TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1838Calvaire du cordonrang Sainte-ThérèsePhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Photo: Hubert Figuière from Montréal, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.01historic place on the registers
History of Saint-Rémi · Canada’s heritage registers
One place in Saint-Rémi, at the top of the registers
In Saint-Rémi that place is Calvaire du cordon, a classified heritage building (québec), from 1838. Wikidata dates the municipality to June 3, 1828, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger. Saint-Rémi has 1 for every 10,000 people, a higher rate than 80% of Canadian towns.
Historic places
1
1 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1838
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
17%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
A look at historic Saint-Rémi
Saint-Rémi’s one designated place, Calvaire du cordon, is pictured here.
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.
The map
Where Saint-Rémi’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its 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-Rémi 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-Rémi: 45 places within 25 km
They stand in 30 towns, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Westmount and Sault-Saint-Louis among them. By age, Maison Saint-Gabriel leads, from 1668, at 24 km. At 9.6 km, Église de Saint-Mathieu in Saint-Mathieu is the closest.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Église de Saint-MathieuMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1921–1922 · 9.6 km away, in Saint-Mathieu |
| Maison Sauvageau-SweenyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1800–1825 · 13 km away, in Mercier |
| Maison Pierre-RousselleClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1823 · 14 km away, in Sainte-Martine |
| Saint-Joachim ChurchNational Historic Site · 1774–1798 · 15 km away, in Châteauguay |
| Maison LePailleurMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1792 · 15 km away, in Châteauguay |
| Maison Nathaniel-DouglasCited heritage site (Québec) · 15 km away, in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville |
| Cimetière DouglassCited heritage site (Québec) · 16 km away, in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville |
| Chapelle-reposoir de Saint-Jacques-le-MineurClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1889 · 16 km away, in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur |
| Caughnawaga Mission / Mission of St. Francis XavierNational Historic Site · 1716–1915 · 18 km away, in Kahnawake |
| Maison PageMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1800 · 18 km away, in Candiac |
| Fort St-LouisNational Historic Site · 1725–1726 · 18 km away, in Kahnawake |
| Caughnawaga PresbyteryNational Historic Site · 1716–1720 · 18 km away, in Kahnawake |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Saint-Rémi: 12% from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%
Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 31% of Saint-Rémi’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 17% of Saint-Rémi’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%. Like the typical town (18%), Saint-Rémi has 17% of its homes from before 1961.
17%
Before 1961
24%
1961–80
17%
1981–2000
31%
2001–15
12%
2016–21
Saint-RémiTypical 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-Rémi gave 9 lives to the record
Best known is John Garand, with articles in 18 Wikipedia languages. 5 of the 9 were born in the years before Confederation. It starts with Pierre-Rémi Narbonne, born in 1806. At 86, John Garand outlived the rest, dying in 1974.
Pierre-Rémi Narbonne
Élie-Hercule Bisson
François-Xavier Paradis
Ovila Cayer
Onésime Guibord
Aldéric Blain
John Garand
Amédée Monet
Agnès Lefort
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John Garand1888–1974 · Canadian firearm designer
FP
François-Xavier Paradis1844–1910 · Canadian politician
AL
Agnès Lefort1891–1973 · Canadian artist
Ovila Cayer1844–1909 · Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
PN
Pierre-Rémi Narbonne1806–1839 · Canadian patriote and rebel
Élie-Hercule Bisson1833–1907 · Canadian politician
OG
Onésime Guibord1858–1937 · Canadian politician
AB
Aldéric Blain1886–1943 · Canadian politician
Everyone born in Saint-Rémi → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Saint-Rémi has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,500 to 9,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Saint-Rémi1
Ahead of it: Manor Park and Qualicum Beach. The typical town its size has 0. 10 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Saint-Rémi and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rémi | 9,557 | 1 | 1 | 1838 |
| Saint-Michel | 3,672 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Isidore | 2,889 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Édouard | 1,438 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Mathieu | 2,642 | 1 | 0 | 1921 |
| Mercier | 16,036 | 1 | 1 | 1800 |
In brief
Saint-Rémi in brief
All told, Saint-Rémi has 1 historic place, one with the highest designation; Calvaire du cordon heads the list. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Its people of the past include John Garand (1888), François-Xavier Paradis (1844) and Agnès Lefort (1891). The census dates only 17% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Beyond that, its designation dates from 1978.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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.
- 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.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
Questions about Saint-Rémi’s history
Which places in Saint-Rémi have the highest designation?
It is Calvaire du cordon.
What is the oldest building in Saint-Rémi?
Calvaire du cordon, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1838.
How old are the homes in Saint-Rémi?
17% 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).