Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0History around Saint-Michel: 13 designated places within 5 km
Few homes are old by the census: 2.6% before 1961, against 18%. The closest top-tier heritage is in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux, 2.2 km from here.
Top-ranked heritage near Saint-Michel: 8 places within 5 km
They belong to 6 towns, chiefly Vieux-Bourg, Boischatel and Bourg-Royal. Within 5 km there are 13 in all. Maison Chalifour in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux is the nearest, 1.4 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Maison ChalifourClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1760–1800 · 1.4 km away, in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
| Gore HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1790–1822 · 2.5 km away, in Vieux-Bourg |
| Girardin HouseNational Historic Site · 1786–1808 · 3.2 km away, in Vieux-Bourg |
| 962, carré De Tracy EstMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1872 · 3.2 km away, in Bourg-Royal |
| Site patrimonial de BeauportDeclared heritage site (Québec) · 3.3 km away, in Vieux-Bourg |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1913–1915 · 3.4 km away, in Vieux-Bourg |
| Maison ParentClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1750 · 3.5 km away, in Vieux-Moulin |
| Maison Tessier-Dit-LaplanteClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1867 · 3.7 km away, in Chutes-Montmorency |
| Maison LévesqueMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1778 · 3.8 km away, in Bourg-Royal |
| Maison Laurent-Dit-LortieClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1700–1750 · 4 km away, in Vieux-Moulin |
| Site patrimonial de la Chute-MontmorencyClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1800–1997 · 4.7 km away, in Boischatel |
| Maison de Claude-Gilbert-et-Claire-GagnonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1765–1781 · 4.8 km away, in Boischatel |
Near Saint-Michel (5 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
Within 5 km of Saint-Michel but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
12 dated places within 5 km make up the record. 9 are older than 1867. The oldest is Maison Laurent-Dit-Lortie in Vieux-Moulin, from 1700.
Saint-Michel built the most from 1981 to 2000, 41% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Saint-Michel’s homes are older than 2001. Saint-Michel has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 28%, where most towns have 15%. From 2016 to 2021 Saint-Michel added 5.5% of its homes, more than the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Saint-Michel and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel | 17,303 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | 17,558 | 1 | 1 | 1760 |
| Vieux-Bourg | 14,774 | 4 | 3 | 1786 |
| Chutes-Montmorency | 16,273 | 1 | 1 | 1867 |
| Vieux-Moulin | 15,935 | 2 | 2 | 1700 |
| Bourg-Royal | 14,430 | 2 | 0 | 1778 |
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 7 | 3 | 1660 |
Saint-Michel in brief
Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 2.6%, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Michel’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Michel have on the registers?
None in Saint-Michel itself. The closest is Maison Chalifour in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux, 1.4 km away, a place of the highest rank.
How old are the homes in Saint-Michel?
2.6% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).