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History of Saint-Zénon · Canada’s heritage registers

Saint-Zénon’s beginnings: Théophile-Stanislas Provost, 1895

7 places on the heritage registers lie within 50 km of Saint-Zénon, the nearest Presbytère de Saint-Côme, 34 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, 62 km from here.

Historic places within 50 km

0 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

34 km

Presbytère de Saint-Côme

Homes built before 1961

24%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Back to 1895: the start of Saint-Zénon

The founding of Saint-Zénon goes back to Théophile-Stanislas Provost, on October 7, 1895. That was 131 years ago.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from English Wikipedia’s article “Saint-Zénon”, revision 1380121263 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.

Around the town

Leave Saint-Zénon and the first historic place is Presbytère de Saint-Côme, 34 km away

Their towns number 2: Saint-Jean-de-Matha and Saint-Côme first. The oldest, Ancien presbytère de Saint-Jean-de-Matha, dates from 1884, 45 km away. All told, 7 places are within 50 km.

The 7 nearest, within 50 km

Presbytère de Saint-CômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887–1888 · 34 km away, in Saint-Côme

Church of St. CosmasMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1886 · 34 km away, in Saint-Côme

Ancien couvent de Saint-Jean-de-MathaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1896–1897 · 45 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha

Ancien presbytère de Saint-Jean-de-MathaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884 · 45 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha

Saint-Jean-de-Matha ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884–1886 · 45 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha

Maison de Louis CyrMunicipal citation (Québec) · 45 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha

Monument funéraire de Louis CyrMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1912 · 45 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha

Homes by age

Saint-Zénon keeps more old homes than most towns: 24% from before 1961, against 18%

From 2016 to 2021 Saint-Zénon added 4.1% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. Saint-Zénon’s largest group of homes, 32%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Count back from today and half of Saint-Zénon’s homes are older than 1981.

24%

Before 1961

32%

1961–80

26%

1981–2000

13%

2001–15

4.1%

2016–21

Saint-ZénonTypical 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-Zénon and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Saint-Zénon	1,435	0	0	—
Saint-Michel-des-Saints	2,841	0	0	—

In brief

Saint-Zénon in brief

Counted by age, 24% of Saint-Zénon’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
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.
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.
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 federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.

Questions about Saint-Zénon’s history

How many historic places does Saint-Zénon have on the registers?

Inside Saint-Zénon, none so far; Presbytère de Saint-Côme, 34 km away in Saint-Côme, is the closest.

How old are the homes in Saint-Zénon?

24% 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).

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).