TopNational Historic Site · 1541–1542Fort Charlesbourg Royal4155 de la Plage Jacques Cartier RoadPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Site archéologique Cartier-Roberval · Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.03historic places on the registers
History of Cap-Rouge · Canada’s heritage registers
Back to 1541 in Cap-Rouge, with Fort Charlesbourg Royal
Inside Cap-Rouge there are 3 historic places, all of them top designations. Measured against its size, 1.8 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 84% of Canadian towns. Before 1961: just 3.7% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
Historic places
3
1.8 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
3
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1541
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
3.7%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
2 of 3 top-tier places in Cap-Rouge, pictured
Photos show 2 of the places Cap-Rouge’s registers name; the others show their record instead. 2 of the top-tier places in Cap-Rouge have a photo. Two to begin with: Site archéologique Cartier-Roberval and Fort Charlesbourg Royal.
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.
The map
Where Cap-Rouge’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations400 m from Fort Charlesbourg Royal
3 of 3within 400 m of Fort Charlesbourg Royal, the heart of the town’s history
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 3, by tier
3 Highest designations
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
3 places in Cap-Rouge with the highest designation
They are 2 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Fort Charlesbourg Royal is the earliest, from 1541; the latest dates from 1861. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage site (Québec)Site archéologique Cartier-RobervalPhoto: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Classified heritage site (Québec) · 1861–1862Site archéologique de l'Ancienne-Poterie-de-Cap-Rougerue Saint-Félix
Homes by age
Cap-Rouge’s building boom came from 1981 to 2000: 47% of its homes
From 2016 on, Cap-Rouge built 4.8% of its homes, near the typical 4.1%. More than half of Cap-Rouge’s housing predates 2001. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Cap-Rouge 29% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
3.7%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
47%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
4.8%
2016–21
Cap-RougeTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns its size
Cap-Rouge has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 16,900 to 17,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Cap-Rouge3
Their median is 0. 12 of them have none.
Neighbours
Cap-Rouge and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Rouge | 17,139 | 3 | 3 | 1541 |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | 14,541 | 1 | 1 | 1754 |
| L'Aéroport | 13,630 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Plateau | 14,176 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 0 | 0 | — |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 17,876 | 2 | 2 | 1835 |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 4 | 3 | 1818 |
In brief
Cap-Rouge in brief
The registers count 3 historic places in Cap-Rouge, 3 with the highest designation. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. The densest spot is around Fort Charlesbourg Royal: 3 of its places of the highest designation within 400 m. Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 3.7% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: the designations ran from 1923 to 2025.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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. 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. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
Questions about Cap-Rouge’s history
What is the oldest building in Cap-Rouge?
By its record, Fort Charlesbourg Royal, from 1541 (National Historic Site).
Which places in Cap-Rouge have the highest designation?
Fort Charlesbourg Royal, Site archéologique de l'Ancienne-Poterie-de-Cap-Rouge and Site archéologique Cartier-Roberval.
How old are the homes in Cap-Rouge?
Before 1961: 3.7% 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).