How it began
Back to 1921: Messines’s first record
A single date stands for Messines as a municipality on Wikidata, August 19, 1921, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. Before 1986, Messines went by Messine.
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.00historic places on the registers
History of Messines · Canada’s heritage registers
From Messine to Messines, in 1986
The nearest heritage to Messines is Château Logue, 15 km off, one of 208 places within 100 km. Heritage of the first rank begins 15 km away, in Maniwaki.
Historic places within 100 km
208
62 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
15 km
Château Logue
Homes built before 1961
17%
typical town: 18%
The age of the area
Within 100 km of Messines, the decades after Confederation left the most
Reaching 100 km out from Messines: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
British North America 1760–186660
After Confederation 1867–191387
Wars and Depression 1914–194535
Since 1946 1946 on12
First by date comes Saint James cemetery in Du Parc, from 1820. 194 dated places within 100 km make up the record. 60 go back before 1867.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Messines: 62 places within 100 km
208 places lie within 100 km. Château Logue in Maniwaki is the nearest, 15 km away. Between them, 38 towns share them, mainly Centretown, Des Explorateurs and Les Golfs.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Château LogueClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1887 · 15 km away, in Maniwaki |
| Maison Jean-Baptiste-RielMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 28 km away, in Déléage |
| Petit pont de Ferme-RougeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1903 · 48 km away, in Mont-Laurier |
| Pont Est de Ferme-RougeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1903 · 48 km away, in Mont-Laurier |
| Maison Alix-BailClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1889 · 51 km away, in Mont-Laurier |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Mont-Laurier, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1909–1910 · 52 km away, in Mont-Laurier |
| La ConcerneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 66 km away, in Ferme-Neuve |
| Presbytère Notre-Dame-du-Très-Saint-SacrementMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1931 · 66 km away, in Ferme-Neuve |
| Église Notre-Dame-du-Très-Saint-SacrementMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1939–1940 · 66 km away, in Ferme-Neuve |
| Hôtel Isaïe-GodmerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928–1930 · 66 km away, in Ferme-Neuve |
| Fairbairn HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 68 km away, in La Pêche |
| Maclaren HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1861–1872 · 69 km away, in La Pêche |
Homes by age
6.4% of Messines’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Like the typical town (18%), Messines has 17% of its homes from before 1961. Messines’s largest group of homes, 34%, went up from 1961 to 1980. 30% of Messines’s homes date from 1981 to 2000, well above the typical 23%.
17%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
30%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
6.4%
2016–21
MessinesTypical 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
Messines and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messines | 1,691 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kitigan Zibi | 1,261 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Maniwaki | 3,803 | 1 | 1 | 1887 |
| Déléage | 2,047 | 1 | 0 | 1850 |
| Gracefield | 2,544 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Messines in brief
Most of its homes are post-1960: only 17% came earlier, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
- 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Messines’s history
How many historic places does Messines have on the registers?
Not within Messines. Its nearest is a top designation: Château Logue, 15 km away in Maniwaki.
How old are the homes in Messines?
Before 1961: 17% 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).