TopNational Historic Site · 1871–1872La Fabrique255-295, boulevard Charest EstPhoto: Aquastephie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Photo: Studio Livernois · Public domain1historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Roch · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Saint-Roch, at the top of the registers
Saint-Roch has kept more old homes than most towns: 35% were built before 1961, against 18%. It is La Fabrique, a national historic site begun in 1871. Relative to its size Saint-Roch has 1.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 81% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
1.2 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1871
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Saint-Roch’s landmarks
Pictured: La Fabrique, Saint-Roch’s only designated place.
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
The old face of Saint-Roch
The oldest view of one of its historic places, made before 1950. It opens full screen with a tap.
1942Public 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 Saint-Roch’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 1, by tier
1 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
One place in Saint-Roch with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The closest heritage to Saint-Roch is Hôpital-Général de Québec Cemetery, 200 m off
The oldest, Cartier-Brébeuf, dates from 1535, 1.4 km away. They stand in 12 towns, Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire, Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Lévis among them. Among them are 76 places classified by Québec, 33 National Historic Sites and 25 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings.
The 12 nearest, within 5 km
| Hôpital-Général de Québec CemeteryNational Historic Site · 1759–1761 · 200 m away, in Saint-Sauveur |
| Hôpital-Général de QuébecClassified heritage building (Québec) · 300 m away, in Saint-Sauveur |
| Moulin à vent de l'Hôpital-Général-de-QuébecClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1730 · 300 m away, in Saint-Sauveur |
| Martello Tower 4Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1808–1813 · 600 m away, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste ChurchClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1881–1886 · 800 m away, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Enclos paroissial Saint-MatthewClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1 km away, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| Historic Jeffery-Hale HospitalClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1900–1901 · 1 km away, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| École Saint-Charles-de-HedleyvilleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1863 · 1.1 km away, in Vieux-Limoilou |
| Bon-Pasteur ChapelNational Historic Site · 1866–1869 · 1.2 km away, in Saint-Jean-Baptiste |
| St. John Bastion FoundryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1902–1907 · 1.2 km away, in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire |
| Maison Simon-BédardClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1843 · 1.2 km away, in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire |
| Maison George-LaroucheClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1843 · 1.2 km away, in Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire |
Homes by age
A growing town: 8.3% of Saint-Roch’s homes went up from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Saint-Roch’s homes are older than 1981. Only 10% of Saint-Roch’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. In Saint-Roch, 22% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).
35%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
23%
1981–2000
10%
2001–15
8.3%
2016–21
Saint-RochTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
People of Saint-Roch’s past, one of them designated by Canada
Most of them, 4 of 7, came into the world in the decades after Confederation. It starts with Joseph Bédard, born in 1835. There are 7 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. By Wikipedia’s reach, Irma LeVasseur leads, with 6 articles.
Joseph Bédard
Victor-Alphonse Huard
Joseph-Alphonse Langlois
Irma LeVasseur
Oscar Drouin
Armand Daigle
Edmond Trudel
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Irma LeVasseur1877–1964 · Designated nationally in 2008 · Canadian physician
Victor-Alphonse Huard1853–1929 · French Canadian priest and naturalist
Oscar Drouin1890–1953 · Canadian politician
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Armand Daigle1892–1957 · Canadian politician
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Edmond Trudel1892–1977 · Canadian pianist, conductor, music educator and composer
Joseph Bédard1835–1912 · Canadian politician
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Joseph-Alphonse Langlois1860–1927 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Saint-Roch → 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.
Towns its size
Saint-Roch has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 8,300 to 8,400 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Roch1
Ahead of it: Goderich. Their median is 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Saint-Roch and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Roch | 8,381 | 1 | 1 | 1871 |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste | 8,882 | 9 | 8 | 1608 |
| Saint-Sauveur | 16,104 | 1 | 1 | 1730 |
| Vieux-Limoilou | 14,347 | 2 | 2 | 1535 |
| Montcalm | 13,572 | 4 | 4 | 1849 |
| Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire | 5,764 | 123 | 100 | 1608 |
| Vanier | 13,494 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Roch in brief
Saint-Roch’s homes from before 1961 come to 35%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all, one with the highest designation; La Fabrique heads them. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Of its people of the past, the best known are Irma LeVasseur (1877), Victor-Alphonse Huard (1853) and Oscar Drouin (1890). The rest is about typical: its one place was designated in 2011.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- 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.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
Questions about Saint-Roch’s history
How old are the homes in Saint-Roch?
Before 1961: 35% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
Which places in Saint-Roch have the highest designation?
La Fabrique.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Roch?
La Fabrique (National Historic Site): the first construction date on its record is 1871.
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).