Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 43% of the homes in Léry
The typical town has 18%: Léry has 2.4 times the share. Maison Sauvageau-Sweeny, 3.8 km from Léry, heads a list of 6 historic places within 5 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Châteauguay, 5.6 km from here. Wikidata gives June 1, 1914 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Around Léry, within 5 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1707
Each historic place within 5 km of Léry, outside its limits, by when its record says building began.
The earliest is Île Perrot Windmill and Miller's House in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, begun in 1707. The chart rests on 6 dated places within 5 km. Before Confederation: 6.
The registers find 6 places within 5 km of Léry
Among them are 3 places classified by Québec, 2 National Historic Sites and a municipal citation. By age, Île Perrot Windmill and Miller's House leads, from 1707, at 4.3 km. The nearest is Maison Sauvageau-Sweeny, 3.8 km away in Mercier.
The 6 nearest, within 5 km
| Maison Sauvageau-SweenyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1825 · 3.8 km away, in Mercier |
| Île Perrot Windmill and Miller's HouseNational Historic Site · 1707–1792 · 4.3 km away, in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot |
| Pointe-du-Moulin WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1707–1708 · 4.3 km away, in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot |
| Maison du Meunier-de-Pointe-du-MoulinClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1785–1791 · 4.4 km away, in Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot |
| Saint-Joachim ChurchNational Historic Site · 1774–1798 · 4.5 km away, in Châteauguay |
| Maison LePailleurMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1792 · 4.6 km away, in Châteauguay |
43% of Léry’s homes were built before 1961
From 2016 on, Léry built 5.1% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. Few of Léry’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 11%, the norm 15%. Count back from today and half of Léry’s homes are older than 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Léry and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Léry | 2,817 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Châteauguay | 53,508 | 2 | 1 | 1774 |
| Mercier | 16,036 | 1 | 1 | 1800 |
| Beauharnois | 15,285 | 3 | 3 | 1842 |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | 11,716 | 5 | 4 | 1707 |
| Kahnawake | 11,142 | 3 | 3 | 1716 |
| Sainte-Martine | 5,884 | 1 | 1 | 1823 |
Léry in brief
The 2021 Census dates 43% of Léry’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
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.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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 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.
Questions about Léry’s history
How many historic places does Léry have on the registers?
None inside Léry yet. The nearest, Maison Sauvageau-Sweeny, carries the highest designation, 3.8 km away in Mercier.
When did Léry become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Léry is June 1, 1914, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Léry?
43% predate 1961, where 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).