TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1833Maison Garth100 chemin de la Grande-CôtePhoto: Rikipi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Maison Garth · Photo: Rikipi · CC BY-SA 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Lorraine · Canada’s heritage registers
Lorraine’s 1 historic place is a top designation
Only 1.9% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Maison Garth, from 1833, is the town’s classified heritage building (québec). Wikidata dates the municipality to February 4, 1960, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger. Measured against its size, Lorraine’s 1 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 79% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1833
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
1.9%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Lorraine’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Lorraine with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
15 historic places within 10 km of Lorraine
By designation: 10 municipal citations and 5 places classified by Québec. Closest of all is Maison Twin Chimney, in Rosemère, 3.1 km off. Of the 5 of the highest rank, the nearest is Maison Joseph-Labelle, 3.3 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Maison Twin ChimneyCited heritage site (Québec) · 1837 · 3.1 km away, in Rosemère |
| Maison Joseph-LabelleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1735–1743 · 3.3 km away, in Auteuil |
| Maison Hubert-MaisonneuveCited heritage site (Québec) · 1832 · 3.6 km away, in Rosemère |
| Maison HamiltonCited heritage site (Québec) · 1796 · 5.5 km away, in Rosemère |
| Manoir Bleury-BouthillierCited heritage site (Québec) · 1883–1887 · 5.6 km away, in Rosemère |
| Ancien séminaire de Sainte-ThérèseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881–1883 · 5.7 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse |
| Domaine Louis-Philippe-HébertClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1907 · 5.7 km away, in Rosemère |
| Presbytère de Sainte-Thérèse-de-BlainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1925 · 5.8 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse |
| Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-BlainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885–1887 · 5.9 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse |
| Église de Sainte-Rose-de-LimaClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1852–1856 · 6.2 km away, in Sainte-Rose |
| Maison Jean-Charles-DuboisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1776 · 7 km away, in Boisbriand |
| Maison ancestrale des Bélanger ou maison EbyCited heritage site (Québec) · 1816 · 7.5 km away, in Boisbriand |
Homes by age
Lorraine added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.4%, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 33% of Lorraine’s, against 23% in the typical town. Lorraine has an unusual share of homes built from 1961 to 1980: 54%, where most towns have 27%. Only 9.7% of Lorraine’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%.
1.9%
Before 1961
54%
1961–80
33%
1981–2000
9.7%
2001–15
2.4%
2016–21
LorraineTypical 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
Lorraine has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,600 to 9,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Lorraine1
Just these have more: Charlesbourg and Qualicum Beach. Their median is 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Lorraine and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 1 | 1 | 1833 |
| Bois-des-Filion | 10,666 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 5 | 1 | 1796 |
| Auteuil | 27,843 | 1 | 1 | 1735 |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 3 | 1 | 1881 |
| Blainville | 61,739 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Rose | 37,408 | 1 | 1 | 1852 |
In brief
Lorraine in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give Lorraine 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, Maison Garth among them. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just 2 have more historic places. Most of its homes are post-1960: only 1.9% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its designation dates from 1975.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Questions about Lorraine’s history
How old are the homes in Lorraine?
1.9% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Which places in Lorraine have the highest designation?
Maison Garth.
What is the oldest building in Lorraine?
Maison Garth, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1833.
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).