Moulin à eau de la Grande Barbue · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0
2historic places on the registers
History of Saint-Césaire · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers record 2 historic places in Saint-Césaire
Saint-Césaire’s 3.3 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 91% of Canadian towns. Of the dated places, Moulin à eau de la Grande Barbue is the oldest, from 1829. Counted by designation, there are 2 municipal citations.
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
2
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1829
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
22%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Saint-Césaire’s landmarks in 2 pictures
Up first are Moulin à eau de la Grande Barbue and Couvent des Sœurs de la Présentation de Marie. Both of Saint-Césaire’s designated places are pictured.
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.
How it began
Saint-Césaire’s first recorded year: 2000
Its record also notes union (2000). A single date stands for Saint-Césaire as a municipality on Wikidata, January 26, 2000, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. It succeeded Saint-Césaire and Saint-Césaire.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 2, by tier
2 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Saint-Césaire: 2 places
Moulin à eau de la Grande Barbue is the earliest, from 1829; the latest dates from 1857. Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. The first was designated in 2007, the latest in 2009. Each one opens its own page.
Within 25 km of Saint-Césaire: 60 places on the registers
Nearest comes Ensemble religieux de Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, 9.7 km off, in Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford. Between them, 12 towns share them, mainly Chambly, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Saint-Hyacinthe. Fort Chambly, 22 km off, is the oldest: 1665.
Lockstation Cabin 7Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1906–1910 · 20 km away, in Chambly
Cabin at Bridge 2Recognized Federal Heritage Building · 1906–1908 · 20 km away, in Chambly
Homes by age
Most of Saint-Césaire’s homes went up from 1961 to 1980: 32%
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 4.5% of Saint-Césaire’s, about the typical 4.1%. 22% of Saint-Césaire’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Saint-Césaire has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 24%, where most towns have 15%.
22%
Before 1961
32%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
24%
2001–15
4.5%
2016–21
Saint-CésaireTypical 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-Césaire has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 6,100 to 6,200 residents, by places on the registers.
The 2021 Census dates 22% of Saint-Césaire’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 2 historic places. Just one town of its size, out of 16, has more historic places. The rest is about typical: the designations ran from 2007 to 2009.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
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The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
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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.
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The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
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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.
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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-Césaire’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Césaire have on the registers?
2 historic places inside Saint-Césaire, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Césaire?
Moulin à eau de la Grande Barbue, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1829.
How old are the homes in Saint-Césaire?
Before 1961: 22% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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.