Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0The heritage near Saint-Maurice: 45 places in a 25 km radius
The nearest town to Saint-Maurice with a top designation is Champlain, 12 km away. Records name 3 people born in Saint-Maurice before 1914; the first is Pierre-Calixte Neault. Wikidata’s date for the municipality is July 1, 1855; it may record a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation.
Saint-Maurice’s surroundings: 45 historic places within 25 km
Of 30 top designations nearby, Forges du Saint-Maurice is the closest, at 11 km. Closest of all is Maison Rocheleau, in Trois-Rivières, 10 km off. Between them, 7 towns share them, mainly Trois-Rivières, Shawinigan and Saint-Narcisse.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Maison RocheleauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1742 · 10 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Forges du Saint-MauriceNational Historic Site · 1730–1731 · 11 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Évêques-de-Trois-Rivières MausoleumClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1965–1966 · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Musée BoréalisCited heritage site (Québec) · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Philippe-Verrette HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1910 · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| VIA Rail Station, Trois-Rivières, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1924–1925 · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| ArmouryRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1905–1908 · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Moulin à vent de Trois-RivièresClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1781 · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Cimetière Saint-JamesClassified heritage building (Québec) · 12 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Site patrimonial des Ursulines-de-Trois-RivièresClassified heritage site (Québec) · 13 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Old Trois-Rivières PrisonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1816–1822 · 13 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
| Maison BlancheClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1700 · 13 km away, in Trois-Rivières |
Most of what stands within 25 km of Saint-Maurice dates from the years before Confederation
No place near Saint-Maurice is close: these lie up to 25 km away, each by its first recorded construction date.
Within 25 km, 37 records give a date. Before Confederation: 19. Fort Trois-Rivières, in Trois-Rivières, goes back furthest, to 1634.
Saint-Maurice built the most from 2001 to 2015, 30% of today’s homes
Count back from today and half of Saint-Maurice’s homes are older than 2001. 22% of Saint-Maurice’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. New building is strong in Saint-Maurice: 5.5% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Before 1914, Saint-Maurice gave 3 lives to the record
Longest lived was Omer Héroux, 87 years in all (1963). In 1860 came the earliest, Pierre-Calixte Neault. The last born is Joseph-Philias Morin, in 1899.
Everyone born in Saint-Maurice → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Saint-Maurice compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,800 to 3,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: East Hawkesbury, Georgian Bay and Maniwaki. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Saint-Maurice and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice | 3,804 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Champlain | 1,957 | 3 | 1 | 1878 |
| Trois-Rivières | 149,934 | 29 | 21 | 1634 |
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | 3 | 2 | 1871 |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 1,137 | 1 | 0 | 1827 |
| Bécancour | 14,943 | 3 | 3 | 1774 |
Saint-Maurice in brief
Saint-Maurice’s homes from before 1961 come to 22%, against 18% in the typical town. The town’s people of the past are Pierre-Calixte Neault (1860), Omer Héroux (1876) and Joseph-Philias Morin (1899). Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Maurice’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Maurice have on the registers?
Not inside Saint-Maurice. The closest is Maison Rocheleau in Trois-Rivières, 10 km away.
When did Saint-Maurice become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Saint-Maurice is July 1, 1855, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Maurice?
22% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).