LocalCited heritage site (Québec) · 1905–1907Site de l'église de Saint-Vitalrue PrincipalePhoto: Fdesjardins · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Site de l'église de Saint-Vital · Photo: Fdesjardins · CC BY 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Lambton · Canada’s heritage registers
1 historic place on the heritage registers in Lambton
The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; Lambton has 36%. The one entry is Site de l'église de Saint-Vital (1905), a cited heritage site (québec). Wikidata gives December 23, 1976 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged. Add 6 just outside the town.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1905
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
36%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Lambton’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Lambton
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Just outside
Just outside Lambton
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Lambton: 6
| Moulin BernierMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.6 km outside the town |
| Voie ferrée et pont de fer du Quebec CentralMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Résidence Odilon-BilodeauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Maison Roland-MorinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Atelier TardifMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town |
| Maison François-GouletMunicipal citation (Québec) · 4.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Only 2.6% of Lambton’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Lambton today were built before 1981. 25% of Lambton’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 23% of Lambton’s, about the typical 23%.
36%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
12%
2001–15
2.6%
2016–21
LambtonTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Before 1914, Lambton gave 4 lives to the record
The longest life was Louis-Napoléon Audet’s: 90 years, to 1971. Louis-Napoléon Audet closes the list, born in 1881. It starts with Joseph Godbout, born in 1850. Joseph Godbout is the most written about, in 5 languages.
Joseph Godbout
Arthur Godbout
Henri-Louis Gagnon
Louis-Napoléon Audet
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Joseph Godbout1850–1923 · Canadian politician
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Arthur Godbout1872–1932 · Canadian politician and judge
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Louis-Napoléon Audet1881–1971 · Canadian architect
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Henri-Louis Gagnon1881–1964 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Lambton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Lambton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambton | 1,714 | 1 | 0 | 1905 |
| La Guadeloupe | 1,927 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stratford | 1,062 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Lambton in brief
Of the homes standing in Lambton, 36% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. Joseph Godbout (1850), Arthur Godbout (1872) and Louis-Napoléon Audet (1881) are the best known of its historic lives. The other figures are unremarkable: its one place was designated in 2000.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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 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. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
Questions about Lambton’s history
How old are the homes in Lambton?
36% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Lambton have on the registers?
Inside Lambton: 1 historic place.
What is the oldest building in Lambton?
Site de l'église de Saint-Vital — its record dates it to 1905 (Cited heritage site (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).