Photo: François Lambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Beyond L'Avenir’s limits, 32 historic places within 25 km
For the highest designations, the closest town to L'Avenir is Richmond, 17 km off. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has July 1, 1862, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. Outside the boundary but close by, there is one more.
The registers find 32 places within 25 km of L'Avenir
The oldest, Maison Trent, dates from 1837, 21 km away. Moulin Denison, 16 km away, leads 5 places with the top designation. Drummondville, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and Richmond hold most of them, among 8 towns.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Église anglicane Saint-PaulMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1843 · 7.4 km away, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey |
| Église Saint-James de Durham-SudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 12 km away, in Durham-Sud |
| Ancien poste de transmission MarconiMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1925 · 16 km away, in Drummondville |
| Moulin DenisonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1855 · 16 km away, in Danville |
| Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 17 km away, in Richmond |
| Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 17 km away, in Richmond |
| Carré CelaneseCited heritage site (Québec) · 1926 · 17 km away, in Drummondville |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 18 km away, in Richmond |
| École Saint-FrédéricMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 18 km away, in Drummondville |
| Maison Joseph-Wilfrid-FaucherMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1920 · 18 km away, in Drummondville |
| Chute-Hemmings Generating StationMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1924–1926 · 19 km away, in Drummondville |
| Dominion Silk Dyeing and Printing Company MillMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1923 · 19 km away, in Drummondville |
Just outside L'Avenir: 1
| Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.2 km outside the town |
Within 25 km of L'Avenir, the oldest record dates from 1837
No place near L'Avenir is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Maison Trent, in Drummondville, is the oldest (1837). Within 25 km, building dates exist for 32 places. 7 predate Confederation.
27% of L'Avenir’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%
Few of L'Avenir’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 11%, the norm 15%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 34% of L'Avenir’s homes. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 5.7% of L'Avenir’s, above the typical 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
L'Avenir and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Avenir | 1,456 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | 1,550 | 1 | 0 | 1840 |
| Saint-Lucien | 1,941 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Durham-Sud | 1,041 | 1 | 0 | 1897 |
| Wickham | 2,745 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Richmond | 3,419 | 3 | 1 | 1859 |
| Cleveland | 1,624 | 0 | 0 | — |
L'Avenir in brief
Counted by age, 27% of L'Avenir’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, one person of its past, Henry Thomas Duffy (1852).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- 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.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
Questions about L'Avenir’s history
How many historic places does L'Avenir have on the registers?
None within L'Avenir itself; the nearest is 7.4 km off: Église anglicane Saint-Paul, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey.
When did L'Avenir become a municipality?
By Wikidata, L'Avenir dates from July 1, 1862; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in L'Avenir?
Before 1961: 27% 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).