TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1885–1886Maison Cormier1353 rue Saint-Calixte¤1331 rue Saint-CalixtePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Maison Cormier · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.04historic places on the registers
History of Plessisville · Canada’s heritage registers
Plessisville has 4 historic places on the registers, one in the top tier
Counted by designation, there are 3 municipal citations. Only a few towns match Plessisville per resident: 5.9 for every 10,000, ahead of 95% of Canadian towns. Homes from before 1961 make up 32% of the stock, above the 18% of the typical town. The earliest construction date, 1885, belongs to Maison Cormier.
Historic places
4
5.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
3
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1885
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
32%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Plessisville’s heritage in 3 photos, and 1 pictures of its past
There are photos here of 3 of Plessisville’s designated places. The set opens with Maison Cormier and Monument Jean-Rivard.
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.
Through time
Plessisville in old pictures
From before 1950 comes one old photograph of the town. Tap it to see it full screen.
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 Plessisville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by tier
1 Highest designations3 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Plessisville with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
3 local listings in Plessisville
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They include Passerelle Armand-Vaillancourt and Monument Jean-Rivard. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1991Passerelle Armand-VaillancourtPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec)Monument Jean-Rivard1700 rue Saint-CalixtePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Municipal citation (Québec)Monument Messire-Charles-Édouard-Bélangerrue Saint-Calixte
Homes by age
Little new building in Plessisville: 2.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 18% of Plessisville’s, against 23% in the typical town. More of Plessisville’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 40%. Plessisville built little from 2001 to 2015: 7.8% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
32%
Before 1961
40%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
7.8%
2001–15
2.7%
2016–21
PlessisvilleTypical 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
3 Plessisville births on record from before 1914
The line ends with Louis-Édouard Roberge (1896). It starts with Narcisse-Édouard Cormier, born in 1847. At 86, Louis-Édouard Roberge outlived the rest, dying in 1982. Best known is Louis-Édouard Roberge, with articles in 3 Wikipedia languages.
Narcisse-Édouard Cormier
Georges-Guillaume Frève
Louis-Édouard Roberge
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LR
Louis-Édouard Roberge1896–1982 · Canadian politician
NC
Narcisse-Édouard Cormier1847–1906 · Canadian politician
GF
Georges-Guillaume Frève1869–1925 · Canadian catholic priest
Everyone born in Plessisville → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Plessisville has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,700 to 6,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Plessisville4
Ahead of it: Harrietsfield. Their median is 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Plessisville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 4 | 1 | 1885 |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Princeville | 6,400 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Laurierville | 1,368 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | 1,066 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Plessisville in brief
The 2021 Census dates 32% of Plessisville’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 4 historic places, one with the highest designation, including Maison Cormier. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. Its history in lives: Louis-Édouard Roberge (1896), Narcisse-Édouard Cormier (1847) and Georges-Guillaume Frève (1869). The rest is about typical: the designations ran from 2010 to 2012.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- 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’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- 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 Plessisville’s history
Which places in Plessisville have the highest designation?
Maison Cormier.
How old are the homes in Plessisville?
32% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Plessisville?
By its record, Maison Cormier, from 1885 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
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).