Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Laurierville has 2.6 times what the typical town has (18%). The registers count 7 places within 25 km of Laurierville; the closest, Monument Jean-Rivard, is 12 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Plessisville, 11 km from here. The earliest of 4 people born in Laurierville before 1914 is Joseph Demers.
In 1997 the municipality took over from Laurierville and Sainte-Julie. The record lists union, 1997, among its milestones. The municipality of Laurierville has the date November 26, 1997 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.
Reaching 25 km out from Laurierville: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Maison Cormier, in Plessisville, is the oldest (1885). Within 25 km, 5 records give a date.
The first one out is Monument Jean-Rivard, 12 km away in Plessisville. Maison Cormier, 12 km off, is the oldest: 1885. They are 6 municipal citations and a place classified by Québec.
| Monument Jean-RivardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 12 km away, in Plessisville |
| Passerelle Armand-VaillancourtMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1991 · 12 km away, in Plessisville |
| Monument Messire-Charles-Édouard-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 12 km away, in Plessisville |
| Maison CormierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1885–1886 · 12 km away, in Plessisville |
| Pont couvert de Sainte-AgatheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 20 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière |
| Presbytère de Saint-OctaveMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1916 · 22 km away, in Saint-Flavien |
| Maison Louis-DumontMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 22 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière |
More than half of Laurierville’s housing predates 1981. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 16% of Laurierville’s, against 23% in the typical town. Only 11% of Laurierville’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less 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.
The widest known is Eusèbe Roberge: 3 Wikipedia editions. At 90, Marie-Rose Turcot outlived the rest, dying in 1977. It starts with Joseph Demers, born in 1861. Marie-Rose Turcot closes the list, born in 1887.
Everyone born in Laurierville → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurierville | 1,368 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lyster | 1,679 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 4 | 1 | 1885 |
| Val-Alain | 1,084 | 0 | 0 | — |
In Laurierville, 46% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Among the lives from its past: Eusèbe Roberge (1874), Marie-Rose Turcot (1887) and Joseph Demers (1861).
None inside Laurierville yet. The nearest is Monument Jean-Rivard, 12 km away in Plessisville.
Before 1961: 46% 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).