Photo: Anne Dieu-Le-Veut · CC BY-SA 4.0History around Pointe-aux-Outardes: 50 designated places within 100 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Pointe-aux-Outardes is in Baie-Comeau, 17 km away. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is January 1, 1964; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Top-ranked heritage near Pointe-aux-Outardes: 14 places within 100 km
Church of St Amelia in Baie-Comeau is the nearest, 21 km away. They are spread over 11 towns, including Rimouski, Mont-Joli and Sainte-Luce. The mix: 27 municipal citations, 11 places classified by Québec and 5 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 12 nearest, within 100 km
| Church of St AmeliaClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1939–1940 · 21 km away, in Baie-Comeau |
| East watchtowerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940–1942 · 54 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Jardins de MétisClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1887 · 55 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Estevan LodgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1887 · 55 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Site du patrimoine Flavie-DrapeauCited heritage site (Québec) · 56 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Ancien presbytère de Sainte-FlavieMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1853 · 56 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Jardins de MétisNational Historic Site · 1926–1959 · 56 km away, in Price |
| West WatchtowerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940–1942 · 57 km away, in Sainte-Luce |
| Site patrimonial des Tours-de-Guet-de-Sainte-FlavieClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1940–1942 · 58 km away, in Sainte-Luce |
| Rivière-Blanche railway stationClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1908–1910 · 58 km away, in Mont-Joli |
| Maison BourgoinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 58 km away, in Price |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Mont-Joli, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1913–1914 · 59 km away, in Mont-Joli |
Within 100 km of Pointe-aux-Outardes, the dated places belong mostly to the decades after Confederation
Reaching 100 km out from Pointe-aux-Outardes: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
The earliest is Maison Lamontagne in Rimouski, begun in 1744. Dated places within 100 km: 44. Before Confederation: 12.
Only 1.6% of Pointe-aux-Outardes’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
The busiest building years in Pointe-aux-Outardes were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 44% of today’s homes. At 11%, Pointe-aux-Outardes’s share of pre-1961 homes is under the typical town’s 18%. Pointe-aux-Outardes built little from 2001 to 2015: 9.4% of its homes, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Pointe-aux-Outardes and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | 1,447 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | 1,406 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ragueneau | 1,287 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pointe-Lebel | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Baie-Comeau | 20,660 | 1 | 1 | 1939 |
Pointe-aux-Outardes in brief
Before 1961: just 11% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
- 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.
Questions about Pointe-aux-Outardes’s history
How many historic places does Pointe-aux-Outardes have on the registers?
Not within Pointe-aux-Outardes. Its nearest is a top designation: Church of St Amelia, 21 km away in Baie-Comeau.
When did Pointe-aux-Outardes become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Pointe-aux-Outardes to January 1, 1964. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Pointe-aux-Outardes?
11% predate 1961, where 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).