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Centrale hydroélectrique de Saint-AlbanCentrale hydroélectrique de Saint-Alban · Photo: Sylvainbrousseau · CC BY-SA 3.0
1historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Alban · Canada’s heritage registers

42% of Saint-Alban’s homes were built before 1961

Most towns have 18%, so Saint-Alban has 2.4 times as much. On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. It is Centrale hydroélectrique de Saint-Alban, a municipal citation (québec) begun in 1925.

1925oldest building
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1925
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
42%
typical town: 18%
How it began

Saint-Alban’s record begins in 1860

Saint-Alban takes its name from Saint Alban, british protomartyr. On Wikidata the municipality of Saint-Alban dates to March 19, 1860, with no word on whether that was its founding or a later incorporation.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Saint-Alban’s history is

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

Centrale hydroélectrique de Saint-Alban · Municipal citation (Québec) · 1925–1927
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

Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.

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

Provincial and local listings

On a provincial or local list in Saint-Alban: one place

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

Around the town

44 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from Saint-Alban

By designation: 22 places classified by Québec, 20 municipal citations and a heritage railway station. Nearest comes Mausolée Adélard-Vézina, 8.5 km off, in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières. The record reaches back to 1648 with Maison Delisle, 17 km away.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Mausolée Adélard-VézinaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1945 · 8.5 km away, in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
Monument du Sacré-CœurMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1932 · 8.5 km away, in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
Vieux couvent de Saint-CasimirMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1890 · 11 km away, in Saint-Casimir
Édifice des Chevaliers de ColombMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1947–1948 · 11 km away, in Saint-Casimir
Calvaire du Rapide NordMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1820 · 16 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Moulin de La ChevrotièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1802 · 16 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Maison BenoitMunicipal citation (Québec) · 16 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Maison Jean-BoudreauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1790 · 16 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Calvaire Alexandre-NaudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1841 · 16 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Maison SewellClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1825 · 17 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Maison DelisleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1648 · 17 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Relais de poste de DeschambaultClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1735–1758 · 17 km away, in Deschambault-Grondines
Homes by age

New homes are rare in Saint-Alban: 2.6% from 2016–21, against a usual 4.1%

Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 14% of Saint-Alban’s, against 23% in the typical town. Over half of the homes in Saint-Alban were already standing by 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Saint-Alban 24% of its homes, near the usual 27%.

42%
Before 1961
24%
1961–80
14%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
2.6%
2016–21
Saint-AlbanTypical 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

Saint-Alban and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Saint-Alban1,264101925
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières2,961201932
Saint-Casimir1,506201890
Saint-Ubalde1,56500—
Deschambault-Grondines2,25116101648
Portneuf3,410321761
In brief

Saint-Alban in brief

In Saint-Alban, 42% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 1 historic place. Beyond that, one person of its past, Bona Dussault (1882); and its one place was designated in 2002.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
  • Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.

Questions about Saint-Alban’s history

How old are the homes in Saint-Alban?

Before 1961: 42% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

How many historic places does Saint-Alban have on the registers?

The registers list 1 historic place inside Saint-Alban.

What is the oldest building in Saint-Alban?

Centrale hydroélectrique de Saint-Alban, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1925.

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).