TopNational Historic SiteDroulers-Tsiionhiakwatha1800 Leahy RoadPhoto: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha · Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.01historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Anicet · Canada’s heritage registers
Saint-Anicet: 1 historic place, with the highest designation
For its size Saint-Anicet is rich ground: 3.5 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 91% of Canadian towns. Older housing stands out: 35% of homes predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%. Wikidata dates the municipality to July 1, 1855, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Historic places
1
3.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Saint-Anicet’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Saint-Anicet with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
The age of the area
Within 25 km of Saint-Anicet, the record goes back to 1779
No place near Saint-Anicet is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
British North America 1760–18668
After Confederation 1867–19131
Wars and Depression 1914–19453
Since 1946 1946 on0
The bars count 12 dated places within 25 km. 8 predate Confederation. The oldest is Coteau-du-Lac in Coteau-du-Lac, from 1779.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Saint-Anicet: 10 places within 25 km
Closest of all is Bethune-Thompson House / White House, in South Glengarry, 16 km off. 13 places lie within 25 km. They are 6 National Historic Sites, 4 places classified by Québec and 2 municipal citations.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Bethune-Thompson House / White HouseNational Historic Site · 1784–1805 · 16 km away, in South Glengarry |
| Sir John Johnson HouseNational Historic Site · 1784–1793 · 16 km away, in South Glengarry |
| Customs Immigration BuildingRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1932–1934 · 16 km away, in Godmanchester |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 17 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Hôtel de ville de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 17 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Édifice O'ConnorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915 · 17 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Ruin of St. Raphael's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1815–1822 · 19 km away, in South Glengarry |
| Glengarry HouseNational Historic Site · 1792–1793 · 22 km away, in South Glengarry |
| Powerscourt Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1861–1862 · 22 km away, in Hinchinbrooke |
| Coteau-du-LacNational Historic Site · 1779–1782 · 23 km away, in Coteau-du-Lac |
| Arrondissement institutionnel de la paroisse de Sainte-CécileCited heritage site (Québec) · 23 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Site patrimonial de l'Entrée-Supérieure-de-l'Ancien-Canal-de-BeauharnoisClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1842–1845 · 24 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
Homes by age
35% of Saint-Anicet’s homes were built before 1961
Few of Saint-Anicet’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 7.7%, the norm 15%. New building in Saint-Anicet runs at the usual pace: 3.4% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. More than half of Saint-Anicet’s housing predates 1981.
35%
Before 1961
32%
1961–80
22%
1981–2000
7.7%
2001–15
3.4%
2016–21
Saint-AnicetTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Saint-Anicet’s 3 natives of the years before 1914
Jules Léger is the most written about, in 13 languages. The earliest is Azaire Adulphe Aubin, born in 1850. At the other end is Jules Léger, from 1913. Azaire Adulphe Aubin reached 82, the longest life here, ending in 1932.
Azaire Adulphe Aubin
Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne
Jules Léger
18501875190019251950
JL
Jules Léger1913–1980 · Canadian diplomat and governor general
Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne1876–1950 · Canadian architect
AA
Azaire Adulphe Aubin1850–1932 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Saint-Anicet → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Saint-Anicet has the 1st most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,800 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Anicet1
Their median is 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Saint-Anicet and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anicet | 2,854 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Rivière-Beaudette | 2,806 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Godmanchester | 1,590 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 2 | 1859 |
| South Glengarry | 14,355 | 4 | 4 | 1784 |
In brief
Saint-Anicet in brief
Saint-Anicet’s homes from before 1961 come to 35%, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, including Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha. Among the 16 towns nearest its size, none has more historic places. The town’s people of the past are Jules Léger (1913), Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne (1876) and Azaire Adulphe Aubin (1850). The rest is about typical: its designation dates from 2007.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
Questions about Saint-Anicet’s history
How old are the homes in Saint-Anicet?
35% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Which places in Saint-Anicet have the highest designation?
Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha.
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).