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1historic place on the registers
History of L'Épiphanie · Canada’s heritage registers

Maison Poitras, from 1785, is L'Épiphanie’s oldest designated place

Inside L'Épiphanie there is 1 historic place, a top designation. That is 1.1 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 80% of Canadian towns.

Historic places
1
1.1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1785
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
15%
typical town: 18%
How it began

L'Épiphanie’s record begins in 2018

In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of L'Épiphanie dates from May 23, 2018; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger. L'Épiphanie is named after Epiphany, christian feast, public holiday in some countries. L'Épiphanie and L'Épiphanie came before the present municipality.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where L'Épiphanie’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Maison Poitras · Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1785
Highest designations

Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.

The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations

Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Highest designations

The highest rank in L'Épiphanie: one place

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

The registers find 13 places within 10 km of L'Épiphanie

By designation: 11 municipal citations and 2 places classified by Québec. Closest of all is Maison Malo, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 5.4 km off. The record reaches back to 1811 with Vieux palais de justice de L'Assomption, 6.2 km away.

The 12 nearest, within 10 km

Maison MaloMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 5.4 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Presbytère de L'Assomption-de-la-Sainte-ViergeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 6 km away, in L'Assomption
Site patrimonial du Collège-de-L'AssomptionClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1844 · 6 km away, in L'Assomption
Maison de la Culture de L'AssomptionMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 6 km away, in L'Assomption
Église de L'Assomption-de-la-Sainte-ViergeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1819–1820 · 6 km away, in L'Assomption
Vieux palais de justice de L'AssomptionClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1811–1822 · 6.2 km away, in L'Assomption
Moulin BleuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 7.5 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Maison MarienMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1919 · 7.6 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Presbytère de Saint-Roch-de-l'AchiganMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1905 · 7.7 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Couvent de Saint-Roch-de-l'AchiganMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1881 · 7.7 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Maison J.-Oswald-ForestMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1910 · 7.8 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Maison Joséphat-GareauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1904 · 8.5 km away, in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Homes by age

Most of L'Épiphanie’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 28%

From 2016 to 2021 L'Épiphanie added 5% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. L'Épiphanie has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 27%, where most towns have 15%. Homes from before 1961 are 15% of L'Épiphanie’s housing, about the typical 18%.

15%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
27%
2001–15
5%
2016–21
L'ÉpiphanieTypical 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

L'Épiphanie has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 9,200 to 9,300 residents, by places on the registers.

L'Épiphanie1

Just these have more: Boischatel and Downtown Commercial Core. The typical town its size has 0. 13 of them have none.

Neighbours

L'Épiphanie and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
L'Épiphanie9,254111785
L'Assomption25,126521811
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan5,675901827
Sainte-Marie-Salomé1,29600—
Saint-Sulpice3,688221830
Repentigny91,290331723
Saint-Jacques4,830601897
In brief

L'Épiphanie in brief

Canada’s heritage lists give L'Épiphanie 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, Maison Poitras among them. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 15%, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, its past has lives on the record such as Clément Morin (1907) and Ludger Charpentier (1887); and its designation dates from 1981.

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.
  • 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.
  • The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Questions about L'Épiphanie’s history

What is the oldest building in L'Épiphanie?

Maison Poitras, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1785.

Which places in L'Épiphanie have the highest designation?

It is Maison Poitras.

How old are the homes in L'Épiphanie?

15% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

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).