TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1865–1866Presbytère de Saint-Bernard1474 rue Saint-GeorgesPhoto: GaetanCorneau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Presbytère de Saint-Bernard · Photo: GaetanCorneau · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Saint-Bernard · Canada’s heritage registers
Heritage in Saint-Bernard: 2 historic places, all of the highest rank
Per resident Saint-Bernard outdoes 97% of Canadian towns, with 7.5 for every 10,000 people. Presbytère de Saint-Bernard, begun in 1865, is the oldest by its record. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is May 9, 1987; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Historic places
2
7.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1865
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
21%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Look around Saint-Bernard: 2 photos
Both places on Saint-Bernard’s registers have a photo here. Among them: Presbytère de Saint-Bernard and Église Saint-Bernard.
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.
The map
Where Saint-Bernard’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 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Saint-Bernard with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They date from 1865 (Presbytère de Saint-Bernard) to 1871. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1871–1873Église Saint-Bernard1474 rue Saint-GeorgesPhoto: GaetanCorneau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Around the town
The highest designation, 7 times, within 25 km of Saint-Bernard
They are 17 municipal citations, 6 places classified by Québec and a provincial or municipal listing. All told, 26 places are within 25 km. The earliest date is Manoir Taschereau’s, 1810, 10 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Manoir Crawford-AtkinsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 5.7 km away, in Scott |
| Église de Saint-Narcisse-de-BeaurivageMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1879–1880 · 7.1 km away, in Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage |
| Manoir TaschereauClassified heritage immovable · 1810 · 10 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Église Saint-Isidore de Saint-IsidoreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1853–1856 · 10 km away, in Saint-Isidore |
| Maison Pierre-LacroixClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1820–1830 · 11 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Maison Magloire-BrochuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1853 · 11 km away, in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon |
| Maison J.-Arcade-VachonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 11 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Church of Sainte-MarieNational Historic Site · 1857–1860 · 11 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Château BeauceClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1903–1904 · 12 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Site patrimonial du Château-BeauceClassified heritage site (Québec) · 12 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-ElzéarClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1852–1854 · 12 km away, in Saint-Elzéar |
| Maison DupuisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1893 · 12 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
Homes by age
11% of Saint-Bernard’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Like the typical town (18%), Saint-Bernard has 21% of its homes from before 1961. More of Saint-Bernard’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 26%. 23% of Saint-Bernard’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
21%
Before 1961
26%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
23%
2001–15
11%
2016–21
Saint-BernardTypical 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-Bernard has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,700 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Bernard2
Just one has more: Emerson-Franklin. The middle one has 0. 9 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Saint-Bernard and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 2 | 2 | 1865 |
| Scott | 2,938 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | 1,303 | 1 | 0 | 1879 |
| Saint-Isidore | 3,550 | 1 | 1 | 1853 |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 7 | 4 | 1810 |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | 7,551 | 1 | 0 | 1853 |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | 1,091 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Bernard in brief
Of the homes standing in Saint-Bernard, 21% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 2 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, Presbytère de Saint-Bernard among them. Of the 16 towns closest in size, just one has more historic places. The rest is about typical: all its places were designated in 1960.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- 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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- 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. In Québec, a classement or a municipal citation under the Loi sur le patrimoine culturel protects the building in law; a federal designation recognises significance and binds only federal owners.
Questions about Saint-Bernard’s history
Which places in Saint-Bernard have the highest designation?
Presbytère de Saint-Bernard and Église Saint-Bernard.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Bernard?
By its record, Presbytère de Saint-Bernard, from 1865 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Saint-Bernard?
21% 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).