Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez and its setting: 9 historic places within 25 km
From Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, look 23 km away, to Sainte-Julienne, for the nearest place of the highest designation. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has July 1, 1855, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
The highest designation, 2 times, within 25 km of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Saint-Côme and Saint-Charles-Borromée hold most of them, among 4 towns. The radius of 25 km holds 9. At 12 km, Church of St. Cosmas in Saint-Côme is the closest.
The 9 nearest, within 25 km
| Church of St. CosmasMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 12 km away, in Saint-Côme |
| Presbytère de Saint-CômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887–1888 · 12 km away, in Saint-Côme |
| Monument funéraire de Louis CyrMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1912 · 14 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Ancien presbytère de Saint-Jean-de-MathaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884 · 15 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884–1886 · 15 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Ancien couvent de Saint-Jean-de-MathaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1896–1897 · 15 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Maison de Louis CyrMunicipal citation (Québec) · 15 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Maison Antoine-LacombeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1840 · 23 km away, in Saint-Charles-Borromée |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de Sainte-JulienneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 23 km away, in Sainte-Julienne |
Within 25 km of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, the decades after Confederation left the most
The area here stretches to 25 km around Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
Maison Antoine-Lacombe, in Saint-Charles-Borromée, goes back furthest, to 1840. 8 places within 25 km carry a construction date. 2 go back before 1867.
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez built the most from 1961 to 1980, 44% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez’s homes are older than 1981. Homes from before 1961 are 16% of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez’s housing, about the typical 18%. From 2016 to 2021 Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez added 4.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,600 to 3,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Two Hills County No. 21. Their median is 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez | 3,639 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Béatrix | 2,388 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare | 1,941 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Côme | 2,810 | 2 | 0 | 1886 |
| Rawdon | 13,099 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 5,415 | 5 | 0 | 1884 |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie | 1,856 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez in brief
Few of its homes are old, 16% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez have on the registers?
Not inside Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez. The closest is Church of St. Cosmas in Saint-Côme, 12 km away.
When did Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez to July 1, 1855. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez?
16% predate 1961, where 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).