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History of Sainte-Catherine · Canada’s heritage registers

Named for Kateri Tekakwitha: Sainte-Catherine

Within 5 km of Sainte-Catherine there are 5 designated places; Maison Page, at 3.3 km, is the closest. Before 1961: just 4.3% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. Sault-Saint-Louis, 5.7 km away, has the nearest place of the highest rank.

Historic places within 5 km

2 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

3.3 km

Maison Page

Homes built before 1961

4.3%

typical town: 18%

How it began

Back to 1937: Sainte-Catherine’s first record

On the open record, Sainte-Catherine as a municipality goes back to October 30, 1937, though that may be a charter rather than a first settlement. The name of Sainte-Catherine honours Kateri Tekakwitha.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The age of the area

Near Sainte-Catherine, within 5 km: built places from 1710 on

The historic places within 5 km of Sainte-Catherine, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.

New France before 17602

British North America 1760–18661

After Confederation 1867–19132

Wars and Depression 1914–19450

Since 1946 1946 on0

Dated places within 5 km: 5. 3 predate Confederation. The oldest is Site archéologique du Pied-des-Rapides-de-Lachine in Desmarchais-Crawford, from 1710.

Around the town

The highest designation, 2 times, within 5 km of Sainte-Catherine

By designation: 3 municipal citations and 2 places classified by Québec. Within 5 km there are 5 in all. The nearest is Maison Page, 3.3 km away in Candiac.

The 5 nearest, within 5 km

Maison PageMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1800 · 3.3 km away, in Candiac

Maison AlepinMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1900–1901 · 4.6 km away, in Sault-Saint-Louis

Maison PennistonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1890 · 4.6 km away, in Sault-Saint-Louis

Site archéologique du Pied-des-Rapides-de-LachineClassified heritage site (Québec) · 1710 · 4.8 km away, in Desmarchais-Crawford

Maison Étienne-Nivard-de Saint-DizierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1710 · 4.8 km away, in Desmarchais-Crawford

Homes by age

Most of Sainte-Catherine’s homes went up from 1981 to 2000: 53%

Over half of the homes in Sainte-Catherine were already standing by 2001. Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 3.9% of Sainte-Catherine’s, about the typical 4.1%. In Sainte-Catherine, 24% of homes date from 1961 to 1980, much as in most towns (27%).

4.3%

Before 1961

24%

1961–80

53%

1981–2000

15%

2001–15

3.9%

2016–21

Sainte-CatherineTypical 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

How Sainte-Catherine compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 17,600 to 17,900 residents, by places on the registers.

Sainte-Catherine0

Just these have more: Cold Lake, L'Ancienne-Lorette and Unionville. Their median is 0. 13 of them have none.

Neighbours

Sainte-Catherine and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Sainte-Catherine	17,782	0	0	—
Delson	8,802	0	0	—
Saint-Constant	32,124	0	0	—
Candiac	24,920	1	0	1800
Sault-Saint-Louis	47,270	5	1	1775
Desmarchais-Crawford	18,505	2	2	1710
Ville-Émard	13,826	0	0	—

In brief

Sainte-Catherine in brief

Its housing is young: only 4.3% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
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.
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.
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 grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.

Questions about Sainte-Catherine’s history

How many historic places does Sainte-Catherine have on the registers?

The registers have nothing inside Sainte-Catherine; Maison Page, in Candiac, is 3.3 km away.

How old are the homes in Sainte-Catherine?

4.3% 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).