Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Maison André-Benjamin-Papineau · Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0On the registers Laval counts 10 historic places, 8 at the top. The record has 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
Every place on Laval’s registers has a photo here. To start: Maison André-Benjamin-Papineau, and Maison Charbonneau. 3 different photographers shared them on Wikimedia Commons.
Maison Charbonneau
Maison Joseph-Labelle
Maison Pierre-Paré
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary
Église de Sainte-Rose-de-Lima+5See all photosPhotos 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.
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
7 of the 10 dated places are older than Confederation.
The name of Laval honours François de Laval, catholic saint, First Bishop of Quebec. The municipality of Laval has the date 1965 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
They date from 1722 (Maison Therrien) to 1961. By designation: 7 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. They date from 1864 (Main Cellblock) to 1929. Each one opens its own page.
Next come churches and religious buildings: 2. Two of the highest-ranked are Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary and Maison Therrien.
Each place sits in one group, from its name first, then the uses its register lists.
The places by the year of their designation.
Maison André-Benjamin-Papineau went on the registers first, in 1974. 3 have been added since 2011.
Like the typical town (18%), Laval has 14% of its homes from before 1961. From 2016 on, Laval built 5% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 20% of Laval’s, against 15% in the typical town.
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 Mother Joseph Pariseau: 9 Wikipedia editions. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 10 births here before 1914. 7 of the 10 were born in the years before Confederation. Parks Canada designates Léo-Ernest Ouimet and Marc-Aurèle Fortin persons of national historic significance.
Everyone born in Laval → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laval | 461,509 | 10 | 8 | 1722 |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 41,971 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chomedey | 81,813 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Le Boisé Champêtre | 37,891 | 1 | 1 | 1820 |
| Pont-Viau | 14,608 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vimont | 31,166 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 1 | 1 | 1852 |
All told, Laval has 10 historic places, 8 with the highest designation; Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary heads the list. Most of the places, 50%, are houses. Mother Joseph Pariseau (1823), Gédéon Ouimet (1823) and Léo-Ernest Ouimet (1877) are the best known of its historic lives. Most of its homes are post-1960: only 14% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town.
Maison Therrien, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1722.
These: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary, Maison Therrien, Maison Joseph-Labelle, Maison Charbonneau, Maison Pierre-Paré and Maison André-Benjamin-Papineau, and 2 more.
14% 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). 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).
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