TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1841Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier3320 route 344Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.02historic places on the registers
History of Saint-Placide · Canada’s heritage registers
The registers list 2 historic places in Saint-Placide, one at the top
Counted by designation, there are a municipal citation. Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier, begun in 1841, is the oldest by its record. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is August 3, 1994: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which. The typical town has 18% of its homes from before 1961; here it is 31%.
Historic places
2
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1841
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
31%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Saint-Placide’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 2, by tier
1 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
One place in Saint-Placide with the highest designation
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Saint-Placide
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Cited heritage site (Québec)Secteur Basile-Routhierroute 344
Around the town
Leave Saint-Placide and the first historic place is “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Rigaud, Quebec”, 8.6 km away
The earliest date is Ancien hôtel de ville de Rigaud’s, 1834, 9.2 km away. Maison Jean-Joseph-Girouard, 10 km off, is the one top-tier place. 6 places lie within 10 km.
The 6 nearest, within 10 km
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Rigaud, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1940–1941 · 8.6 km away, in Rigaud |
| Musée d'HudsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1909 · 8.8 km away, in Hudson |
| Maison HalcroMunicipal citation (Québec) · 8.9 km away, in Hudson |
| Ancien hôtel de ville de RigaudMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1834 · 9.2 km away, in Rigaud |
| Hudson Town HallMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1904 · 9.2 km away, in Hudson |
| Maison Jean-Joseph-GirouardClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1840 · 10 km away, in Mirabel |
Homes by age
31% of Saint-Placide’s homes were built before 1961
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 11% of Saint-Placide’s, against 15% in the typical town. New building in Saint-Placide runs at the usual pace: 5.1% of homes from 2016–21, the typical town 4.1%. More than half of Saint-Placide’s housing predates 1981.
31%
Before 1961
28%
1961–80
25%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
5.1%
2016–21
Saint-PlacideTypical 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-Placide and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 2 | 1 | 1841 |
| Rigaud | 8,187 | 2 | 0 | 1834 |
| Kanesatake | 1,872 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hudson | 5,533 | 4 | 1 | 1904 |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 5 | 3 | 1800 |
| Oka | 4,312 | 5 | 4 | 1740 |
| Saint-Lazare | 22,895 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Saint-Placide in brief
Saint-Placide has 31% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Together that makes 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, led by Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier. The rest is about typical: people of its past such as Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1839) and Jean-Baptiste Angrignon (1875); and its places were designated between 1983 and 1997.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
Questions about Saint-Placide’s history
Which places in Saint-Placide have the highest designation?
It is Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier.
How old are the homes in Saint-Placide?
The 2021 Census dates 31% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
What is the oldest building in Saint-Placide?
By its record, Maison Adolphe-Basile-Routhier, from 1841 (Classified heritage building (Québec)).
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).