Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0History around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: 44 designated places within 25 km
The closest top-tier heritage to Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is in Saint-Boniface, 8.4 km away. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is April 14, 1859: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’s area holds 29 top-tier places within 25 km
The radius of 25 km holds 44. Forges du Saint-Maurice in Trois-Rivières is the nearest, 9.8 km away. By age, Fort Trois-Rivières leads, from 1634, at 21 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Forges du Saint-MauriceNational Historic Site · 1730–1731 · 9.8 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Site archéologique des Forges-GrondinClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1878 · 11 km away, in Saint-Boniface |
| Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-PrésentationNational Historic Site · 1924–1925 · 11 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Former Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting ComplexNational Historic Site · 1899–1928 · 12 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1927–1928 · 13 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1930 · 14 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Caserne ChamplainClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 14 km away, in Shawinigan |
| Site du calvaireCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton |
| Nérée-Beauchemin HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1867 · 17 km away, in Yamachiche |
| Maison Louis-Léon-Lesieur-DesaulniersClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1860–1865 · 17 km away, in Yamachiche |
| L'Enfilade-de-Maisons-en-Brique-Rouge-de-YamachicheClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1850–1900 · 17 km away, in Yamachiche |
| Chapelle funéraire Montour-MalhiotMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1865–1870 · 17 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
Near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
The nearest historic places to Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 25 km, 35 records give a date. 17 go back before 1867. First by date comes Fort Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, from 1634.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’s building boom came from 1961 to 1980: 32% of its homes
More than half of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’s housing predates 2001. From 2016 on, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès built only 2.9% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. Saint-Étienne-des-Grès has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 24%, where most towns have 15%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Saint-Étienne-des-Grès compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,600 to 4,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Only Battleford, Cumberland County, Subdivision D, Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay and Guysborough have more. Their median is 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Barnabé | 1,234 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 1 | 1 | 1878 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Charette | 1,178 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | 2,062 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Shawinigan | 51,739 | 8 | 3 | 1885 |
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 16% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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-Étienne-des-Grès’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Étienne-des-Grès have on the registers?
None inside Saint-Étienne-des-Grès yet. The nearest, Forges du Saint-Maurice, carries the highest designation, 9.8 km away in Trois-Rivières.
When did Saint-Étienne-des-Grès become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès to April 14, 1859. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
16% 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).
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).