: its past has lives on the record such as Joseph-Damase Bégin (1900) and Ernest Ouellet (1882).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Lac-Etchemin’s history
How many historic places does Lac-Etchemin have on the registers?
None within Lac-Etchemin itself; the nearest is 10 km off: Croix de chemin, in Saint-Léon-de-Standon.
When did Lac-Etchemin become a municipality?
Wikidata gives October 10, 2001 for Lac-Etchemin, which may mark incorporation or an amalgamation rather than a founding.
How old are the homes in Lac-Etchemin?
34% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).