History of Sainte-Eulalie · Canada’s heritage registers
Before 1969, Sainte-Eulalie went by Ste. Eulalie
Within 25 km of Sainte-Eulalie there are 7 designated places; Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Sainte-Victoire, at 23 km, is the closest. The closest top-tier heritage is in Victoriaville, 23 km from here. The earliest of 2 people born in Sainte-Eulalie before 1914 is Alexandre Gaudet.
Historic places within 25 km
7
0 of the highest designation
Nearest historic place
23 km
Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Sainte-Victoire
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
Born here before 1914
2
the earliest in 1870
How it began
Back to 1864: Sainte-Eulalie’s first record
The municipality of Sainte-Eulalie has the date July 1, 1864 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation. Sainte-Eulalie was known as Ste. Eulalie until 1969. Aston gave way to the present municipality in 1864.
The registers find 7 places within 25 km of Sainte-Eulalie
Their towns number 3: Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Victoriaville and Warwick first. The nearest is Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Sainte-Victoire, 23 km away in Victoriaville. Oldest of them is Presbytère de Saint-Cyrille (1893), 24 km off.
Sainte-Eulalie keeps more old homes than most towns: 28% from before 1961, against 18%
Sainte-Eulalie’s largest group of homes, 34%, went up from 1961 to 1980. Only 6.1% of Sainte-Eulalie’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, less than the typical town’s 15%. From 2016 to 2021 Sainte-Eulalie added 3.7% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%.
28%
Before 1961
34%
1961–80
24%
1981–2000
6.1%
2001–15
3.7%
2016–21
Sainte-EulalieTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Of the homes standing in Sainte-Eulalie, 28% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, its past has lives on the record such as Françoise Gaudet-Smet (1902) and Alexandre Gaudet (1870).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.
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The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
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Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
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Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
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The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
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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.
Questions about Sainte-Eulalie’s history
How many historic places does Sainte-Eulalie have on the registers?
None within Sainte-Eulalie itself; the nearest is 23 km off: Site du patrimoine de l'Église-Sainte-Victoire, in Victoriaville.
How old are the homes in Sainte-Eulalie?
The 2021 Census dates 28% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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.