Rivière-Bleue railway station · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0

1historic place on the registers

History of Rivière-Bleue · Canada’s heritage registers

Older housing stands out in Rivière-Bleue: 43% predates 1961

The typical town has 18%: Rivière-Bleue has 2.5 times the share. On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. Rivière-Bleue railway station, from 1913, is the town’s municipal citation (québec).

1913oldest building

Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements

Provincial and local listings

municipal citations on Québec’s register

Oldest building

1913

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

43%

typical town: 18%

Through time

Rivière-Bleue through the years, 1923–1925

In order of date: one old photograph of the town, then the oldest view of one of its historic places. Pick a dot to see the year; pick a picture to see it large.

The wars and betweenÉglise évangélique-baptiste du Pied-du-Lac-LongPublic domain

The wars and betweenRivière-Bleue station 1925Public domain

Public 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 it began

1913 and after: Rivière-Bleue’s milestones

Rivière-Bleue railway station, the earliest station on record, opened in 1913. In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Rivière-Bleue dates from June 14, 1975; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Rivière-Bleue’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Provincial and local listings

Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.

The 1, by tier

1 Provincial and local listings

Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Provincial and local listings

One local listing in Rivière-Bleue

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1913Rivière-Bleue railway station85 rue Saint-Joseph NordPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Around the town

2 places of the highest rank within 50 km of Rivière-Bleue

Between them, 6 towns share them, mainly Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Haut-Madawaska and Dégelis. Nearest comes Pont Romain-Caron, 21 km off, in Haut-Madawaska. Count to 50 km and there are 8.

The 8 nearest, within 50 km

Pont Romain-CaronMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1940 · 21 km away, in Haut-Madawaska

Entrepôt du magasin général L. P. BeaulieuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930 · 24 km away, in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac

Cabano railway stationMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 28 km away, in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac

Fort IngallClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1839–1841 · 29 km away, in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac

Presbytère de DégelisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1950–1951 · 29 km away, in Dégelis

Presbytère de Saint-HubertClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1878 · 43 km away, in Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup

Mont FarlagneLocal historic place · 46 km away, in Edmundston

Chapelle du Lac-de-l'EstMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1926 · 50 km away, in Mont-Carmel

Homes by age

43% of Rivière-Bleue’s homes were built before 1961

Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.3% of Rivière-Bleue’s, about the typical 4.1%. Only 1.6% of Rivière-Bleue’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. Rivière-Bleue built little from 1981 to 2000: 17% of its homes, where most towns have 23%.

43%

Before 1961

32%

1961–80

17%

1981–2000

1.6%

2001–15

3.3%

2016–21

Rivière-BleueTypical 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

Rivière-Bleue and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Rivière-Bleue	1,310	1	0	1913
Pohénégamook	2,488	0	0	—

In brief

Rivière-Bleue in brief

The 2021 Census dates 43% of Rivière-Bleue’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Beyond that, its one place was designated in 2007.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
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.
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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.

Questions about Rivière-Bleue’s history

How old are the homes in Rivière-Bleue?

43% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

How many historic places does Rivière-Bleue have on the registers?

1 historic place inside Rivière-Bleue, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.

What is the oldest building in Rivière-Bleue?

Rivière-Bleue railway station — its record dates it to 1913 (Municipal citation (Québec)).

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).