Saint-Guillaume Municipal Building · Photo: Challwa · CC BY-SA 4.0

1historic place on the registers

History of Saint-Guillaume · Canada’s heritage registers

Saint-Guillaume keeps its older homes: 56% from before 1961

The typical town has 18%: Saint-Guillaume has 3.2 times the share. On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. The one entry is Saint-Guillaume Municipal Building (1922), a municipal citation (québec). Add one just outside the town.

1922oldest building 1just outside

Historic places

Highest designations

National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements

Provincial and local listings

municipal citations on Québec’s register

Oldest building

1922

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

56%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Saint-Guillaume’s early dates, from 1995

The municipality succeeded Saint-Guillaume and Saint-Guillaume in 1995. In Wikidata’s entry, the municipality of Saint-Guillaume dates from November 8, 1995; that can mean a founding, a charter or a merger.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Saint-Guillaume’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Provincial and local listings

Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.

The 1, by tier

1 Provincial and local listings

Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Provincial and local listings

On a provincial or local list in Saint-Guillaume: one place

Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1922Saint-Guillaume Municipal Building106 rue Saint-Jean-BaptistePhoto: Challwa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Around the town

23 historic places within 25 km of Saint-Guillaume

The oldest, Maison Joseph-Courchesne, dates from 1812, 23 km away. Of the 4 of the highest rank, the nearest is Église Saint-François-Xavier de Saint-François-du-Lac, 21 km away. By designation: 19 municipal citations and 4 places classified by Québec.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Ancien presbytère de Saint-Germain-de-GranthamMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 16 km away, in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham

Calvaire Albert-MondouxMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838 · 17 km away, in Yamaska

Presbytère de Saint-François-du-LacMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1899 · 21 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac

Église Saint-François-Xavier de Saint-François-du-LacClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1845–1849 · 21 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac

Édifice de la MRC-de-Nicolet-YamaskaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1906 · 21 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac

Maison et écurie William-MitchellClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1894 · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Ancien pensionnat de DrummondvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1890 · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Maison Joseph-Trefflé-CayaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1878–1884 · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Maison TrentClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1837–1848 · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Bank of Montreal BuildingMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1912 · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Cinéma CapitolMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1937 · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Site du patrimoine du Parc-Saint-FrédéricCited heritage site (Québec) · 22 km away, in Drummondville

Just outside Saint-Guillaume: 1

Ancien presbytère de Saint-Edmond-de-GranthamMunicipal citation (Québec) · 2.7 km outside the town

Homes by age

Little new building in Saint-Guillaume: 2.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Few of Saint-Guillaume’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 6.1%, the norm 15%. Saint-Guillaume built little from 1981 to 2000: 13% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Over half of the homes in Saint-Guillaume were already standing by 1961.

56%

Before 1961

23%

1961–80

13%

1981–2000

6.1%

2001–15

2.3%

2016–21

Saint-GuillaumeTypical 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-Guillaume and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Saint-Guillaume	1,489	1	1922
Saint-Bonaventure	1,086	0	—
Saint-Hugues	1,414	0	—
Saint-Eugène	1,180	0	—
Saint-Germain-de-Grantham	5,054	1	1886
Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham	1,373	0	—
Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot	1,887	0	—

In brief

Saint-Guillaume in brief

Saint-Guillaume’s homes from before 1961 come to 56%, against 18% in the typical town. There are 1 historic place in all. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: one person of its past, Théogène Ricard (1909); and its designation dates from 1996.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.

Questions about Saint-Guillaume’s history

How old are the homes in Saint-Guillaume?

56% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

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

Inside Saint-Guillaume: 1 historic place.

What is the oldest building in Saint-Guillaume?

Saint-Guillaume Municipal Building, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1922.

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).