Canadian National Railway Station, Macamic, Quebec · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0

1historic place on the registers

History of Macamic · Canada’s heritage registers

An older town: 37% of Macamic’s homes predate 1961

Most towns have 18%, so Macamic has 2.1 times as much. The registers put 1 historic place inside its boundary. Few towns have as much for their size: 3.7 for every 10,000 residents, more than 92% of Canadian towns. It is Canadian National Railway Station, Macamic, Quebec, a heritage railway station begun in 1910.

1910oldest building 1just outside

Historic places

3.7 per 10,000 residents

Highest designations

National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements

Other federal designations

Recognized buildings, railway stations, lighthouses

Oldest building

1910

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

37%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Macamic’s milestones, starting in 1916

On Wikidata the municipality of Macamic dates to April 23, 1919, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation. Its oldest recorded station, Macamic railway station, dates from 1916.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Macamic’s history is

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

Other federal designations

Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.

The 1, by tier

1 Other federal designations

The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.

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

Other federal designations

One more federal designation in Macamic

Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.

Heritage Railway Station · 1910–1911Canadian National Railway Station, Macamic, QuebecStation Street (next to the junction of routes 101/111)Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Around the town

One place of national importance within 50 km of Macamic

Among them are 2 municipal citations and a National Historic Site. At 16 km, Manoir Bordeleau in La Sarre is the closest. By age, Apitipik leads, from 1689, at 26 km.

The 3 nearest, within 50 km

Manoir BordeleauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1922–1924 · 16 km away, in La Sarre

Maison LavigneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 16 km away, in La Sarre

ApitipikNational Historic Site · 1689 · 26 km away, in Palmarolle

Just outside Macamic: 1

École du rang 2 d'AuthierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 2.3 km outside the town

Homes by age

Little new building in Macamic: 1.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Count back from today and half of Macamic’s homes are older than 1981. Only 6.6% of Macamic’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Macamic, 32% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).

37%

Before 1961

32%

1961–80

24%

1981–2000

6.6%

2001–15

1.3%

2016–21

MacamicTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Macamic and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Macamic	2,698	1	1910
La Sarre	7,199	2	1922
Palmarolle	1,425	0	—

In brief

Macamic in brief

Of the homes standing in Macamic, 37% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place. Beyond that, it has one historic place, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 0); and its one place was designated in 1994.

How to read these numbers

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.
Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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.
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.
Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
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.

Questions about Macamic’s history

How old are the homes in Macamic?

Before 1961: 37% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

How many historic places does Macamic have on the registers?

The registers list 1 historic place inside Macamic.

What is the oldest building in Macamic?

Canadian National Railway Station, Macamic, Quebec (Heritage Railway Station): the first construction date on its record is 1910.

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).