Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0History around Saint-Lazare: 12 designated places within 10 km
Only 3.7% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. Hudson, 6.3 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has December 29, 1875, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
5 places of national importance within 10 km of Saint-Lazare
Count to 10 km and there are 12. Closest of all is Site archéologique de l’Ancienne-Verrerie-Ottawa Glass Works, in Hudson, 5.6 km off. The earliest date is Église Saint-Michel de Vaudreuil’s, 1784, 9.3 km away.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Site archéologique de l’Ancienne-Verrerie-Ottawa Glass WorksClassified heritage site (Québec) · 5.6 km away, in Hudson |
| Hudson Town HallMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1904 · 6.4 km away, in Hudson |
| Maison HalcroMunicipal citation (Québec) · 6.6 km away, in Hudson |
| Musée d'HudsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1909 · 6.6 km away, in Hudson |
| Maison Félix-LeclercClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1880 · 7.4 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Site du patrimoine de la Maison-Félix-LeclercCited heritage site (Québec) · 7.5 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Site du patrimoine d'OkaCited heritage site (Québec) · 7.7 km away, in Oka |
| Trestler HouseNational Historic Site · 1798–1807 · 8.9 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Collège Saint-MichelClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1857–1859 · 9.3 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Ancien palais de justice de VaudreuilMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1857–1859 · 9.3 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Église Saint-Michel de VaudreuilClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1784–1789 · 9.3 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Maison du Chanoine-Lionel-GroulxCited heritage site (Québec) · 9.9 km away, in Vaudreuil-Dorion |
Around Saint-Lazare, within 10 km, most dated places come from the years before Confederation
Places near Saint-Lazare (within 10 km, outside the town), each by the first construction date it records.
7 places within 10 km have a date. Before Confederation: 4. Église Saint-Michel de Vaudreuil, in Vaudreuil-Dorion, goes back furthest, to 1784.
New homes stand out in Saint-Lazare: 13% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up just 12% of Saint-Lazare’s, against 27% in the typical town. 33% of Saint-Lazare’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. The largest single period is from 1981 to 2000, with 39% of Saint-Lazare’s homes.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
How Saint-Lazare compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 22,600 to 23,100 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Colwood, Yellowknife, Moss Park, Uxbridge, Mont-Royal and New Hamburg. Their median is 0. For 10, the registers list nothing.
Saint-Lazare and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 4 | 1 | 1904 |
| Saint-Clet | 1,784 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 46,413 | 10 | 7 | 1784 |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | 1,340 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marthe | 1,065 | 0 | 0 | — |
Saint-Lazare in brief
Its housing is young: only 3.7% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Lazare’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Lazare have on the registers?
Inside Saint-Lazare, none so far. At 5.6 km, Site archéologique de l’Ancienne-Verrerie-Ottawa Glass Works in Hudson is the nearest, with the top designation.
When did Saint-Lazare become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Saint-Lazare is December 29, 1875, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Lazare?
The 2021 Census dates 3.7% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).