Photo: P199 · Public domainHeritage within reach of Lac Simon: 6 places, 50 km or closer
Before 1961: just 0% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Val-d'Or, 33 km from here.
Former Lamaque Mine, 31 km from Lac Simon, is the closest
Their towns number 2: Val-d'Or and Senneterre first. Among them are 3 municipal citations, 2 places classified by Québec and a heritage railway station. 6 places lie within 50 km.
The 6 nearest, within 50 km
| Former Lamaque MineClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1934–1938 · 31 km away, in Val-d'Or |
| Site patrimonial du Village-Minier-de-BourlamaqueClassified heritage site (Québec) · 31 km away, in Val-d'Or |
| Église Saint-Sauveur (Val-d'Or)Municipal citation (Québec) · 1959 · 32 km away, in Val-d'Or |
| Château d'eau de l'ancienne mine SullivanMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 37 km away, in Val-d'Or |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Senneterre, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1953–1954 · 37 km away, in Senneterre |
| Pont ChampagneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1941 · 46 km away, in Val-d'Or |
The places within 50 km of Lac Simon lean to the wars and the Depression
The area here stretches to 50 km around Lac Simon: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Former Lamaque Mine in Val-d'Or, from 1934. 5 places within 50 km carry a construction date.
New homes stand out in Lac Simon: 8.8% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Lac Simon has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 56%, where most towns have 23%. Few of Lac Simon’s homes date from 1961 to 1980: 13%, the norm 27%. 25% of Lac Simon’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lac Simon in brief
Few of its homes are old, 0% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
Questions about Lac Simon’s history
How many historic places does Lac Simon have on the registers?
Nothing inside Lac Simon; Former Lamaque Mine in Val-d'Or, 31 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Lac Simon?
0% predate 1961, where 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).