LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897Presbytère de Saint-Jacques102 rue Saint-JacquesPhoto: Ernest-Mtl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Vieux Collège (Saint-Jacques, Quebec) · Photo: Ernest-Mtl · CC BY-SA 3.06historic places on the registers
History of Saint-Jacques · Canada’s heritage registers
6 historic places on the heritage registers in Saint-Jacques
Saint-Jacques’s 12 per 10,000 residents puts it ahead of 99% of Canadian towns. Before 1961: 32% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Presbytère de Saint-Jacques, begun in 1897, is the oldest by its record. On the list: 6 municipal citations.
Historic places
6
12 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
6
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1897
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
32%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Saint-Jacques in 6 photos and 1 old pictures
All of Saint-Jacques’s designated places are pictured. First come “Vieux Collège (Saint-Jacques, Quebec)” and Presbytère de Saint-Jacques.
Presbytère de Saint-Jacques
Ancien bureau de poste de Saint-Jacques
Maison Louise-Pariseau
Église Saint-Jacques (Saint-Jacques, Quebec)
Couvent des sœurs de Sainte-Anne+1See all photosPhotos 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 pictures of Saint-Jacques
One picture from before 1950: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1900Public 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 map
Where Saint-Jacques’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Tap any dot to open that place’s own page; hovering shows its name.
The 6, by tier
6 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.
What’s designated
50% of Saint-Jacques’s historic places are churches and religious buildings
The top of the list holds Presbytère de Saint-Jacques and Maison Louise-Pariseau. Second on the list: public buildings, 2 of them.
Churches and religious buildings3
Public buildings2
Houses1
Grouped by what each register says the place is or was; a converted building counts as what it was built for.
Provincial and local listings
6 more places Saint-Jacques or its province protects
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1897 (Presbytère de Saint-Jacques) to 1927. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1905Maison Louise-Pariseau107 rue Saint-JacquesPhoto: Ernest-Mtl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1912Vieux Collège (Saint-Jacques, Quebec)50 rue Saint-JacquesPhoto: Ernest-Mtl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913Couvent des sœurs de Sainte-Anne122 rue Saint-JacquesPhoto: Ernest-Mtl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1916–1918Église Saint-Jacques (Saint-Jacques, Quebec)110 rue Saint-JacquesPhoto: Geai bleu · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1927Ancien bureau de poste de Saint-Jacques105 rue Saint-JacquesPhoto: Ernest-Mtl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
How old
Saint-Jacques’s dated places lean to the decades after Confederation
Each place by the first construction date on its record.
British North America 1760–18660
After Confederation 1867–19134
Wars and Depression 1914–19452
Since 1946 1946 on0
Homes by age
12% of Saint-Jacques’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Half of the homes standing in Saint-Jacques today were built before 1981. Saint-Jacques built little from 1981 to 2000: 18% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 23% of Saint-Jacques’s, about the typical 27%.
32%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
12%
2016–21
Saint-JacquesTypical 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
Saint-Jacques’s person of national historic significance, and others
Gérard-Marie Coderre closes the list, born in 1904. By Wikipedia’s reach, Francis Cassidy leads, with 5 articles. There are 10 people born here before 1914 with an article to show for it. At 89, Gérard-Marie Coderre outlived the rest, dying in 1993.
Jean-Louis Martin
Francis Cassidy
Octave Magnan
Jean-Louis Légaré
Louis-Joseph Riopel
Louis-Gustave Martin
Joseph-Alcide Martin
Joseph Éloi Archambault
Marcel Dugas
Gérard-Marie Coderre
1800182518501875190019251950
Francis Cassidy1827–1873 · Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec
Louis-Joseph Riopel1841–1915 · Canadian politician
Joseph Éloi Archambault1861–1916 · Canadian politician
Marcel Dugas1883–1947 · Canadian writer, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic.
JM
Jean-Louis Martin1823–1861 · Canadian politician
LM
Louis-Gustave Martin1846–1879 · Canadian politician
OM
Octave Magnan1836–1921 · Canadian politician
JL
Jean-Louis Légaré1841–1918 · On Canada’s list since 1969 · Historical French-Canadian trader
Everyone born in Saint-Jacques → Born before 1914. Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against Wikipedia; national historic persons from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, matched by name and life years.
Towns its size
Saint-Jacques has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,800 to 4,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Jacques6
The typical town its size has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Saint-Jacques and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques | 4,830 | 6 | 0 | 1897 |
| Saint-Liguori | 2,268 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Alexis | 1,462 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 1 | 1 | 1859 |
In brief
Saint-Jacques in brief
In Saint-Jacques, 32% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 6 historic places. It tops the 16 towns nearest its size for historic places.
Most of its dated places come from the decades after Confederation: 4 of 6. Its people of the past include Francis Cassidy (1827), Louis-Joseph Riopel (1841) and Joseph Éloi Archambault (1861). The rest is about typical: every designation dates from 2008.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Jacques’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Jacques have on the registers?
6 historic places in Saint-Jacques, from Canada’s heritage registers.
How old are the homes in Saint-Jacques?
32% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Jacques?
Presbytère de Saint-Jacques — its record dates it to 1897 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
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).