TopNational Historic Site · 1849–1850Henry-Stuart House82 Grande-Allée WestPhoto: Sheon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Henry-Stuart House · Photo: Sheon · CC BY-SA 3.04historic places on the registers
History of Montcalm · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 46% of Montcalm’s homes predate 1961
Most towns have 18%, so Montcalm has 2.6 times as much. Inside the town there are 4 historic places, all of them top designations. Measured against its size, 2.9 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 90% of Canadian towns. The earliest construction date, 1849, belongs to Henry-Stuart House.
Historic places
4
2.9 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
4
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1849
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
46%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
All 4 top-tier places in Montcalm, pictured
The photos cover every place on Montcalm’s registers. On their own pages, 2 of Montcalm’s places show how they once looked. Leading off: Henry-Stuart House and Pavillon Charles-Baillairgé.
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
Montcalm from 1895 to 1900
In order of date: the oldest views of 2 of its historic places. Every picture opens full screen, credit and all.
c. 1895
c. 1900Public 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 Montcalm’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations400 m from Henry-Stuart House
4 of 4within 400 m of Henry-Stuart House, the heart of the town’s history
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 4, by tier
4 Highest designations
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
4 places in Montcalm with the highest designation
By designation: 3 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Henry-Stuart House is the earliest, from 1849; the latest dates from 1929. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849–1850Krieghoff House115 Grande Allée OuestPhoto: Malimage · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1861–1867Pavillon Charles-Baillairgé1 avenue Wolfe-MontcalmPhoto: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1929–1930Saint-Dominique Church175 Grande Allée OuestPhoto: Guerinf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Montcalm: 2.2% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
More than half of Montcalm’s housing predates 1981. Few of Montcalm’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 3.5%, the norm 15%. 27% of Montcalm’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
46%
Before 1961
27%
1961–80
21%
1981–2000
3.5%
2001–15
2.2%
2016–21
MontcalmTypical 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
Montcalm has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,400 to 13,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Montcalm4
The middle one has 0. 12 of them have none.
Neighbours
Montcalm and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcalm | 13,572 | 4 | 4 | 1849 |
| Saint-Sauveur | 16,104 | 1 | 1 | 1730 |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 9 | 8 | 1608 |
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 1 | 1 | 1871 |
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | 1 | 1 | 1920 |
| Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire | 5,764 | 123 | 100 | 1608 |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Montcalm in brief
The pre-1961 share of Montcalm’s homes is 46%, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 4 historic places, 4 with the highest designation. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places. Its places of the highest designation cluster together: 4 of them stand within 400 m of Henry-Stuart House. The other figures are unremarkable: its past has one life on the record, Cornelius Krieghoff (1815); and the list grew between 1975 and 2014.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
- 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.
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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.
Questions about Montcalm’s history
How old are the homes in Montcalm?
Before 1961: 46% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Montcalm have the highest designation?
Henry-Stuart House, Krieghoff House, Pavillon Charles-Baillairgé and Saint-Dominique Church.
What is the oldest building in Montcalm?
By its record, Henry-Stuart House, from 1849 (National Historic Site).
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).