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History of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard · Canada’s heritage registers

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s oldest designated place, Côté House, dates from 1790

The lists give Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard 4 historic places, one in the top tier. Scaled to its population the record is long: 13 per 10,000 residents, more than 99% of Canadian towns. On the list: 3 municipal citations.

Historic places
4
13 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
3
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1790
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
18%
typical town: 18%
In pictures

3 photographs of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s designated places

3 of the places on Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s heritage registers are pictured here; the others keep their register record. First come Forge Saint-Laurent and Presbytère de Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard. Go back furthest in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard with Saint-Anaclet Church: 1857.

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

How it began

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard through its dates, from 1859

As a municipality, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard carries the date May 9, 1859 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation. Before 1969, Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard went by Saint-Anaclet de Lessard.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s history is

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

Forge Saint-Laurent · Municipal citation (Québec) · 1885Presbytère de Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard · Municipal citation (Québec) · 1858Saint-Anaclet Church · Municipal citation (Québec) · 1857–1858Côté House · Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1790
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings

Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.

The 4, by tier
1 Highest designations3 Provincial and local listings

Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.

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

Highest designations

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s top designation

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.

Provincial and local listings

3 more places Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard or its province protects

The first was designated in 2005, the latest in 2007. Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Saint-Anaclet Church is the earliest, from 1857; the latest dates from 1885. Each one opens its own page.

Homes by age

Little new building in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard: 2.4% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Over half of the homes in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard were already standing by 2001. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 29% of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s homes. Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 23%, where most towns have 15%.

18%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
29%
1981–2000
23%
2001–15
2.4%
2016–21
Saint-Anaclet-de-LessardTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Towns its size

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard has the most of 16 towns its size

Towns of 3,000 to 3,000 residents, by places on the registers.

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard4

The middle one has 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard3,018411790
Rimouski51,7562051744
Sainte-Luce2,808211838
Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski1,23900—
In brief

Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard in brief

The 2021 Census dates 18% of Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 4 historic places, one with the highest designation, Côté House among them. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places. For the rest, one person of its past, Alexandre Bouillon (1873); and the designations ran from 1977 to 2007.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
  • 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.
  • Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.

Questions about Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s history

What is the oldest building in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?

Côté House, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1790.

Which places in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard have the highest designation?

Côté House.

How old are the homes in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard?

Before 1961: 18% 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).