TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1803–1804Église Saint-Paul8 boulevard BrassardPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Église Saint-Paul · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Paul · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Saint-Paul, at the top of the registers
Saint-Paul’s entry is Église Saint-Paul (1803), a classified heritage building (québec). The municipality’s date on Wikidata is July 1, 1855: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. Per resident Saint-Paul has more than 82% of Canadian towns: 1.4 for every 10,000 people. Homes from before 1961 are 9.4% of the stock, under the 18% of the typical town.
Historic places
1
1.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1803
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
9.4%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Saint-Paul’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
One place in Saint-Paul with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Saint-Paul: one place within 5 km
The registers hold 4 within 5 km. They are 2 municipal citations, a National Historic Site and a heritage railway station. Closest of all is Joliette Court House, in Joliette, 3.7 km off.
The 4 nearest, within 5 km
| Joliette Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1860–1863 · 3.7 km away, in Joliette |
| Évêché de JolietteMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1880 · 3.8 km away, in Joliette |
| St Charles Borromeo CathedralMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887–1892 · 3.8 km away, in Joliette |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Joliette, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1901–1902 · 4.1 km away, in Joliette |
Homes by age
11% of Saint-Paul’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Saint-Paul has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 39%, where most towns have 15%. Few of Saint-Paul’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 17%, the norm 23%. 23% of Saint-Paul’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, close to the typical town’s 27%.
9.4%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
39%
2001–15
11%
2016–21
Saint-PaulTypical 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
Saint-Paul has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 7,200 to 7,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Paul1
Just these have more: Hope and La Sarre. The middle one has 0. 13 of them have none.
Neighbours
Saint-Paul and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul | 7,208 | 1 | 1 | 1803 |
| Joliette | 22,408 | 4 | 1 | 1860 |
| Crabtree | 4,237 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 16,904 | 1 | 1 | 1840 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | 9,622 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Thomas | 3,477 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | 1,296 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Paul in brief
Canada’s heritage lists give Saint-Paul 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, Église Saint-Paul among them. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Its housing is young: only 9.4% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: Joseph Pierre Octave Guilbault (1870) and Joseph Dufresne (1805) are its people of the past on the record; and its one place was designated in 1973.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
- Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
- People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
- 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.
Questions about Saint-Paul’s history
Which places in Saint-Paul have the highest designation?
Église Saint-Paul.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Paul?
Église Saint-Paul — its record dates it to 1803 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Saint-Paul?
9.4% 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). 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).