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0historic places on the registers

History of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston · Canada’s heritage registers

10 registered heritage sites stand within 25 km of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston

For the highest designations, the closest town to Saint-Léonard-d'Aston is Bécancour, 22 km off. Before 1961: 26% of the homes, where most towns have 18%.

Historic places within 25 km

4 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

20 km

Grange-écurie de Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover

Homes built before 1961

26%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1901

Around the town

The highest designation, 4 times, within 25 km of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston

Grange-écurie de Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover is the nearest, 20 km away. Between them, 4 towns share them, mainly Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Nicolet and Bécancour. The earliest date is Church of St Gregory’s, 1803, 21 km away.

The 10 nearest, within 25 km

Grange-écurie de Saint-Cyrille-de-WendoverMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1900–1925 · 20 km away, in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover

Maison du SacristainMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1900 · 20 km away, in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover

Saint-Cyrille ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1903–1905 · 20 km away, in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover

Receiving tomb of Saint-Cyrille-de-WendoverMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1898 · 20 km away, in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover

Presbytère de Saint-CyrilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1893 · 20 km away, in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover

Church of St GregoryClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1803–1806 · 21 km away, in Bécancour

Palais de justice de NicoletMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1910–1912 · 23 km away, in Nicolet

Atelier et maison Rodolphe-DuguayClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1854 · 23 km away, in Nicolet

Séminaire de NicoletClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1827–1836 · 23 km away, in Nicolet

Maison TrentClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1837–1848 · 24 km away, in Drummondville

How it began

From 1994: Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s first milestones

As a municipality, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston carries the date April 13, 1994 on Wikidata: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation. Saint-Léonard and Saint-Léonard-d'Aston gave way to the present municipality in 1994.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The age of the area

Within 25 km of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, the decades after Confederation left the most

No place near Saint-Léonard-d'Aston is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.

British North America 1760–18664

After Confederation 1867–19136

Wars and Depression 1914–19450

Since 1946 1946 on0

Within 25 km, 10 records give a date. 4 predate Confederation. The earliest is Church of St Gregory in Bécancour, begun in 1803.

Homes by age

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston is still building: 8.1% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Over half of the homes in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston were already standing by 1981. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 34% of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s homes. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Saint-Léonard-d'Aston 20% of its homes, near the usual 23%.

26%

Before 1961

34%

1961–80

20%

1981–2000

13%

2001–15

8.1%

2016–21

Saint-Léonard-d'AstonTypical town

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

Towns its size

How Saint-Léonard-d'Aston compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 2,600 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.

Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay0

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston0

Just these have more: Grand Manan, Hanna and North Point Douglas. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston and its neighbours

Town	People	Oldest
Saint-Léonard-d'Aston	2,662	—
Saint-Wenceslas	1,202	—
Sainte-Eulalie	1,056	—
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil	1,950	—
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton	1,647	—

In brief

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston in brief

The pre-1961 share of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston’s homes is 26%, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places. For the rest, one person of its past, Émery Fleury (1901).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
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-Léonard-d'Aston’s history

How many historic places does Saint-Léonard-d'Aston have on the registers?

Saint-Léonard-d'Aston has none of its own yet. Grange-écurie de Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, is the nearest, 20 km away.

How old are the homes in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston?

26% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian 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).