Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Grange Lajoie · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0The typical town has 18%: Saint-Urbain has 2.3 times the share. All told the heritage lists hold 2 historic places within the town, and one sits in the top tier. The earliest construction date, 1850, belongs to Grange Lajoie. On the list: a municipal citation.
Saint-Urbain is named after Urbain Boiret. The date Wikidata keeps for Saint-Urbain is July 1, 1855; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
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.
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Closest of all is Moulin du Gouffre, in Baie-Saint-Paul, 6 km off. Maison Bouchard, 24 km off, is the oldest: 1728. They stand in 5 towns, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Baie-Saint-Paul and Les Éboulements among them.
| Moulin du GouffreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1828 · 6 km away, in Baie-Saint-Paul |
| Domaine CimonClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1862–1870 · 13 km away, in Baie-Saint-Paul |
| Pont de Saint-Placide-de-CharlevoixMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1926 · 18 km away, in Baie-Saint-Paul |
| Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive ShipyardNational Historic Site · 1946–1958 · 18 km away, in Les Éboulements |
| Chapelle de procession de Saint-NicolasClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1751–1850 · 18 km away, in Les Éboulements |
| Les Éboulements Common MillMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1790 · 18 km away, in Les Éboulements |
| Moulin à scie BouchardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1859 · 21 km away, in Saint-Hilarion |
| Maison Leclerc (L'Isle-aux-Coudres)Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1750–1780 · 23 km away, in L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
| Chapelle de procession Saint-IsidoreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1836 · 23 km away, in L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
| Chapelle de procession Saint-PierreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1837 · 23 km away, in L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
| Moulin à eau de L'Isle-aux-CoudresClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1826 · 23 km away, in L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
| Moulin à vent de L'Isle-aux-CoudresClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1836 · 23 km away, in L'Isle-aux-Coudres |
Saint-Urbain built little from 2001 to 2015: 11% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. Half of the homes standing in Saint-Urbain today were built before 1981. Homes built from 1961 to 1980 make up 29% of Saint-Urbain’s, about the typical 27%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Alice Vinette reached 95, the longest life here, ending in 1989. 6 people on the record were born here before 1914. The widest known is Joseph Girard: 4 Wikipedia editions. Of the 6, 4 were born in the decades after Confederation.
Everyone born in Saint-Urbain → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Urbain | 1,431 | 2 | 1 | 1850 |
| Saint-Hilarion | 1,221 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Baie-Saint-Paul | 7,760 | 3 | 2 | 1828 |
| Les Éboulements | 1,661 | 3 | 2 | 1751 |
Housing in Saint-Urbain includes 41% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 2 historic places, one with the highest designation, with Grange Lajoie first. Joseph Girard (1853), Joseph-Arsène Bonnier (1879) and Joseph-Arthur Bradette (1886) lead its people of the past. For the rest, the designations ran from 1975 to 1998.
41% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Grange Lajoie.
Grange Lajoie — its record dates it to 1850 (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).
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