TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1804Domaine de Belle-Rivière8106 rue de Belle-RivièrePhoto: Hadrianopolis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Maison Jean-Joseph-Girouard · Photo: Hadrianopolis · CC BY-SA 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Mirabel · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Mirabel: 2 historic places, all of the highest rank
The oldest building on Mirabel’s record is Domaine de Belle-Rivière, from 1804. Wikidata gives January 1, 1971 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged. Relative to its size Mirabel has 0.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 72% of Canadian towns. Before 1961: just 7% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
Historic places
2
0.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1804
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
7%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 views of Mirabel’s heritage
Each of Mirabel’s two designated places has a photo. Leading off: Maison Jean-Joseph-Girouard and Domaine de Belle-Rivière.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Mirabel’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest 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.
Highest designations
2 places in Mirabel with the highest designation
The oldest, Domaine de Belle-Rivière, dates from 1804; the newest from 1840. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their designations span 1963 to 1973. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1840Maison Jean-Joseph-Girouard3905 rue Saint-Jean-BaptistePhoto: Hadrianopolis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Around the town
The highest designation, 36 times, within 25 km of Mirabel
Among them are 48 municipal citations, 32 places classified by Québec and 4 National Historic Sites. At 7 km, Maison Jean-Charles-Dubois in Boisbriand is the closest. All told, 88 places are within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison Jean-Charles-DuboisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1776 · 7 km away, in Boisbriand |
| Presbytère de Sainte-Thérèse-de-BlainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1925 · 8 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse |
| Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-BlainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885–1887 · 8.1 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse |
| Ancien séminaire de Sainte-ThérèseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881–1883 · 8.1 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse |
| Maison Abraham-DuboisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1800 · 11 km away, in Boisbriand |
| Maison ancestrale des Bélanger ou maison EbyCited heritage site (Québec) · 1816 · 11 km away, in Boisbriand |
| Maison Léon-DionMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1816 · 11 km away, in Boisbriand |
| Maison HamiltonCited heritage site (Québec) · 1796 · 12 km away, in Rosemère |
| Manoir Bleury-BouthillierCited heritage site (Québec) · 1883–1887 · 12 km away, in Rosemère |
| Maison Hubert-MaisonneuveCited heritage site (Québec) · 1832 · 12 km away, in Rosemère |
| Maison Twin ChimneyCited heritage site (Québec) · 1837 · 12 km away, in Rosemère |
| Domaine Louis-Philippe-HébertClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1907 · 12 km away, in Rosemère |
Homes by age
Mirabel is still building: 22% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 9.3% of Mirabel’s, against 27% in the typical town. 39% of Mirabel’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Mirabel 23% of its homes, near the usual 23%.
7%
Before 1961
9.3%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
39%
2001–15
22%
2016–21
MirabelTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
28 Mirabel births on record from before 1914
Best known is Paul Sauvé, with articles in 7 Wikipedia languages. The first on the line is Luc-Hyacinthe Masson (1811). Marguerite Desjardins lived longest, to 97, dying in 1947. Most of them, 15 of 28, came into the world in the decades after Confederation. The 20 best known are on the timeline.
Luc-Hyacinthe Masson
Léandre Dumouchel
Isidore Proulx
Benjamin Beauchamp
Charles Champagne
Charles Beautron Major
Joseph Girouard
Henri-Marc Ami
Charles Marcil
Godfroy Langlois
Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier
Jean Prévost
Arthur Sauvé
Guillaume-André Fauteux
Edmond Proulx
Hyacinthe-Adélard Fortier
Aurélien Bélanger
Joseph-Eugène Limoges
Jean-Léo Rochon
Paul Sauvé
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Paul Sauvé1907–1960 · Canadian politician
Henri-Marc Ami1858–1931 · French Canadian archaeologist
Jean Prévost1870–1915 · Canadian politician
Arthur Sauvé1874–1944 · Canadian politician
Guillaume-André Fauteux1874–1940 · Canadian politician and lawyer
JL
Joseph-Eugène Limoges1879–1965 · Catholic archbishop
Joseph Girouard1854–1933 · Canadian politician
GL
Godfroy Langlois1866–1928 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Mirabel → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Mirabel and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabel | 68,471 | 2 | 2 | 1804 |
| Blainville | 61,739 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 27,253 | 3 | 1 | 1881 |
| Boisbriand | 29,830 | 4 | 0 | 1776 |
| Saint-Eustache | 47,562 | 8 | 4 | 1762 |
| Rosemère | 14,198 | 5 | 1 | 1796 |
| Lorraine | 9,721 | 1 | 1 | 1833 |
In brief
Mirabel in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give Mirabel 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation. Paul Sauvé (1907), Henri-Marc Ami (1858) and Jean Prévost (1870) are the best known of its historic lives. The census dates only 7% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: 2 historic places is about usual for its size (the median is 2); and the designations ran from 1963 to 1973.
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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- 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.
Questions about Mirabel’s history
Which places in Mirabel have the highest designation?
Domaine de Belle-Rivière and Maison Jean-Joseph-Girouard.
What is the oldest building in Mirabel?
Domaine de Belle-Rivière (Classified heritage building (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1804.
How old are the homes in Mirabel?
7% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).