How it began
Ripon’s record begins in 2000
May 3, 2000 is the date of Ripon’s municipality in Wikidata, and like many such dates it may record a charter, not the first homes. In 2000 the municipality took over from Ripon and Ripon.
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.00historic places on the registers
History of Ripon · Canada’s heritage registers
History around Ripon: 28 designated places within 25 km
East Hawkesbury, 56 km from Ripon, has the nearest place of the highest rank. Before 1961: 27% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.
Historic places within 25 km
28
4 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
7.9 km
Hôtel Petite-Nation
Homes built before 1961
27%
typical town: 18%
Around the town
7.9 km from Ripon: Hôtel Petite-Nation, the nearest on the registers
Of the 4 of the highest rank, the nearest is Louis-Joseph-Papineau Funeral Chapel, 19 km away. Within 25 km there are 28 in all. The earliest date is Maison Charlebois’s, 1840, 20 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Hôtel Petite-NationMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1900 · 7.9 km away, in Saint-André-Avellin |
| Ancien presbytère de Notre-Dame-de-la-ConsolationMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 9.2 km away, in Montpellier |
| Ferme Chalifoux-LockmanCited heritage site (Québec) · 1852 · 13 km away, in Saint-André-Avellin |
| Saint John Anglican ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1863–1874 · 14 km away, in Papineauville |
| Croix de chemin de la RougeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 15 km away, in Papineauville |
| Croix de chemin de la côte des CascadesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 15 km away, in Plaisance |
| Domaine des Pères de Sainte-CroixCited heritage site (Québec) · 1933 · 17 km away, in Lac-Simon |
| Croix de chemin de la Côte-Saint-CharlesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 19 km away, in Papineauville |
| Cimetière de Notre-Dame-de-BonsecoursCited heritage site (Québec) · 19 km away, in Wendover |
| Plaque souvenir d'Henri BourassaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 19 km away, in Papineauville |
| Couvent de PapineauvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1907–1908 · 19 km away, in Papineauville |
| Croix de chemin de la côte Saint-FrançoisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 19 km away, in Plaisance |
The age of the area
From 1840 on: the dated places within 25 km of Ripon
The area here stretches to 25 km around Ripon: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
British North America 1760–18667
After Confederation 1867–19138
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on0
17 dated places within 25 km make up the record. Before Confederation: 7. Maison Charlebois, in Wendover, goes back furthest, to 1840.
Homes by age
New homes are rare in Ripon: 2.5% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Ripon were already standing by 1981. 19% of Ripon’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Ripon 26% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
27%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
19%
2001–15
2.5%
2016–21
RiponTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Ripon and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon | 1,835 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-André-Avellin | 3,862 | 2 | 0 | 1852 |
| Montpellier | 1,253 | 1 | 0 | 1908 |
| Lac-Simon | 1,159 | 1 | 0 | 1933 |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 6 | 0 | 1901 |
| Papineauville | 2,332 | 10 | 0 | 1862 |
In brief
Ripon in brief
Older stock first: 27% of homes in Ripon were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Ripon’s history
How many historic places does Ripon have on the registers?
Ripon has none of its own yet. Hôtel Petite-Nation, in Saint-André-Avellin, is the nearest, 7.9 km away.
How old are the homes in Ripon?
The 2021 Census dates 27% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).