Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.037% of Saint-Siméon’s homes were built before 1961
Saint-Siméon’s share is 2.1 times the typical 18%. 10 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Saint-Siméon, the nearest Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-Bonaventure, 7.4 km away. Look 19 km away, to New Carlisle, for the nearest place of the highest designation. As a municipality it dates, by Wikidata, from October 29, 1914, a date that can mark incorporation or a merger as well as a founding.
Within 25 km of Saint-Siméon, the years before Confederation left the most
Places as far as 25 km from Saint-Siméon, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
7 places within 25 km have a date. 3 go back before 1867. Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, in Paspébiac, goes back furthest, to 1783.
The registers find 10 places within 25 km of Saint-Siméon
Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, 25 km off, is the oldest: 1783. Maison René-Lévesque, 20 km away, leads 3 places with the top designation. New Carlisle, New Richmond and Bonaventure hold most of them, among 5 towns.
The 10 nearest, within 25 km
| Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-BonaventureCited heritage site (Québec) · 7.4 km away, in Bonaventure |
| La NeigièreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 12 km away, in Caplan |
| Maison René-LévesqueClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1905 · 20 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Centre culturel et d’interprétation KempfferMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1868 · 20 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Maison HamiltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1852 · 20 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Maison ThompsonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838 · 20 km away, in New Carlisle |
| VIA Rail/Canadian National Railways Station, New Carlisle, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1947–1948 · 21 km away, in New Carlisle |
| Pont de Saint-EdgarClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1938 · 21 km away, in New Richmond |
| Site du patrimoine de New RichmondCited heritage site (Québec) · 23 km away, in New Richmond |
| Banc de Pêche de PaspébiacNational Historic Site · 1783–1901 · 25 km away, in Paspébiac |
37% of Saint-Siméon’s homes were built before 1961
Saint-Siméon built little from 1981 to 2000: 15% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. From 2016 to 2021 Saint-Siméon added 3.5% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Half of the homes standing in Saint-Siméon today were built before 1981.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Saint-Siméon and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Siméon | 1,254 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Caplan | 1,961 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 1 | 0 | — |
Saint-Siméon in brief
Older stock first: 37% of homes in Saint-Siméon were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- 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. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Saint-Siméon’s history
How many historic places does Saint-Siméon have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Saint-Siméon; Site du patrimoine de l'Église-de-Saint-Bonaventure, in Bonaventure, is 7.4 km away.
When did Saint-Siméon become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Saint-Siméon is October 29, 1914, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Saint-Siméon?
The 2021 Census dates 37% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).