History of Saint-Albert · Canada’s heritage registers
Saint-Albert, known as Saint-Albert-de-Warwick until 1997
11 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Saint-Albert, the nearest Pont Joseph-Édouard-Perrault, 7.7 km away. The nearest town with a top designation is Victoriaville, 11 km away.
Historic places within 25 km
11
3 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
7.7 km
Pont Joseph-Édouard-Perrault
Homes built before 1961
24%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
1
the earliest in 1872
How it began
Saint-Albert’s milestones, starting in 1864
The date Wikidata keeps for Saint-Albert is January 1, 1864; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open. Until 1997, Saint-Albert was called Saint-Albert-de-Warwick. A reorganization in 1864 folded in Warwick.
Within 25 km of Saint-Albert, the decades after Confederation left the most
Places as far as 25 km from Saint-Albert, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
British North America 1760–18662
After Confederation 1867–19136
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0
8 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 2 are older than 1867. The earliest is Maison Fleury in Victoriaville, begun in 1855.
Around the town
Saint-Albert’s surroundings: 11 historic places within 25 km
At 7.7 km, Pont Joseph-Édouard-Perrault in Warwick is the closest. Of the 3 of the highest rank, the nearest is Maison Marc-Aurèle-De Foy-Suzor-Coté, 13 km away. By age, Maison Fleury leads, from 1855, at 13 km.
Maison Alfred-ParisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1906 · 13 km away, in Victoriaville
Homes by age
Saint-Albert keeps more old homes than most towns: 24% from before 1961, against 18%
The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 29% of Saint-Albert’s homes. From 2016 to 2021 Saint-Albert added 3.8% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Over half of the homes in Saint-Albert were already standing by 1981.
24%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
3.8%
2016–21
Saint-AlbertTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Before 1961: 24% of Saint-Albert’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: one person of its past, Joseph-Alcide Savoie (1872).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
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The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
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The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
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People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
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The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
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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.
Questions about Saint-Albert’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Albert have on the registers?
Inside Saint-Albert, none so far; Pont Joseph-Édouard-Perrault, 7.7 km away in Warwick, is the closest.
How old are the homes in Saint-Albert?
The 2021 Census dates 24% 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.