Photo: Emdx · CC BY-SA 4.0Beyond Mistissini’s limits, one historic place within 100 km
Its housing is mostly newer: 0% predates 1961, where the typical town has 18%. The 2021 Census dates 17% of its homes to 2016 or later, against 4.1% in most towns.
Old pictures of Mistissini
From before 1950 comes one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
1910Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
One designated place lies within 100 km of Mistissini
The first one out is Waapushukamikw, 99 km away in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James.
The nearest, within 100 km
| WaapushukamikwNational Historic Site · 99 km away, in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James |
The biggest share of Mistissini’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 44%
Mistissini built little from 1961 to 1980: 5.9% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 33% of Mistissini’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Mistissini in brief
Little of its housing was standing by 1961: 0%, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Mistissini’s history
How many historic places does Mistissini have on the registers?
Inside Mistissini, none so far. At 99 km, Waapushukamikw in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James is the nearest, with the top designation.
How old are the homes in Mistissini?
Before 1961: 0% 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).