TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1801–1850Maison Pierre-Paré4730 rang du Haut-Saint-FrançoisPhoto: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Maison Pierre-Paré · Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Duvernay · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Duvernay: 2 historic places, all of the highest rank
Duvernay’s oldest dated place, Maison Pierre-Paré, goes back to 1801. Duvernay has 0.5 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 75% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
2
0.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1801
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
16%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 photos of Duvernay’s historic places
Both places on Duvernay’s registers have a photo here. Maison Pierre-Paré and Church of St. Maurice lead the set.
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.
The map
Where Duvernay’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
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.
Highest designations
2 places in Duvernay with the highest designation
Their dates run from 1801, with Maison Pierre-Paré, to 1961. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They were designated between 2012 and 2024. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1961–1962Church of St. Maurice1961 rue d'IvryPhoto: ndoduc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
Near Duvernay, within 5 km: 3 places of national rank
By age, Maison Andegrave leads, from 1741, at 3.4 km. At 2.4 km, Main Cellblock in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is the closest. Between them, 3 towns share them, mainly Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) and La Visitation.
The 6 nearest, within 5 km
| Main CellblockRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1864–1979 · 2.4 km away, in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul PenitentiaryNational Historic Site · 1873 · 2.5 km away, in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul |
| TowersRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1929–1932 · 2.6 km away, in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul |
| Maison AndegraveClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1741–1742 · 3.4 km away, in Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) |
| Maison Brignon-Dit-LapierreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1770 · 3.5 km away, in Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) |
| Maison du PressoirClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1806–1821 · 5 km away, in La Visitation |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Duvernay’s homes dates from 1961 to 1980: 32%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 27% of Duvernay’s, against 15% in the typical town. New building has been slow in Duvernay: 3.2% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Like the typical town (18%), Duvernay has 16% of its homes from before 1961.
16%
Before 1961
32%
1961–80
21%
1981–2000
27%
2001–15
3.2%
2016–21
DuvernayTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Duvernay has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 36,600 to 38,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Duvernay2
Ahead of it: Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf, Pointe-Claire and Fort Erie. The typical town its size has 1. For 8, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Duvernay and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duvernay | 37,460 | 2 | 2 | 1801 |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 15,194 | 3 | 1 | 1864 |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) | 13,131 | 2 | 1 | 1741 |
| Centre (Montréal-Nord) | 20,584 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Est (Montréal-Nord) | 31,383 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ouest (Montréal-Nord) | 23,373 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Duvernay in brief
The registers count 2 historic places in Duvernay, 2 with the highest designation, Maison Pierre-Paré first. Just 3 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 16%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: the designations ran from 2012 to 2024.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Duvernay’s history
Which places in Duvernay have the highest designation?
Maison Pierre-Paré and Church of St. Maurice.
What is the oldest building in Duvernay?
Maison Pierre-Paré — its record dates it to 1801 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Duvernay?
The 2021 Census dates 16% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).