LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1919–1923Calvaire Jean-Gagnonavenue Sainte-BrigittePhoto: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Calvaire Jean-Gagnon · Photo: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.04historic places on the registers
History of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval · Canada’s heritage registers
Canada’s registers list 4 historic places in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
For its size Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is rich ground: 4.4 per 10,000 residents, ahead of 94% of Canadian towns. Go back to 1919 and you reach Calvaire Jean-Gagnon, the oldest of them. Wikidata gives February 11, 1875 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged. Designations here include 4 municipal citations.
Historic places
4
4.4 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
4
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1919
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
10%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
4 views of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s heritage
Each of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s designated places has a photo. Two worth a look first: Calvaire Jean-Gagnon and Calvaire du cimetière de Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval.
Calvaire du cimetière de Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Croix lumineuse de Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval
Calvaire Léonidas-Lachance+1See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
The map
Where Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 4, by tier
4 Provincial and local listings
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
4 more places Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval or its province protects
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. They date from 1919 (Calvaire Jean-Gagnon) to 1971. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1920Calvaire Léonidas-Lachanceavenue Sainte-BrigittePhoto: Natharchives · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1960Calvaire du cimetière de Sainte-Brigitte-de-LavalPhoto: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1971Croix lumineuse de Sainte-Brigitte-de-LavalPhoto: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval is still building: 13% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
At 10%, Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s share of pre-1961 homes is under the typical town’s 18%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 47% of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s, against 15% in the typical town. Only 16% of Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980, less than the typical town’s 27%.
10%
Before 1961
16%
1961–80
14%
1981–2000
47%
2001–15
13%
2016–21
Sainte-Brigitte-de-LavalTypical 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 its size
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval has the 3rd most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 9,000 to 9,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval4
Only Chelsea and Coaticook have more. Their median is 0. For 13, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval | 9,084 | 4 | 0 | 1919 |
| Lac-Beauport | 8,524 | 3 | 0 | 1843 |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | 17,558 | 1 | 1 | 1760 |
| Château-Richer | 4,732 | 21 | 2 | 1739 |
| Boischatel | 9,250 | 7 | 3 | 1660 |
| L'Ange-Gardien | 4,106 | 5 | 4 | 1674 |
| Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury | 10,147 | 2 | 0 | — |
In brief
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval in brief
The registers count 4 historic places in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. Just 2 towns of its size, out of 16, have more historic places. Before 1961: just 10% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: every designation dates from 2005.
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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. 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 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.
- 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.
Questions about Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval’s history
How many historic places does Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval have on the registers?
The registers list 4 historic places inside Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval.
What is the oldest building in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
Calvaire Jean-Gagnon (Municipal citation (Québec)): the first construction date on its record is 1919.
How old are the homes in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval?
10% 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). 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).