Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0The registers count 5 places within 10 km of Lavaltrie; the closest, Maison Lenoblet-Du Plessis, is 4.9 km away. Only 7% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The nearest town with a top designation is Contrecoeur, 5.8 km away. Records name 8 people born in Lavaltrie before 1914; the first is Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté.
Lavaltrie takes its name from Séraphin Margane de Lavaltrie. A reorganization in 2001 folded in Lavaltrie and Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie. As a municipality, Lavaltrie carries the date May 16, 2001 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Places near Lavaltrie (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
Oldest of all: Moulin à vent de Contrecœur, Contrecoeur, 1742. The bars count 5 dated places within 10 km. 5 go back before 1867.
By age, Moulin à vent de Contrecœur leads, from 1742, at 5.3 km. At 4.9 km, Maison Lenoblet-Du Plessis in Contrecoeur is the closest. Contrecoeur, Saint-Sulpice and Lanoraie hold most of them, among 3 towns.
| Maison Lenoblet-Du PlessisClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1794 · 4.9 km away, in Contrecoeur |
| Maison HervieuxClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1835 · 5 km away, in Lanoraie |
| Moulin à vent de ContrecœurClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1742–1745 · 5.3 km away, in Contrecoeur |
| Saint-Sulpice ChurchClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1831–1832 · 7.9 km away, in Saint-Sulpice |
| Chapelle de procession Notre-Dame-de-PitiéClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1830 · 7.9 km away, in Saint-Sulpice |
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 25% of Lavaltrie’s, against 15% in the typical town. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 42% of Lavaltrie’s homes. Only 18% of Lavaltrie’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Best known is Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, with articles in 6 Wikipedia languages. Georges-Albini Lacombe closes the list, born in 1864. At 79, Victor Bourgeau outlived the rest, dying in 1888. The earliest is Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté, born in 1794.
Everyone born in Lavaltrie → 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavaltrie | 15,996 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Contrecoeur | 10,708 | 2 | 2 | 1742 |
| Saint-Sulpice | 3,688 | 2 | 2 | 1830 |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | 2,984 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lanoraie | 5,694 | 1 | 1 | 1835 |
| L'Assomption | 25,126 | 5 | 2 | 1811 |
| Saint-Ours | 1,817 | 3 | 2 | 1792 |
Among the lives from its past: Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté (1794), Louis Conrad Pelletier (1852) and Victor Bourgeau (1809). Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 7%, against 18% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has no historic place, against 1 for the middle town its size.
Inside Lavaltrie, none so far. At 4.9 km, Maison Lenoblet-Du Plessis in Contrecoeur is the nearest, with the top designation.
The 2021 Census dates 7% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).