How it began
Back to 1863: Les Escoumins’s first record
Before 1987, Les Escoumins went by Escoumins. For the municipality of Les Escoumins itself, Wikidata records May 5, 1863, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
Photo: Jouu31 · Public domain0historic places on the registers
History of Les Escoumins · Canada’s heritage registers
Once Escoumins: Les Escoumins took its name in 1987
Within 50 km of Les Escoumins there are 31 designated places; Sites archéologiques de la Pointe-à-John, at 17 km, is the closest. Look 31 km away, to Trois-Pistoles, for the nearest place of the highest designation. One more stands just outside, within 5 km of the town’s edge.
Historic places within 50 km
31
15 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
17 km
Sites archéologiques de la Pointe-à-John
Homes built before 1961
30%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1889
The age of the area
Within 50 km of Les Escoumins, the years before Confederation left the most
Out to 50 km from Les Escoumins, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
New France before 17601
British North America 1760–186612
After Confederation 1867–19135
Wars and Depression 1914–19454
Since 1946 1946 on1
First by date comes Sainte-Croix-de-Tadoussac Mission Church in Sacré-Coeur, from 1747. 23 places within 50 km have a date. 13 predate Confederation.
Around the town
31 designated places lie within 50 km of Les Escoumins
Sainte-Croix-de-Tadoussac Mission Church, 33 km off, is the oldest: 1747. They stand in 8 towns, L'Isle-Verte, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and Sacré-Coeur among them. At 17 km, Sites archéologiques de la Pointe-à-John in Sacré-Coeur is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 50 km
| Sites archéologiques de la Pointe-à-JohnClassified heritage site (Québec) · 17 km away, in Sacré-Coeur |
| Île aux BasquesNational Historic Site · 26 km away, in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges |
| Manoir Rioux-BelzileClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1803–1815 · 30 km away, in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges |
| Site patrimonial du Manoir-Rioux-BelzileClassified heritage site (Québec) · 30 km away, in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges |
| Maison du notaireMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1842 · 31 km away, in Trois-Pistoles |
| Notre-Dame-des-Neiges ChurchClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1882–1887 · 31 km away, in Trois-Pistoles |
| Maison hantéeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1848 · 32 km away, in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges |
| Site du patrimoine de Sacré-CœurCited heritage site (Québec) · 32 km away, in Sacré-Coeur |
| Sainte-Croix-de-Tadoussac Mission ChurchClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1747–1750 · 33 km away, in Sacré-Coeur |
| Île Verte LighthouseNational Historic Site · 1806–1810 · 34 km away, in L'Isle-Verte |
| Site patrimonial du Phare-de-l'Île-VerteClassified heritage site (Québec) · 34 km away, in L'Isle-Verte |
| Moulin du Petit-SaultClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1823 · 34 km away, in L'Isle-Verte |
Just outside Les Escoumins: 1
| Site archéologique des Basques-de-l'Anse-à-la-CaveClassified heritage site (Québec) · 3.7 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Little new building in Les Escoumins: 1.2% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Les Escoumins were already standing by 1981. At 30%, Les Escoumins’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 35% of Les Escoumins’s homes.
30%
Before 1961
35%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
1.2%
2016–21
Les EscouminsTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
In brief
Les Escoumins in brief
Counted by age, 30% of Les Escoumins’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard (1889) is its person of the past on the record.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Les Escoumins’s history
How many historic places does Les Escoumins have on the registers?
Nothing inside Les Escoumins; Sites archéologiques de la Pointe-à-John in Sacré-Coeur, 17 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Les Escoumins?
Before 1961: 30% 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).