TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1852–1854Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Elzéar672 avenue PrincipalePhoto: Sango Yokomizo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Photo: Société du patrimoine des Beaucerons - Fonds PR86 - Collection Chantale Gilbert pl. 1, no 1 · Public domain1historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Elzéar · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Saint-Elzéar, at the top of the registers
For its size Saint-Elzéar is rich ground: 3.5 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 92% of Canadian towns. It is Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Elzéar, a classified heritage building (québec) begun in 1852. Wikidata gives November 30, 1994 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Historic places
1
3.5 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1852
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
16%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Landmarks of Saint-Elzéar
Pictured: “Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Elzéar”, Saint-Elzéar’s only designated place.
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.
Through time
Saint-Elzéar, long ago
From before 1950 comes one old photograph of the town. It opens full screen with a tap.
c. 1944Public 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.
The map
Where Saint-Elzéar’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Saint-Elzéar with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Within 10 km of Saint-Elzéar, 4 top designations
At 5.1 km, Church of Sainte-Marie in Sainte-Marie is the closest. Manoir Taschereau, 5.3 km off, is the oldest: 1810. The mix: 3 places classified by Québec, 3 municipal citations and a National Historic Site.
The 8 nearest, within 10 km
| Church of Sainte-MarieNational Historic Site · 1857–1860 · 5.1 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Château BeauceClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1903–1904 · 5.1 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Site patrimonial du Château-BeauceClassified heritage site (Québec) · 5.1 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Maison DupuisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1893 · 5.2 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Maison Pierre-LacroixClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1820–1830 · 5.2 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Manoir TaschereauClassified heritage immovable · 1810 · 5.3 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Maison J.-Arcade-VachonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 5.4 km away, in Sainte-Marie |
| Cimetière de Saint-SéverinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1878 · 8.6 km away, in Saint-Frédéric |
Homes by age
Saint-Elzéar is still building: 8% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
16% of Saint-Elzéar’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 29% of Saint-Elzéar’s, against 15% in the typical town. Half of the homes standing in Saint-Elzéar today were built before 2001.
16%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
29%
2001–15
8%
2016–21
Saint-ElzéarTypical 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-Elzéar has the 2nd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,800 to 2,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Elzéar1
Ahead of it: Forestville. The middle one has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Saint-Elzéar and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Elzéar | 2,842 | 1 | 1 | 1852 |
| Sainte-Marie | 13,873 | 7 | 4 | 1810 |
| Scott | 2,938 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Vallée-Jonction | 2,042 | 1 | 0 | 1917 |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage | 1,091 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Bernard | 2,680 | 2 | 2 | 1865 |
| Saint-Frédéric | 1,172 | 1 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Elzéar in brief
All told, Saint-Elzéar has 1 historic place, one with the highest designation; “Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Elzéar” heads the list. Only one of the 16 towns nearest its size has more historic places. Pre-1961 homes are a small part of its stock: 16%, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its designation dates from 1960.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
Questions about Saint-Elzéar’s history
Which places in Saint-Elzéar have the highest designation?
It is Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Elzéar.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Elzéar?
Église de Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Elzéar — its record dates it to 1852 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Saint-Elzéar?
The 2021 Census dates 16% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical 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).