Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Ferme Chalifoux-Lockman · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0For its size Saint-André-Avellin is rich ground: 5.2 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 95% of Canadian towns. Go back to 1852 and you reach Ferme Chalifoux-Lockman, the oldest of them. The list takes in 2 municipal citations.
Both of Saint-André-Avellin’s designated places are pictured. Among them: Ferme Chalifoux-Lockman and Hôtel Petite-Nation.
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.
In 1997 the municipality took over from Saint-André-Avellin and Saint-André-Avellin. The municipality of Saint-André-Avellin has the date December 17, 1997 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1852 (Ferme Chalifoux-Lockman) to 1900. Each one opens its own page.
Nearest comes Saint John Anglican Church, 6.8 km off, in Papineauville. Their towns number 2: Papineauville and Plaisance first.
| Saint John Anglican ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1863–1874 · 6.8 km away, in Papineauville |
| Croix de chemin de la RougeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 7.3 km away, in Papineauville |
| Croix de chemin de la côte des CascadesMunicipal citation (Québec) · 9.9 km away, in Plaisance |
More than half of Saint-André-Avellin’s housing predates 1981. At 22%, Saint-André-Avellin’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. From 2016 to 2021 Saint-André-Avellin added 3.7% 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.
Towns of 3,800 to 3,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Cap-Santé and L'Islet have more. The middle one has 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-Avellin | 3,862 | 2 | 0 | 1852 |
| Ripon | 1,835 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Papineauville | 2,332 | 10 | 0 | 1862 |
| Plaisance | 1,191 | 6 | 0 | 1901 |
| Montpellier | 1,253 | 1 | 0 | 1908 |
The 2021 Census dates 22% of Saint-André-Avellin’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 2 historic places. Only 2 of the 16 towns nearest its size have more historic places. Everything else is close to the norm: all its places were designated in 2009.
2 historic places in Saint-André-Avellin, from Canada’s heritage registers.
By its record, Ferme Chalifoux-Lockman, from 1852 (Cited heritage site (Québec)).
22% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
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).
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