Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0The heritage near Princeville: 14 places in a 25 km radius
Heritage of the first rank begins 10 km from Princeville, in Plessisville. Of the 5 people born in Princeville before 1914, Édouard Richard came first. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from January 1, 1857, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
The heritage closest to Princeville: Maison Cormier, at 9.5 km
Count to 25 km and there are 14. The record reaches back to 1855 with Maison Fleury, 15 km away. They are 10 municipal citations, 3 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison CormierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1885–1886 · 9.5 km away, in Plessisville |
| Monument Messire-Charles-Édouard-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 9.6 km away, in Plessisville |
| Passerelle Armand-VaillancourtMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1991 · 9.9 km away, in Plessisville |
| Monument Jean-RivardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 10 km away, in Plessisville |
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Sainte-VictoireCited heritage site (Québec) · 14 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Maison Alfred-ParisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1906 · 14 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Maison Marc-Aurèle-De Foy-Suzor-CotéClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859 · 15 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Site patrimonial de la Maison Marc-Aurèle-PlamondonCited heritage site (Québec) · 1890 · 15 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Site patrimonial du Boisé-SteinCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Wilfrid Laurier HouseNational Historic Site · 1876–1878 · 15 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Maison FleuryCited heritage site (Québec) · 1855 · 15 km away, in Victoriaville |
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Saint-Christophe-d'ArthabaskaCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Victoriaville |
The places within 25 km of Princeville lean to the decades after Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Princeville: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Maison Fleury in Victoriaville, from 1855. The bars count 9 dated places within 25 km. 2 are older than 1867.
A growing town: 7.4% of Princeville’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
More than half of Princeville’s housing predates 1981. 24% of Princeville’s homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The busiest building years in Princeville were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 33% of today’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Princeville’s person of national historic significance, and others
Joseph-Éna Girouard reached 82, the longest life here, ending in 1937. Before 1914, 5 births here made the record. Édouard Richard is the most written about, in 6 languages. The earliest is Édouard Richard, born in 1844.
Everyone born in Princeville → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
How Princeville compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,400 to 6,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Bay Roberts and Petrolia have more. Their median is 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Princeville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeville | 6,400 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 1,291 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Plessisville | 6,774 | 4 | 1 | 1885 |
| Plessisville | 2,718 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | 1,066 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Victoriaville | 49,863 | 9 | 3 | 1855 |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 3,307 | 1 | 0 | 1903 |
Princeville in brief
Princeville has 24% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Édouard Richard (1844), Joseph-Éna Girouard (1855) and Henri d'Arles (1870) lead its people of the past. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
Questions about Princeville’s history
How many historic places does Princeville have on the registers?
Nothing inside Princeville; Maison Cormier in Plessisville, 9.5 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
When did Princeville become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Princeville to January 1, 1857. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Princeville?
Before 1961: 24% of its homes; 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).