Photo: Montréal-Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Before 1961: 47% of the homes in Montréal-Est
Montréal-Est has 2.7 times what the typical town has (18%). 10 places on the heritage registers lie within 5 km of Montréal-Est, the nearest Pointe-aux-Trembles Windmill, 1 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Pointe-aux-Trembles, 3.6 km from here. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is June 4, 1910: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Within 5 km of Montréal-Est, the record goes back to 1719
Within 5 km of Montréal-Est but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
9 dated places within 5 km make up the record. Before Confederation: 8. Pointe-aux-Trembles Windmill, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, goes back furthest, to 1719.
Leave Montréal-Est and the first historic place is Pointe-aux-Trembles Windmill, 1 km away
The radius of 5 km holds 10. They are spread over 2 towns, including Boucherville and Pointe-aux-Trembles. By designation: 8 places classified by Québec and 2 municipal citations.
The 10 nearest, within 5 km
| Pointe-aux-Trembles WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1719 · 1 km away, in Pointe-aux-Trembles |
| Maison Urgel-CharbonneauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913 · 1.4 km away, in Pointe-aux-Trembles |
| Maison Jean-Baptiste-Gauthier-Dit-Saint-GermainClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800 · 4.1 km away, in Boucherville |
| Vieux-BouchervilleCited heritage site (Québec) · 4.2 km away, in Boucherville |
| Church of the Holy FamilyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1801–1802 · 4.3 km away, in Boucherville |
| Manoir François-Pierre-BoucherClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1741 · 4.5 km away, in Boucherville |
| Maison La ChaumièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1741 · 4.5 km away, in Boucherville |
| Maison QuintalClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1727–1750 · 4.7 km away, in Boucherville |
| Villa De La BroquerieClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1735–1736 · 4.9 km away, in Boucherville |
| Maison Louis-Hippolyte-La FontaineClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1766 · 5 km away, in Boucherville |
12% of Montréal-Est’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Only 11% of Montréal-Est’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 17% of Montréal-Est’s, against 27% in the typical town. Few of Montréal-Est’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Montréal-Est and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montréal-Est | 5,112 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tétreaultville | 19,390 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | 49,869 | 4 | 3 | 1690 |
| Dupéré | 15,036 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Beaurivage | 13,574 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rivière-des-Prairies | 21,852 | 3 | 1 | 1732 |
| Anjou | 43,243 | 0 | 0 | — |
Montréal-Est in brief
Montréal-Est’s homes from before 1961 come to 47%, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Montréal-Est’s history
How many historic places does Montréal-Est have on the registers?
None inside Montréal-Est yet. The nearest, Pointe-aux-Trembles Windmill, carries the highest designation, 1 km away in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
When did Montréal-Est become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Montréal-Est to June 4, 1910. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Montréal-Est?
Before 1961: 47% 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).