TopNational Historic Site · 1848–1849Mount Hermon Cemetery1801 Saint-Louis RoadPhoto: Gilles Y. Hamel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Maison George-William-Usborne · Photo: NadineFD · CC BY-SA 4.06historic places on the registers
History of Sillery · Canada’s heritage registers
Sillery’s record starts in 1700 with Maison George-William-Usborne
Homes from before 1961 make up 45% of Sillery’s stock, above the 18% of the typical town. Inside the town there are 6 historic places, all of them top designations. Only a few towns match it per resident: 4.3 for every 10,000, ahead of 94% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
6
4.3 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
6
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1700
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
45%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
All 6 of Sillery’s highest-designated places, photographed
Maison George-William-Usborne and Sillery Heritage Site lead the set. The photos cover every place on Sillery’s registers. On their own pages, 3 of Sillery’s places show how they once looked.
Sillery Heritage Site
Mount Hermon Cemetery
Maison Hamel-Bruneau
Jesuit House of Sillery
Domaine Cataraqui+1See all photosPhotos 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 past of Sillery, 1866 to 1924
The oldest views of 3 of its historic places, in date order. Hover a dot for its date; tap a picture to see it full screen.
c. 1866
c. 1900
1924Public 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.
How old
In Sillery, the years before Confederation left the most behind
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
New France before 17602
British North America 1760–18663
After Confederation 1867–19130
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0
5 of the 5 dated places were built before Confederation.
The map
Where Sillery’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 6, by tier
6 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
6 places in Sillery with the highest designation
They are 5 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Their dates run from 1700, with Maison George-William-Usborne, to 1855. Each one opens its own page.
Top
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1700–1800Maison George-William-Usborne2316 chemin du FoulonPhoto: NadineFD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1702–1733Jesuit House of Sillery2320 chemin du FoulonPhoto: GBoivinT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1851Domaine Cataraqui2141 chemin Saint-LouisPhoto: Gilbert Bochenek · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1855–1858Maison Hamel-Bruneau2608 chemin Saint-LouisPhoto: GBoivinT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
What’s designated
More houses than anything else in Sillery: 50%
At the head of the list: Mount Hermon Cemetery and Sillery Heritage Site.
Houses3
Churches and religious buildings1
Other places2
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Homes by age
Sillery is still building: 8.4% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Sillery were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 4.8% of Sillery’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 15% of Sillery’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.
45%
Before 1961
25%
1961–80
15%
1981–2000
4.8%
2001–15
8.4%
2016–21
SilleryTypical 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
Natives of Sillery from 1827 to 1900
At 84, Marie Louise Gignac outlived the rest, dying in 1965. 11 people on the record were born here before 1914. The federal list of national historic persons names Charles Gavan Power. 11 Wikipedias cover Joe Malone, the most of anyone here.
William Evan Price
Evan John Price
William Power
Henry Edward Burstall
Marie Louise Gignac
William Gerard Power
James Power
Joe Power
Charles Gavan Power
Joe Malone
Hal Hicks
1800182518501875190019251950
Joe Malone1890–1969 · Canadian ice hockey player
Charles Gavan Power1888–1968 · Person of national historic significance (2013) · Politician and ice …
Evan John Price1840–1899 · Canadian politician
William Power1849–1920 · Canadian politician
Henry Edward Burstall1870–1945 · Canadian general
James Power1883–1920 · Canadian ice hockey player
Hal Hicks1900–1965 · Canadian ice hockey defenceman
William Evan Price1827–1880 · Canadian businessman and politician
Everyone born in Sillery → 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
Sillery has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 13,800 to 14,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Sillery6
Only Sainte-Marie has more. The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have none.
Neighbours
Sillery and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sillery | 13,950 | 6 | 6 | 1700 |
| Saint-Sacrement | 10,650 | 1 | 1 | 1920 |
| Cité-Universitaire | 22,546 | 4 | 3 | 1818 |
| Saint-Louis | 15,792 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Montcalm | 13,572 | 4 | 4 | 1849 |
| Lévis | 160,882 | 20 | 14 | 1750 |
| Saint-Sauveur | 16,104 | 1 | 1 | 1730 |
In brief
Sillery in brief
The 2021 Census dates 45% of Sillery’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 6 historic places in all, 6 with the highest designation; Mount Hermon Cemetery heads them. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places.
the years before Confederation account for 3 of the 5 dated places. Its people of the past include Joe Malone (1890), Charles Gavan Power (1888) and Evan John Price (1840). The rest is about typical: the list grew between 1929 and 2012.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Sillery’s history
How old are the homes in Sillery?
The 2021 Census dates 45% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Sillery?
Maison George-William-Usborne, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1700.
Which places in Sillery have the highest designation?
Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery Heritage Site, Maison George-William-Usborne, Jesuit House of Sillery, Domaine Cataraqui and Maison Hamel-Bruneau.
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).