History of Saint-Eustache · Canada’s heritage registers
Saint-Eustache’s oldest designated place, Légaré Mill, dates from 1762
Canada’s heritage registers list 8 historic places inside Saint-Eustache, 4 with the highest designation. Per resident that is more than in 84% of Canadian towns: 1.7 for every 10,000 people. Among the places are 4 municipal citations.
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
4
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1762
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
11%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
3 of the 4 highest designations in Saint-Eustache, in photos
Up first are Légaré Mill and Domaine Globensky. 7 of the places on Saint-Eustache’s heritage registers are pictured here; the others keep their register record. Old pictures of 2 places in Saint-Eustache fill their own pages.
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
Old Saint-Eustache, 1837 to 1906
One old photograph of the town and the oldest views of 2 of its historic places, in date order. Hover a dot for its date; tap a picture to see it full screen.
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Public 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.
How old
For Saint-Eustache, most dated places belong to the years before Confederation
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
British North America 1760–18664
After Confederation 1867–19133
Wars and Depression 1914–19450
Since 1946 1946 on0
4 of the 7 dated places were built before Confederation.
How it began
Saint-Eustache since 1770: its early dates
Saint-Eustache got its start in 1770. 256 years have passed since. On the open record, Saint-Eustache as a municipality goes back to August 10, 1848, though that may be a charter rather than a first settlement.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 8, by tier
4 Highest designations4 Provincial and local listings
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. One place, placed by its register’s municipality, has no point and isn’t on the map.
Highest designations
4 places in Saint-Eustache with the highest designation
Légaré Mill is the earliest, from 1762; the latest dates from 1861. The group holds 2 National Historic Sites and 2 places classified by Québec. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Saint-Eustache’s record leans to churches and religious buildings: 38%
Leading by designation: Légaré Mill and Saint-Eustache Church. 2 places make houses the second group. The record covers 5 kinds of building and site.
Churches and religious buildings3
Houses2
Mills, shops and works1
Public buildings1
Other places1
The groups come from each place’s name and its recorded functions, by what it was built as.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Saint-Eustache: 4 places
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Ancienne église presbytérienne de Saint-Eustache is the earliest, from 1848; the latest dates from 1910. Each one opens its own page.
Few of Saint-Eustache’s homes are older than 1961: 11%, against 18%
Saint-Eustache has an unusual share of homes built from 1981 to 2000: 31%, where most towns have 23%. The busiest building years in Saint-Eustache were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 38% of today’s homes. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 4.1% of Saint-Eustache’s, about the typical 4.1%.
11%
Before 1961
38%
1961–80
31%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
4.1%
2016–21
Saint-EustacheTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
8 lives that began in Saint-Eustache before 1914
Hector Champagne closes the list, born in 1862. At 91, Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette outlived the rest, dying in 1903. In 1791 came the earliest, Joseph Masson. By Wikipedia’s reach, Joseph Masson leads, with 5 articles.
Joseph Masson
Paul-Timothée Masson
Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette
Jean-Baptiste Daoust
Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky
Honoré Robillard
Louis Napoléon Champagne
Hector Champagne
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Joseph Masson1791–1847 · 1791–1847, Canadian businessman
Louis Napoléon Champagne1860–1911 · Canadian politician
JD
Jean-Baptiste Daoust1817–1891 · Canadian politician
HR
Honoré Robillard1835–1914 · Canadian politician
Hector Champagne1862–1941 · Canadian politician
Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky1830–1906 · Canadian politician
PM
Paul-Timothée Masson1795–1881 · Canadian politician
JL
Joseph-Gaspard Laviolette1812–1903 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Saint-Eustache → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Saint-Eustache has the 4th most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 45,600 to 49,900 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Eustache holds 8 historic places on Canada’s registers, 4 with the highest designation, including Légaré Mill. Just 3 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Of the 7 with a date, 4 come from the years before Confederation.
Of its people of the past, the best known are Joseph Masson (1791), Louis Napoléon Champagne (1860) and Jean-Baptiste Daoust (1817). The census dates only 11% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, the designations ran from 1961 to 2014.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Protection. In Québec, a classement or a municipal citation under the Loi sur le patrimoine culturel protects the building in law; a federal designation recognises significance and binds only federal owners.
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Map points. Federal places get their map points from Wikidata, since Parks Canada’s files carry none; they are as mapped there.
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The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
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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.
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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.
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Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Saint-Eustache’s history
What is the oldest building in Saint-Eustache?
Légaré Mill — its record dates it to 1762 (National Historic Site).
Which places in Saint-Eustache have the highest designation?
Légaré Mill, Saint-Eustache Church (123 Saint-Louis Street), Saint-Eustache Church (rue Saint-Louis) and Domaine Globensky.
How old are the homes in Saint-Eustache?
Before 1961: 11% 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.
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