TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1897Former Saint-Narcisse Power StationPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Annexe de l'Ancienne-Centrale-Hydroélectrique-de-Saint-Narcisse · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.03historic places on the registers
History of Saint-Narcisse · Canada’s heritage registers
Saint-Narcisse: 3 historic places, 2 with the highest designation
The list takes in a municipal citation. The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 35%. The oldest dated place, Maison Dupont, goes back to 1871. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has July 1, 1855, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
Historic places
3
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1871
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
35%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
See Saint-Narcisse today and before 1950: 3 photos, 1 old pictures
Each of Saint-Narcisse’s designated places has a photo. You can start with Annexe de l'Ancienne-Centrale-Hydroélectrique-de-Saint-Narcisse and Former Saint-Narcisse Power Station.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Through time
Saint-Narcisse, long ago
One picture from before 1950: one old photograph of the town. Open it full screen with a tap.
1899Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Saint-Narcisse’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 3, by tier
2 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
The federal directory and the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec are both open, so every federal, provincial and municipal designation here has its point.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
2 places in Saint-Narcisse with the highest designation
Their dates run from 1897, with Former Saint-Narcisse Power Station, to 1904. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Designations came from 1963 to 1964. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1904Annexe de l'Ancienne-Centrale-Hydroélectrique-de-Saint-Narcissechemin du BarragePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Provincial and local listings
One more place Saint-Narcisse or its province protects
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1871Maison Dupont351 rue PrincipalePhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
Little new building in Saint-Narcisse: 2.4% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Count back from today and half of Saint-Narcisse’s homes are older than 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 29% of Saint-Narcisse’s, about the typical 27%. In Saint-Narcisse, 19% of homes date from 1981 to 2000, much as in most towns (23%).
35%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
19%
1981–2000
14%
2001–15
2.4%
2016–21
Saint-NarcisseTypical 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-Narcisse and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Narcisse | 1,848 | 3 | 2 | 1871 |
| Saint-Stanislas | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 1,137 | 1 | 0 | 1827 |
| Saint-Maurice | 3,804 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hérouxville | 1,570 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Champlain | 1,957 | 3 | 1 | 1878 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Narcisse in brief
The 2021 Census dates 35% of Saint-Narcisse’s homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 3 historic places, 2 with the highest designation, including Former Saint-Narcisse Power Station. Beyond that, the designations ran from 1963 to 2004.
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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
Questions about Saint-Narcisse’s history
How old are the homes in Saint-Narcisse?
The 2021 Census dates 35% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
Which places in Saint-Narcisse have the highest designation?
Former Saint-Narcisse Power Station and Annexe de l'Ancienne-Centrale-Hydroélectrique-de-Saint-Narcisse.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Narcisse?
Maison Dupont (Municipal citation (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1871.
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).