National Historic Site · 1687–1688Fort Crevier226 Rang de l'Île
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Pierreville · Canada’s heritage registers
Pierreville’s record starts in 1687 with Fort Crevier
Older housing stands out in Pierreville: 51% of homes predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Inside the town there is 1 historic place, a top designation. Wikidata gives June 13, 2001 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1687
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
51%
typical town: 18%
Through time
Looking back at Pierreville
A single old picture: one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
c. 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.
The map
Where Pierreville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Highest designations
Pierreville’s top designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The registers find 22 places within 25 km of Pierreville
Closest of all is Presbytère de Saint-François-du-Lac, in Saint-François-du-Lac, 1.3 km off. They belong to 8 towns, chiefly Sorel-Tracy, Saint-François-du-Lac and Nicolet. Oldest of them is Fort Richelieu (1641), 24 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Presbytère de Saint-François-du-LacMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1899 · 1.3 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Église Saint-François-Xavier de Saint-François-du-LacClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1845–1849 · 1.4 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Édifice de la MRC-de-Nicolet-YamaskaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1906 · 1.5 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Maison Joseph-CourchesneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1812 · 4.2 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Calvaire Albert-MondouxMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838 · 10 km away, in Yamaska |
| Îlette-au-PéCited heritage site (Québec) · 1957 · 13 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel |
| Saint-Guillaume Municipal BuildingMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1922 · 21 km away, in Saint-Guillaume |
| Atelier et maison Rodolphe-DuguayClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 22 km away, in Nicolet |
| Maison Joseph-Louis-Léandre-HamelinClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1898 · 23 km away, in Louiseville |
| Ancien presbytère de Saint-Edmond-de-GranthamMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1917–1918 · 23 km away, in Saint-Guillaume |
| Église de Saint-Pierre de SorelClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1826–1831 · 23 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Séminaire de NicoletClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1827–1836 · 23 km away, in Nicolet |
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Pierreville: 2.8% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Few of Pierreville’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 6.6%, the norm 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 16% of Pierreville’s, against 23% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Pierreville’s homes are older than 1961.
51%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
16%
1981–2000
6.6%
2001–15
2.8%
2016–21
PierrevilleTypical 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
5 lives that began in Pierreville before 1914
David Laperrière comes first, born in 1868. The longest life was Maurice Boisvert’s: 91 years, to 1988. At the other end is Maurice Boisvert, from 1897. Fame, by Wikipedia: Aimé Boucher first, in 4 languages.
David Laperrière
Aimé Boucher
Georges-Alexandre Courchesne
Paul Comtois
Maurice Boisvert
18501875190019251950
AB
Aimé Boucher1877–1946 · Canadian politician
PC
Paul Comtois1895–1966 · Canadian politician
MB
Maurice Boisvert1897–1988 · Canadian politician
GC
Georges-Alexandre Courchesne1880–1950 · Canadian Catholic prelate
DL
David Laperrière1868–1932 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Pierreville → 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
Pierreville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierreville | 2,154 | 1 | 1 | 1687 |
| Saint-François-du-Lac | 1,927 | 4 | 2 | 1812 |
| Baie-du-Febvre | 1,023 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Yamaska | 1,815 | 1 | 0 | 1838 |
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Bonaventure | 1,086 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Pierreville in brief
Before 1961: 51% of Pierreville’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all, one with the highest designation; Fort Crevier heads them. Of its people of the past, the best known are Aimé Boucher (1877), Paul Comtois (1895) and Maurice Boisvert (1897). The rest is about typical: its one place was designated in 1920.
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.
- Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Pierreville’s history
How old are the homes in Pierreville?
51% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
What is the oldest building in Pierreville?
Fort Crevier (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1687.
Which places in Pierreville have the highest designation?
It is Fort Crevier.
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).