Pont de Saint-Mathieu · Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0

1historic place on the registers

History of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc · Canada’s heritage registers

Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc: 1 historic place on Canada’s heritage registers

Pont de Saint-Mathieu, from 1936, is Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s municipal citation (québec). The newest homes, 2016 to 2021, are 5.2% of the total, the typical town 4.1%.

1936oldest building

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

1936

the first construction date on its record

Homes built before 1961

25%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Back to 1886: Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s first record

Wikidata holds June 30, 1886 as the start of the municipality of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, a date that can just as well be an incorporation. Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc is named after Matthew the Apostle.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s history is

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

Provincial and local listings

Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.

The 1, by tier

1 Provincial and local listings

Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.

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

Provincial and local listings

One local listing in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc

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

Municipal citation (Québec) · 1936Pont de Saint-Mathieuchemin de la Terrasse-des-ChutesPhoto: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file

Around the town

Within 25 km of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc: 10 places on the registers

Site archéologique des Forges-Grondin, 11 km off, is the oldest: 1878. Of 4 top designations nearby, Site archéologique des Forges-Grondin is the closest, at 11 km. Their towns number 3: Shawinigan, Saint-Boniface and Saint-Élie-de-Caxton first.

The 10 nearest, within 25 km

Domaine BeauséjourCited heritage site (Québec) · 1885–1950 · 6.3 km away, in Shawinigan

Andrew LodgeRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1920–1929 · 8.6 km away, in Shawinigan

Wabenaki LodgeRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1886–1915 · 8.7 km away, in Shawinigan

Site archéologique des Forges-GrondinClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1878 · 11 km away, in Saint-Boniface

Former Shawinigan Aluminum Smelting ComplexNational Historic Site · 1899–1928 · 12 km away, in Shawinigan

Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1927–1928 · 12 km away, in Shawinigan

Caserne ChamplainClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 12 km away, in Shawinigan

Canadian National Railways Station, Shawinigan, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1929–1930 · 12 km away, in Shawinigan

Site du calvaireCited heritage site (Québec) · 13 km away, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton

Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-PrésentationNational Historic Site · 1924–1925 · 13 km away, in Shawinigan

Homes by age

25% of Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s homes are older than 1961, against a usual 18%

Half of the homes standing in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc today were built before 1981. The busiest building years in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 33% of today’s homes. Building from 1981 to 2000 gave Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc 22% of its homes, near the usual 23%.

25%

Before 1961

33%

1961–80

22%

1981–2000

16%

2001–15

5.2%

2016–21

Saint-Mathieu-du-ParcTypical 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-Mathieu-du-Parc and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc	1,598	1	0	1936
Saint-Boniface	5,405	1	1	1878
Shawinigan	51,739	8	3	1885
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton	2,062	1	0	—
Charette	1,178	0	0	—

In brief

Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc in brief

Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc has 25% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. In all there are 1 historic place. For the rest, its one place was designated in 2001.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
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.
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.

Questions about Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc’s history

How many historic places does Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc have on the registers?

Inside Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc: 1 historic place.

What is the oldest building in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?

Pont de Saint-Mathieu — its record dates it to 1936 (Municipal citation (Québec)).

How old are the homes in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc?

25% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.

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).