Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0In Roxton Falls, 32% of homes go back before 1961
Roxton Falls has 1.8 times what the typical town has (18%). Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk), 8.9 km from Roxton Falls, heads a list of 10 historic places within 25 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Acton Vale, 8.5 km from here. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from January 1, 1863, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
Within 25 km of Roxton Falls, the decades after Confederation left the most
Out to 25 km from Roxton Falls, outside the town: each place by when its record says building began.
First by date comes Moulin à laine d'Ulverton in L'Avenir, from 1849. The bars count 10 dated places within 25 km. 2 go back before 1867.
Roxton Falls’s area holds 2 top-tier places within 25 km
10 places lie within 25 km. The nearest is Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk), 8.9 km away in Acton Vale. They stand in 6 towns, Valcourt, Durham-Sud and Acton Vale among them.
The 10 nearest, within 25 km
| Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1900–1901 · 8.9 km away, in Acton Vale |
| Église All Saints de Davidson HillMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1863 · 12 km away, in Durham-Sud |
| Presbytère de Saint-Valérien-de-MiltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1877–1879 · 14 km away, in Saint-Valérien-de-Milton |
| Église Saint-James de Durham-SudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897 · 17 km away, in Durham-Sud |
| Maison Joseph-Armand-BombardierMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915 · 18 km away, in Valcourt |
| Église Saint-Joseph-d'ElyMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1869 · 18 km away, in Valcourt |
| Presbytère de Saint-Joseph-d'ElyMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1923 · 19 km away, in Valcourt |
| Bijouterie DrainvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1924 · 19 km away, in Valcourt |
| Moulin à laine d'UlvertonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1849 · 24 km away, in L'Avenir |
| Église Sainte-Famille de GranbyMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1930–1931 · 25 km away, in Granby |
Roxton Falls added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 2.4%, where most towns have 4.1%
Roxton Falls built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. More of Roxton Falls’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 33%. Half of the homes standing in Roxton Falls today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Roxton Falls and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxton Falls | 1,399 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Roxton | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Acton Vale | 7,945 | 1 | 1 | 1900 |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton | 1,794 | 1 | 0 | 1877 |
| Saint-Théodore-d'Acton | 1,650 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Upton | 2,149 | 0 | 0 | — |
Roxton Falls in brief
Of the homes standing in Roxton Falls, 32% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Roxton Falls’s history
How many historic places does Roxton Falls have on the registers?
Roxton Falls has none of its own; Acton Vale Railway Station (Grand Trunk), in Acton Vale, the closest at 8.9 km, holds the highest designation.
When did Roxton Falls become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Roxton Falls to January 1, 1863. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Roxton Falls?
Before 1961: 32% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).