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1historic place on the registers
History of Pointe-à-la-Croix · Canada’s heritage registers

Canada’s registers list 1 historic place in Pointe-à-la-Croix

In Pointe-à-la-Croix that place is Young House, a municipal citation (québec), from 1830. The 2021 Census dates 1.6% of its homes to 2016 or later, against 4.1% in most towns.

Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1830
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
Through time

Pointe-à-la-Croix in old pictures

One picture from before 1950: one old photograph of the town. A tap opens it at full size, with its credit.

Buies - La vallée de la Matapédia, 1895, illust 001 - 00041895
Confederation to 1900Buies - La vallée de la Matapédia, 1895, illust 001 - 0004Photo: Arthur Buies · Public domain

Public 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.

How it began

1855 and after: Pointe-à-la-Croix’s milestones

A single date stands for Pointe-à-la-Croix as a municipality on Wikidata, July 1, 1855, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. Before 1970, Pointe-à-la-Croix went by Mann.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Pointe-à-la-Croix’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Young House · Municipal citation (Québec) · 1830
Provincial and local listings

Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.

The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings

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.

Provincial and local listings

On a provincial or local list in Pointe-à-la-Croix: one place

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

The registers find 7 places within 50 km of Pointe-à-la-Croix

By designation: 4 municipal citations, a National Historic Site and a place classified by Québec. Closest of all is Battle of the Restigouche, in Listuguj, 4.6 km off. Carleton-sur-Mer, Listuguj and Dalhousie hold most of them, among 4 towns.

The 7 nearest, within 50 km

Battle of the RestigoucheNational Historic Site · 1760–1761 · 4.6 km away, in Listuguj
Busteed HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800 · 5 km away, in Listuguj
Inch Arran Point Front Range LighthouseHeritage Lighthouse · 1870–1871 · 24 km away, in Dalhousie
Site patrimonial de la Cabane-à-EudoreCited heritage site (Québec) · 42 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer
Church of St. Joseph, CarletonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850–1854 · 43 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer
Site du Mont-Saint-JosephCited heritage site (Québec) · 43 km away, in Carleton-sur-Mer
Saint-Florence tithe barnMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1916 · 49 km away, in Causapscal
Homes by age

Most of Pointe-à-la-Croix’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 45%

Homes from before 1961 are 18% of Pointe-à-la-Croix’s housing, about the typical 18%. Over half of the homes in Pointe-à-la-Croix were already standing by 1981. In Pointe-à-la-Croix, 24% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).

18%
Before 1961
45%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
1.6%
2016–21
Pointe-à-la-CroixTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Pointe-à-la-Croix and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Pointe-à-la-Croix1,294101830
Campbellton7,48500—
Listuguj1,646221760
Atholville3,34600—
Dalhousie1,13200—
Balmoral1,62800—
Eel River Crossing1,91800—
In brief

Pointe-à-la-Croix in brief

Pointe-à-la-Croix’s homes from before 1961 come to 18%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. For the rest, its designation dates from 2011.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • 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.
  • People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
  • 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. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.

Questions about Pointe-à-la-Croix’s history

How many historic places does Pointe-à-la-Croix have on the registers?

Inside Pointe-à-la-Croix: 1 historic place.

What is the oldest building in Pointe-à-la-Croix?

Young House, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1830.

How old are the homes in Pointe-à-la-Croix?

Before 1961: 18% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

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).