LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1860Maison Vital-Roy840 route 108 OuestPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Presbytère de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce · Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.012historic places on the registers
History of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers record 12 historic places in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Few towns have as much for their size as Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce: 47 for every 10,000 residents, more than 99% of Canadian towns. More of its homes are old than in most towns: 33% before 1961, against 18%. The earliest construction date, 1840, belongs to Maison Georges-Poulin. Among the places are 12 municipal citations.
Historic places
12
47 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
12
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1840
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
33%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
See Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce today and before 1950: 10 photos, 1 old pictures
Presbytère de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce and Maison Vital-Roy lead the set. 10 of the places on Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s heritage registers are pictured here; the others keep their register record. Go back furthest in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce with Maison Vital-Roy: 1840.
Maison Vital-Roy
Maison Roméo-Poulin
Sacristie de la première chapelle
Cimetière de Saint-Éphrem
Maison Adrienne-Lemieux+5See all photosPhotos 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-Éphrem-de-Beauce, long ago
A single old picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
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.
The map
Where Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 12, by tier
12 Provincial and local listings
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.
What’s designated
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s largest group: houses, 50%
By kind, the list runs to 4 groups. The second-largest group is churches and religious buildings, with 4. Two of the highest-ranked are Maison Georges-Poulin and Maison Vital-Roy.
Houses6
Churches and religious buildings4
Theatres, museums and memorials1
Stations, lighthouses and bridges1
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Provincial and local listings
12 local listings in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Maison Georges-Poulin is the earliest, from 1840; the latest dates from 1933. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1842Maison Roméo-Poulin988 route 108 OuestPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1866Sacristie de la première chapelleroute 108 EstPhoto: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1867Maison Deslauriers et laiterie370 route 271 NordPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1880Presbytère de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce43 route 108 EstPhoto: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1882Cimetière de Saint-Éphremroute 271 SudPhoto: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884Église de Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauceroute 108 EstPhoto: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913Maison Adrienne-Lemieux42 route 108 EstPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1916Monument du Sacré-Cœurroute 108 EstPhoto: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1933Pont Napoléon-Grondinrang Saint-Jean-BaptistePhoto: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Municipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1860Maison Georges-Poulin958 route 108 Est
Municipal citation (Québec) · 1845Maison Georges-Pépin558 rang de la Montagne
How old
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s dated places lean to the years before Confederation
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
British North America 1760–18665
After Confederation 1867–19135
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on0
Of the 12 with a date, 5 predate 1867.
When designated
Most of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s designations came in 1991
The places by the year of their designation.
1991 · 12
198020002020
The first was Cimetière de Saint-Éphrem, in 1991. The list hasn’t grown since 2011.
Homes by age
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce added few homes from 2016 to 2021: 1.5%, where most towns have 4.1%
Half of the homes standing in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce today were built before 1981. In Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, 23% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%). Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up 28% of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s, about the typical 23%.
33%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
28%
1981–2000
15%
2001–15
1.5%
2016–21
Saint-Éphrem-de-BeauceTypical 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-Éphrem-de-Beauce has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce12
The typical town its size has 0. 11 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce | 2,575 | 12 | 0 | 1840 |
| La Guadeloupe | 1,927 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Victor | 2,344 | 3 | 0 | 1898 |
| Adstock | 3,203 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | 1,655 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | 1,610 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce in brief
The 2021 Census dates 33% of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 12 historic places in all. Of the 16 towns closest in size, it has the most historic places. By kind, 50% are houses. More than half went on the registers in a single year, 1991: 12 of 12.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
Questions about Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce have on the registers?
12 historic places in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, from Canada’s heritage registers.
How old are the homes in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce?
Before 1961: 33% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce?
Maison Georges-Poulin — its record dates it to 1840 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
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).