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History of Saint-Michel · Canada’s heritage registers

The name Saint-Michel honours Michael

The nearest heritage to Saint-Michel is Calvaire du cordon, 6.7 km off, one of 50 places within 25 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Saint-Rémi, 4.3 km from here. Cyprien Dorris heads a list of 3 people born in Saint-Michel before 1914.

Historic places within 25 km

31 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

6.7 km

Calvaire du cordon

Homes built before 1961

19%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1860

How it began

Saint-Michel on record since 1855

Wikidata holds July 1, 1855 as the start of the municipality of Saint-Michel, a date that can just as well be an incorporation. Behind the name Saint-Michel is Michael, archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The age of the area

Near Saint-Michel, within 25 km: built places from 1669 on

Places as far as 25 km from Saint-Michel, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.

New France before 17607

British North America 1760–186622

After Confederation 1867–19139

Wars and Depression 1914–19453

Since 1946 1946 on1

Oldest of all: LeBer-LeMoyne House, Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre, 1669. Within 25 km, 42 records give a date. 29 go back before 1867.

Around the town

31 places of the highest rank within 25 km of Saint-Michel

50 places lie within 25 km. By age, LeBer-LeMoyne House leads, from 1669, at 22 km. Among them are 23 places classified by Québec, 16 municipal citations and 8 National Historic Sites.

The 12 nearest, within 25 km

Calvaire du cordonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1838 · 6.7 km away, in Saint-Rémi

Église de Saint-MathieuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1921–1922 · 8.9 km away, in Saint-Mathieu

Maison Nathaniel-DouglasCited heritage site (Québec) · 11 km away, in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville

Cimetière DouglassCited heritage site (Québec) · 11 km away, in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville

Chapelle-reposoir de Saint-Jacques-le-MineurClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1889 · 13 km away, in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur

Palais de justice de NapiervilleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1834 · 15 km away, in Napierville

Maison Sauvageau-SweenyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1825 · 18 km away, in Mercier

Maison RoyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1835–1837 · 18 km away, in Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu

Maison Pierre-RousselleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1823 · 18 km away, in Sainte-Martine

Ferme Joseph-RoyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1805 · 18 km away, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Maison PageMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1800 · 18 km away, in Candiac

Saint-Joachim ChurchNational Historic Site · 1774–1798 · 19 km away, in Châteauguay

Homes by age

Saint-Michel is still building: 8.7% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

19% of Saint-Michel’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. Saint-Michel’s largest group of homes, 27%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 24% of Saint-Michel’s, against 15% in the typical town.

19%

Before 1961

20%

1961–80

27%

1981–2000

24%

2001–15

8.7%

2016–21

Saint-MichelTypical 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

Before 1914, Saint-Michel gave 3 lives to the record

Cyprien Dorris comes first, born in 1860. The line ends with Charles Trudeau (1887). Best known is Charles Trudeau, with articles in 5 Wikipedia languages.

Cyprien Dorris

Dominique Monet

Charles Trudeau

18501875190019251950

Charles Trudeau1887–1935 · Canadian businessman

Dominique Monet1865–1923 · Canadian politician

Cyprien Dorris1860–1918 · Canadian politician

Everyone born in Saint-Michel → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.

Neighbours

Saint-Michel and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Saint-Michel	3,672	0	0	—
Saint-Rémi	9,557	1	1	1838
Saint-Édouard	1,438	0	0	—
Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington	1,996	0	0	—
Saint-Mathieu	2,642	1	0	1921
Saint-Isidore	2,889	0	0	—
Saint-Urbain-Premier	1,380	0	0	—

In brief

Saint-Michel in brief

Older stock first: 19% of homes in Saint-Michel were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Three lives from its past stand out: Charles Trudeau (1887), Dominique Monet (1865) and Cyprien Dorris (1860). The other figures are unremarkable: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.

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 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. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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.
The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
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-Michel’s history

How many historic places does Saint-Michel have on the registers?

Not within Saint-Michel. Its nearest is a top designation: Calvaire du cordon, 6.7 km away in Saint-Rémi.

How old are the homes in Saint-Michel?

Before 1961: 19% of its homes; 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).