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History of Saint-Ferdinand · Canada’s heritage registers

Saint-Ferdinand, named after Ferdinand III of Castille

The registers count 4 places within 25 km of Saint-Ferdinand; the closest, Passerelle Armand-Vaillancourt, is 19 km away. Of its homes, 31% were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Outside the boundary but close by, there is one more. For the highest designations, the closest town is Plessisville, 19 km off.

1just outside

Historic places within 25 km

1 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

19 km

Passerelle Armand-Vaillancourt

Homes built before 1961

31%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1848

How it began

Saint-Ferdinand through its dates, from 2000

The municipality succeeded Bernierville, Quebec, Saint-Ferdinand and Vianney in 2000. A single date stands for Saint-Ferdinand as a municipality on Wikidata, November 29, 2000, and it may be an incorporation rather than a founding. The name Saint-Ferdinand comes from Ferdinand III of Castille, 13th-century saint and king of Castile, Leon and Galicia.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

Around the town

The heritage closest to Saint-Ferdinand: Passerelle Armand-Vaillancourt, at 19 km

Count to 25 km and there are 4. The record reaches back to 1885 with Maison Cormier, 19 km away. They are 3 municipal citations and a place classified by Québec.

The 4 nearest, within 25 km

Passerelle Armand-VaillancourtMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1991 · 19 km away, in Plessisville

Monument Jean-RivardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 19 km away, in Plessisville

Monument Messire-Charles-Édouard-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 19 km away, in Plessisville

Maison CormierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1885–1886 · 19 km away, in Plessisville

Just outside Saint-Ferdinand: 1

Holy Trinity Anglican ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.2 km outside the town

Homes by age

8.1% of Saint-Ferdinand’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)

More than half of Saint-Ferdinand’s housing predates 1981. Building from 1961 to 1980 gave Saint-Ferdinand 28% of its homes, near the usual 27%. In Saint-Ferdinand, 20% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).

31%

Before 1961

28%

1961–80

20%

1981–2000

13%

2001–15

8.1%

2016–21

Saint-FerdinandTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Saint-Ferdinand and its neighbours

Town	People	Oldest
Saint-Ferdinand	2,082	—
Plessisville	2,718	—
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska	1,291	—

In brief

Saint-Ferdinand in brief

Counted by age, 31% of Saint-Ferdinand’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: one person of its past, Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette (1848).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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.
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. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.

Questions about Saint-Ferdinand’s history

How many historic places does Saint-Ferdinand have on the registers?

None within Saint-Ferdinand itself; the nearest is 19 km off: Passerelle Armand-Vaillancourt, in Plessisville.

How old are the homes in Saint-Ferdinand?

Before 1961: 31% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

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).