Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.042% of Saint-Aubert’s homes were built before 1961
For Saint-Aubert, that is 2.4 times the typical town’s share, 18%. The registers count 15 places within 25 km of Saint-Aubert; the closest, Maison Lavallée, is 7.9 km away. Look 7.4 km away, to Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Wikidata dates the municipality to July 1, 1857, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Near Saint-Aubert (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
The nearest historic places to Saint-Aubert, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
14 places within 25 km carry a construction date. Before Confederation: 10. Vincelotte Windmill, in Cap-Saint-Ignace, is the oldest (1690).
Near Saint-Aubert, within 25 km: 10 places of national rank
At 7.9 km, Maison Lavallée in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is the closest. By designation: 10 places classified by Québec, 4 municipal citations and a heritage railway station. 15 places lie within 25 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison LavalléeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1893 · 7.9 km away, in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
| Église de Saint-Jean-Port-JoliClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1779–1781 · 8 km away, in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
| Site Philippe-Aubert-de-GaspéCited heritage site (Québec) · 9.1 km away, in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
| Pilier-de-Pierre LighthouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1843 · 14 km away, in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
| Chapelle des Marins (L'Islet)Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1835 · 14 km away, in L'Islet |
| Salle des habitants de L'Islet-sur-MerClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1827 · 15 km away, in L'Islet |
| Église Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours de L'IsletClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1768–1771 · 15 km away, in L'Islet |
| Domaine seigneurial des AulnaiesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1853 · 16 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
| Moulin banal des AulnaiesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1842 · 16 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
| Pont du CollègeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1919 · 22 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
| Vincelotte WindmillClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1690–1691 · 23 km away, in Cap-Saint-Ignace |
| Maison et laiterie GuimontClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1750 · 24 km away, in Cap-Saint-Ignace |
Little new building in Saint-Aubert: 2.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Saint-Aubert built little from 2001 to 2015: 8.5% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Over half of the homes in Saint-Aubert were already standing by 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 28% of Saint-Aubert’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Saint-Aubert and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubert | 1,387 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 3,330 | 4 | 1 | 1779 |
| L'Islet | 3,874 | 3 | 3 | 1768 |
Saint-Aubert in brief
Older stock first: 42% of homes in Saint-Aubert were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: one person of its past, Maxime Fortin (1881).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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 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.
Questions about Saint-Aubert’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Aubert have on the registers?
Inside Saint-Aubert, none so far; Maison Lavallée, 7.9 km away in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, is the closest.
When did Saint-Aubert become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Saint-Aubert is July 1, 1857, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Aubert?
The 2021 Census dates 42% 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).