TopNational Historic Site · 1851–1909Joly de Lotbinière Estate7015 Route de Pointe PlatonPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Joly de Lotbinière Estate · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.04historic places on the registers
History of Sainte-Croix · Canada’s heritage registers
Sainte-Croix: 4 historic places, 3 with the highest designation
Designations here include a municipal citation. Few towns have as much for their size as Sainte-Croix: 15 for every 10,000 residents, more than 99% of Canadian towns. Of the dated places, Maison Boisvert is the oldest, from 1829. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is October 5, 2001: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Historic places
4
15 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
3
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1829
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
29%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
See Sainte-Croix today and before 1950: 3 photos, 2 old pictures
In front: Joly de Lotbinière Estate and Maison Boisvert. All of Sainte-Croix’s designated places are pictured. For 2 of Sainte-Croix’s places, old views sit on the place’s own page.
Photos 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.
Through time
Sainte-Croix between 1920 and 1925
In order of date: the oldest views of 2 of its historic places. Tap any picture to see it full screen.
c. 1920
c. 1925Public 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 map
Where Sainte-Croix’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designationsProvincial and local listings
Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.
The 4, by tier
3 Highest designations1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Highest designations
3 places in Sainte-Croix with the highest designation
Maison Boisvert is the earliest, from 1829; the latest dates from 1851. Here that means 2 places classified by Québec and a National Historic Site. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.
TopClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1829Maison Boisvert169 rang Saint-EustachePhoto: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Classified heritage building (Québec) · 1851Maison de Pointe-Platonroute de Pointe-PlatonPhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Provincial and local listings
One local listing in Sainte-Croix
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1911–1915Église Sainte-Croix6319 rue PrincipalePhoto: JeffT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Just outside
Just outside Sainte-Croix
Places the registers give to the town from within 5 km of its edge, nearest first.
Just outside Sainte-Croix: 1
| Church of Our Lady of the Sacred HeartMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1.5 km outside the town |
Homes by age
Old houses stand out in Sainte-Croix: 29% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
From 2016 on, Sainte-Croix built only 2.2% of its homes; the typical town built 4.1%. The largest single period is from 1961 to 1980, with 31% of Sainte-Croix’s homes. Over half of the homes in Sainte-Croix were already standing by 1981.
29%
Before 1961
31%
1961–80
20%
1981–2000
16%
2001–15
2.2%
2016–21
Sainte-CroixTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Lives that started in Sainte-Croix, 1779–1900
Fame, by Wikipedia: Michel-Édouard Méthot first, in 4 languages. The record holds 4 people born here before 1914. Longest lived was Louis Legendre, 81 years in all (1860).
Louis Legendre
Michel-Édouard Méthot
Napoléon Lemay
Antonio Auger
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Michel-Édouard Méthot1826–1892 · 19th-century Canadian Churchman and rector of Université Laval
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Louis Legendre1779–1860 · Canadian politician
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Napoléon Lemay1865–1946 · Canadian politician
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Antonio Auger1900–1979
Everyone born in Sainte-Croix → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Towns its size
Sainte-Croix has the most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,600 residents, by places on the registers.
Sainte-Croix4
The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have nothing on the registers.
Neighbours
Sainte-Croix and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Croix | 2,612 | 4 | 3 | 1829 |
| Donnacona | 7,785 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière | 1,295 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cap-Santé | 3,885 | 4 | 4 | 1720 |
| Laurier-Station | 2,838 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 1,747 | 3 | 1 | 1786 |
| Neuville | 4,579 | 11 | 10 | 1759 |
In brief
Sainte-Croix in brief
Of the homes standing in Sainte-Croix, 29% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. All told, the registers hold 4 historic places, 3 with the highest designation. It tops the 16 towns nearest its size for historic places. Of its people of the past, the best known are Michel-Édouard Méthot (1826), Louis Legendre (1779) and Napoléon Lemay (1865). Everything else is close to the norm: the designations ran from 1986 to 2009.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. The Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec is open data, so the province’s own designations and its municipalities’ citations are here in full.
- 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.
- 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-Croix’s history
Which places in Sainte-Croix have the highest designation?
These: Joly de Lotbinière Estate, Maison Boisvert and Maison de Pointe-Platon.
What is the oldest building in Sainte-Croix?
Maison Boisvert, a Classified heritage building (Québec), begun in 1829.
How old are the homes in Sainte-Croix?
Before 1961: 29% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
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).