LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1945Croix de chemin900 chemin de la Grande-LignePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Croix de chemin · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Alexandre · Canada’s heritage registers
Saint-Alexandre: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers
Only a few towns match Saint-Alexandre per resident: 3.7 for every 10,000, ahead of 92% of Canadian towns. It is Croix de chemin, a municipal citation (québec) begun in 1945. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from September 17, 1988, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding. Add one just outside the town.
Historic places
1
3.7 per 10,000 residents
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
1945
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
23%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Saint-Alexandre’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Saint-Alexandre or its province protects
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
46 places on Canada’s registers lie 25 km or less from Saint-Alexandre
Their towns number 12: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix and Farnham first. Nearest comes Maison natale Honoré-Mercier, 8.5 km off, in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois. Oldest of them is Fort Saint-Jean (1748), 12 km off.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison natale Honoré-MercierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1820–1840 · 8.5 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois |
| Battle of September 6th, 1775National Historic Site · 1775 · 11 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Fort Saint-JeanNational Historic Site · 1748–1749 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Museum, Former Guard House, Building 26Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1885–1886 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Officer's MessRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1839–1840 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Gallisonnière Block / SupplyRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1837 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Officer Cadet DormitoryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1839–1840 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Sergeants’ MessRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1839–1840 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Administration Building No. 24Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1937–1939 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Farnham, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1950–1951 · 12 km away, in Farnham |
| Salle anglicane du complexe St. JamesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887–1888 · 13 km away, in Farnham |
| Saint-Jean-d'Iberville Railway Station (Grand Trunk)National Historic Site · 1890–1891 · 13 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
Just outside Saint-Alexandre: 1
| Des Rivières BridgeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 3.2 km outside the town |
Homes by age
The biggest share of Saint-Alexandre’s homes dates from 1981 to 2000: 35%
At 23%, Saint-Alexandre’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. From 2016 to 2021 Saint-Alexandre added 5% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Half of the homes standing in Saint-Alexandre today were built before 2001.
23%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
35%
1981–2000
15%
2001–15
5%
2016–21
Saint-AlexandreTypical 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-Alexandre and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexandre | 2,685 | 1 | 0 | 1945 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois | 2,307 | 1 | 1 | 1820 |
| Sainte-Sabine | 1,123 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Henryville | 1,664 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | 3,158 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Farnham | 11,315 | 3 | 0 | 1887 |
In brief
Saint-Alexandre in brief
Of the homes standing in Saint-Alexandre, 23% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it has one historic place, about typical for a town its size (the middle one has 1); J.-Armand Ménard (1905) is its person of the past on the record; and its one place was designated in 2014.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- 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. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Saint-Alexandre’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Alexandre have on the registers?
The registers list 1 historic place inside Saint-Alexandre.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Alexandre?
Croix de chemin — its record dates it to 1945 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Saint-Alexandre?
Before 1961: 23% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).