Photo: Philippe Du Berger from Montréal · CC BY 2.0In Lorimier, 61% of homes go back before 1961
For Lorimier, that is 3.5 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The nearest heritage to Lorimier is Théâtre des Variétés, 400 m off, one of 168 places within 5 km. Heritage of the first rank begins 1.1 km away, in Parc-Laurier.
The places within 5 km of Lorimier lean to the decades after Confederation
The historic places within 5 km of Lorimier, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
The earliest is Hochelaga in Montagne, begun in 1535. The chart rests on 152 dated places within 5 km. Before Confederation: 55.
Within 5 km of Lorimier: 168 places on the registers
Closest of all is Théâtre des Variétés, in Parc-Laurier, 400 m off. The oldest, Hochelaga, dates from 1535, 3.5 km away. They belong to 20 towns, chiefly René-Lévesque, Vieux-Montréal and Montagne.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Théâtre des VariétésClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1913–1919 · 400 m away, in Parc-Laurier |
| Pavillon MaillouxNational Historic Site · 1931–1932 · 1.3 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Sanctuary of the Blessed SacramentClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1892–1894 · 1.4 km away, in Parc-Lafontaine |
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-Esprit-de-RosemontCited heritage site (Québec) · 1.5 km away, in Vieux-Rosemont |
| Maisons Emmanuel-Saint-LouisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1898 · 1.6 km away, in Parc-Lafontaine |
| Maison Henriette-MoreauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1870–1873 · 1.6 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-Jean-BaptisteCited heritage site (Québec) · 1.7 km away, in Saint-Louis |
| Maison L'ArchevêqueMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 1.9 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1911–1912 · 1.9 km away, in Saint-Louis |
| Arthur Dubuc HouseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1894 · 2 km away, in René-Lévesque |
| Carmel de MontréalClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1895–1896 · 2 km away, in Mile End |
| The MainNational Historic Site · 2.1 km away, in Mile End |
New homes are rare in Lorimier: 1.4% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Few of Lorimier’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 8.8%, the norm 23%. Lorimier built little from 2001 to 2015: 5.3% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Count back from today and half of Lorimier’s homes are older than 1961.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Lorimier compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 19,800 to 20,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Fort York-Liberty Village and Loyalist. Their median is 0. 13 of them have nothing on the registers.
Lorimier and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorimier | 19,935 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Parc-Laurier | 18,312 | 1 | 1 | 1913 |
| Parc-Lafontaine | 16,386 | 2 | 1 | 1892 |
| Sainte-Marie | 33,699 | 5 | 3 | 1832 |
| Petite-Côte | 17,196 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vieux-Rosemont | 28,353 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Louis-Hébert | 14,284 | 0 | 0 | — |
Lorimier in brief
The pre-1961 share of Lorimier’s homes is 61%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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 Lorimier’s history
How many historic places does Lorimier have on the registers?
Not within Lorimier. Its nearest is a top designation: Théâtre des Variétés, 400 m away in Parc-Laurier.
How old are the homes in Lorimier?
The 2021 Census dates 61% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).