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Photo: Anna Frodesiak · Public domainThe nearest heritage to Sainte-Adèle is Maison Joseph-Thibodeau, 5.8 km off, one of 15 places within 25 km. The closest top-tier heritage is in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, 11 km from here. Of the 2 people born in Sainte-Adèle before 1914, Pierre-Auguste Lafleur came first.
The past in one picture: one old photograph of the town. Open it full screen with a tap.
1920Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The date Wikidata keeps for Sainte-Adèle is August 27, 1997; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open. In 1891 the railway came to Sainte-Adèle.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Sainte-Adèle”, revision 239867668 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
Reaching 25 km out from Sainte-Adèle: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Dated places within 25 km: 13. Before Confederation: one. The oldest is Maison Joseph-Thibodeau in Piedmont, from 1844.
Nearest comes Maison Joseph-Thibodeau, 5.8 km off, in Piedmont. Centre commercial du Domaine-de-l'Estérel, 12 km off, is the nearest of 2 top-tier places. They are 11 municipal citations, 2 places classified by Québec and 2 heritage railway stations.
| Maison Joseph-ThibodeauMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1844–1855 · 5.8 km away, in Piedmont |
| Site du patrimoine de Saint-Sauveur-des-MontsCited heritage site (Québec) · 6.6 km away, in Saint-Sauveur |
| Centre commercial du Domaine-de-l'EstérelClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1936–1937 · 12 km away, in Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson |
| Charnier de Sainte-AgatheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 15 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1905–1907 · 15 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Presbytère de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 15 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1902–1903 · 15 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Ancien bureau de poste de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1914–1916 · 15 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Chapelle du cimetière de Saint-JérômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887 · 22 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Laurentides Museum of Contemporary ArtClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922–1924 · 22 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Maison PrévostMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 22 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Cathedral of St Jerome, Saint-JérômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897–1900 · 22 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
21% of Sainte-Adèle’s homes predate 1961, close to the typical town’s 18%. New building is strong in Sainte-Adèle: 6.1% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 25% of Sainte-Adèle’s, against 15% in the typical town.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Towns of 15,100 to 15,300 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Beauharnois, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Saint-François, Central Elgin and Lachine-Ouest. The typical town its size has 0. 10 of them have nothing on the registers.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Piedmont | 3,667 | 1 | 0 | 1844 |
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Sauveur | 12,112 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 2 | 1 | 1936 |
The pre-1961 share of Sainte-Adèle’s homes is 21%, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. The other figures are unremarkable: people of its past such as Claude-Henri Grignon (1894) and Pierre-Auguste Lafleur (1872).
Sainte-Adèle has none of its own yet. Maison Joseph-Thibodeau, in Piedmont, is the nearest, 5.8 km away.
21% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
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).