Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0The heritage near Saint-Antonin: 13 places in a 10 km radius
For the highest designations, the closest town to Saint-Antonin is Rivière-du-Loup, 7.7 km off. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has August 30, 1856, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
4 places of national importance within 10 km of Saint-Antonin
Nearest comes Site du patrimoine religieux de la paroisse de Saint-Ludger, 6.9 km off, in Rivière-du-Loup. Domaine seigneurial Fraser, 8.9 km off, is the oldest: 1829. Their towns number 2: Rivière-du-Loup and Notre-Dame-du-Portage first.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Site du patrimoine religieux de la paroisse de Saint-LudgerCited heritage site (Québec) · 6.9 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Église Saint-François-Xavier, Rivière-du-LoupCited heritage site (Québec) · 7 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Édifice de la Banque-de-MontréalClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1908 · 7.6 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Rivière-du-Loup Town HallNational Historic Site · 1916–1917 · 8.3 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Maison WardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 8.3 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Maison MarquisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1910 · 8.4 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Sir John A. Macdonald’s Summer ResidenceNational Historic Site · 1850–1882 · 8.4 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Site patrimonial du Vieux-Saint-PatriceCited heritage site (Québec) · 8.4 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Site du patrimoine religieux de la paroisse de Saint-PatriceCited heritage site (Québec) · 8.5 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Maison Louis-Philippe-LizotteMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1850 · 8.6 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Église Saint-Bartholomew (Rivière-du-Loup)Cited heritage site (Québec) · 8.7 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
| Domaine seigneurial FraserClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1829 · 8.9 km away, in Rivière-du-Loup |
Around Saint-Antonin, within 10 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
Places near Saint-Antonin (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
7 places within 10 km have a date. 4 predate Confederation. Domaine seigneurial Fraser, in Rivière-du-Loup, is the oldest (1829).
New homes stand out in Saint-Antonin: 7.4% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 29% of Saint-Antonin’s homes. At 22%, Saint-Antonin’s share of pre-1961 homes is above the typical town’s 18%. 18% of Saint-Antonin’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
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-Antonin compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,600 to 4,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Jasper, Battleford, Berthierville, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu and Raymond. The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Saint-Antonin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Antonin | 4,633 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Modeste | 1,182 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 20,650 | 13 | 4 | 1829 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 1,341 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | 2,509 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cacouna | 1,888 | 3 | 2 | 1835 |
| Saint-Arsène | 1,269 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint-Antonin in brief
The 2021 Census dates 22% of Saint-Antonin’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places. The other figures are unremarkable: Joseph-Enoil Michaud (1888) is its person of the past on the record.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
- 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. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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-Antonin’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Antonin have on the registers?
Not inside Saint-Antonin. The closest is Site du patrimoine religieux de la paroisse de Saint-Ludger in Rivière-du-Loup, 6.9 km away.
When did Saint-Antonin become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Saint-Antonin is August 30, 1856, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Antonin?
The 2021 Census dates 22% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).