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Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0VIA Rail Station, Hébertville, Quebec, 8.4 km from Saint-Gédéon, heads a list of 11 historic places within 25 km. The old pictures of Saint-Gédéon, 2 of them, date from 1903 to 1905. Heritage of the first rank begins 17 km away, in Desbiens.
In order of date: 2 old photographs of the town. The dots mark each picture’s year; tap one to enlarge it.
c. 1903
1905Public 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 railway reached Saint-Gédéon in 1892. The municipality succeeded Saint-Gédéon and Saint-Gédéon in 1975. As a municipality, Saint-Gédéon carries the date December 6, 1975 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Saint-Gédéon”, revision 240121872 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Places as far as 25 km from Saint-Gédéon, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
The earliest is Métabetchouane archaeological site in Chambord, begun in 1676. Within 25 km, building dates exist for 9 places. 3 predate Confederation.
They are 8 municipal citations, 2 places classified by Québec and a heritage railway station. Their towns number 6: Alma, Chambord and Hébertville first. The registers hold 11 within 25 km.
| VIA Rail Station, Hébertville, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1931–1934 · 8.4 km away, in Hébertville-Station |
| Presbytère de Saint-JosephMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1901 · 9.4 km away, in Alma |
| Church of St JosephMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1907–1908 · 9.4 km away, in Alma |
| Carré Curé-HébertCited heritage site (Québec) · 12 km away, in Hébertville |
| Maison Rémi-HudonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1862 · 13 km away, in Hébertville |
| Ancien hôtel de ville d'Isle-MaligneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1936–1937 · 13 km away, in Alma |
| Powder magazine at Poste-de-Traite-de-la-MétabetchouaneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1760–1778 · 18 km away, in Desbiens |
| Métabetchouane archaeological siteClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1676 · 18 km away, in Chambord |
| Maison Laurent-LétourneauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1906 · 24 km away, in Chambord |
| Auberge Saint-LouisMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1875 · 25 km away, in Chambord |
| Place des OrmesCited heritage site (Québec) · 25 km away, in Saguenay |
19% of Saint-Gédéon’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 make up 6.2% of Saint-Gédéon’s, above the typical 4.1%. Before 1961: 21% of Saint-Gédéon’s homes, near the usual 18%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gédéon | 2,349 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Bruno | 2,935 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hébertville-Station | 1,298 | 1 | 0 | 1931 |
| Alma | 30,659 | 3 | 0 | 1901 |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix | 4,230 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hébertville | 2,588 | 2 | 0 | 1862 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 2,167 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint-Gédéon has 21% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its past has one life on the record, Polycarpe Moreau (1890).
Inside Saint-Gédéon, none so far; VIA Rail Station, Hébertville, Quebec, 8.4 km away in Hébertville-Station, is the closest.
21% predate 1961, where 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).