Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0History around Sainte-Barbe: 16 designated places within 25 km
From Sainte-Barbe, look 11 km away, to Huntingdon, for the nearest place of the highest designation. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is June 12, 1882: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Sainte-Barbe’s area holds 12 top-tier places within 25 km
They belong to 8 towns, chiefly Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Huntingdon and Les Cèdres. At 11 km, Hôtel de ville de Huntingdon in Huntingdon is the closest. Battle of the Cedars, 22 km off, is the oldest: 1776.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Hôtel de ville de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 11 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Bureau d'enregistrement de HuntingdonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922 · 11 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Édifice O'ConnorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915 · 11 km away, in Huntingdon |
| Arrondissement institutionnel de la paroisse de Sainte-CécileCited heritage site (Québec) · 12 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Droulers-TsiionhiakwathaNational Historic Site · 12 km away, in Saint-Anicet |
| Site patrimonial de l'Entrée-Supérieure-de-l'Ancien-Canal-de-BeauharnoisClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1842–1845 · 12 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Pont Jean-De La LandeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1894–1895 · 12 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
| Coteau-du-LacNational Historic Site · 1779–1782 · 13 km away, in Coteau-du-Lac |
| Le Petit PouvoirClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1899 · 17 km away, in Les Cèdres |
| Powerscourt Covered BridgeNational Historic Site · 1861–1862 · 20 km away, in Hinchinbrooke |
| Maison Pierre-CharrayClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1794 · 20 km away, in Les Cèdres |
| Bâtiment Joseph-Olivier-ArchambaultMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1851 · 20 km away, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
Near Sainte-Barbe (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the years before Confederation
The nearest historic places to Sainte-Barbe, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Battle of the Cedars, in Les Cèdres, goes back furthest, to 1776. Dated places within 25 km: 14. 9 predate Confederation.
Sainte-Barbe is still building: 17% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Before 1961: 23% of Sainte-Barbe’s homes, against 18% in most towns. The busiest building years in Sainte-Barbe were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 30% of today’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 12% of Sainte-Barbe’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.
Sainte-Barbe and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Barbe | 1,993 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Zotique | 10,445 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 2,162 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Godmanchester | 1,590 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Les Coteaux | 6,294 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Huntingdon | 3,001 | 3 | 2 | 1859 |
| Rivière-Beaudette | 2,806 | 0 | 0 | — |
Sainte-Barbe in brief
Sainte-Barbe has 23% of its homes from before 1961, against 18% in the typical town.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Questions about Sainte-Barbe’s history
How many historic places does Sainte-Barbe have on the registers?
Not within Sainte-Barbe. Its nearest is a top designation: Hôtel de ville de Huntingdon, 11 km away in Huntingdon.
When did Sainte-Barbe become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Sainte-Barbe is June 12, 1882, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Sainte-Barbe?
Before 1961: 23% of its homes; 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).