Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.039% of Saint-Chrysostome’s homes were built before 1961
For Saint-Chrysostome, that is 2.2 times the typical town’s share, 18%. Within 25 km of Saint-Chrysostome there are 4 designated places; Pont Turcot, at 13 km, is the closest. The nearest town with a top designation is Très-Saint-Sacrement, 13 km away. Finlay McNaughton Young heads a list of 4 people born in Saint-Chrysostome before 1914.
Looking back at Saint-Chrysostome
From before 1950 comes one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
c. 1910Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
Most of what stands within 25 km of Saint-Chrysostome dates from the years before Confederation
The area here stretches to 25 km around Saint-Chrysostome: each historic place by the first construction date it records.
First by date comes Battle of the Châteauguay in Très-Saint-Sacrement, from 1813. The bars count 5 dated places within 25 km. 3 go back before 1867.
Saint-Chrysostome’s surroundings: 4 historic places within 25 km
The first one out is Pont Turcot, 13 km away in Très-Saint-Sacrement. They stand in 3 towns, Très-Saint-Sacrement, Sainte-Martine and Saint-Rémi among them. Among them are 3 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site.
The 4 nearest, within 25 km
| Pont TurcotClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1889 · 13 km away, in Très-Saint-Sacrement |
| Battle of the ChâteauguayNational Historic Site · 1813 · 15 km away, in Très-Saint-Sacrement |
| Maison Pierre-RousselleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1823 · 16 km away, in Sainte-Martine |
| Calvaire du cordonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1838 · 22 km away, in Saint-Rémi |
Just outside Saint-Chrysostome: 1
| Havelock Township HallNational Historic Site · 2.3 km outside the town |
39% of Saint-Chrysostome’s homes were built before 1961
Half of the homes standing in Saint-Chrysostome today were built before 1981. New building in Saint-Chrysostome runs at the usual pace: 4.1% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Saint-Chrysostome 26% of its homes, near the usual 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Lives that started in Saint-Chrysostome, 1852–1892
Of them all, Donald Elmer Black lived longest: 88 years, until 1980. Fame, by Wikipedia: John Clarke Moore first, in 4 languages. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 4 births here before 1914.
Everyone born in Saint-Chrysostome → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Saint-Chrysostome and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Chrysostome | 2,641 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Clotilde | 3,297 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hemmingford | 2,206 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 1,223 | 2 | 2 | 1813 |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Franklin | 1,754 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Martine | 5,884 | 1 | 1 | 1823 |
Saint-Chrysostome in brief
The 2021 Census dates 39% of Saint-Chrysostome’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. John Clarke Moore (1872), Donald Elmer Black (1892) and Finlay McNaughton Young (1852) are the best known of its historic lives. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: as with most towns its size, no historic place is listed.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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 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 federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
Questions about Saint-Chrysostome’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Chrysostome have on the registers?
Nothing inside Saint-Chrysostome; Pont Turcot in Très-Saint-Sacrement, 13 km away, is the nearest and of the highest rank.
When did Saint-Chrysostome become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Saint-Chrysostome dates from September 29, 1999; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Chrysostome?
The 2021 Census dates 39% 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).