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Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainWithin 25 km of Sainte-Mélanie there are 19 designated places; Maison Antoine-Lacombe, at 8.1 km, is the closest. For the highest designations, the closest town is Saint-Charles-Borromée, 9.1 km off. Édouard Guilbault heads a list of 5 people born in Sainte-Mélanie before 1914.
Sainte-Mélanie was founded in 1832. That makes it 194 years old. For the municipality of Sainte-Mélanie itself, Wikidata records July 1, 1855, a date that can be a founding as much as a merger.
How it began: Wikidata (CC0); dates read from French Wikipedia’s article “Sainte-Mélanie”, revision 235815213 (CC BY-SA 4.0), and stated in our own words.
The nearest historic places to Sainte-Mélanie, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 25 km, building dates exist for 18 places. Before Confederation: 4. The earliest is Église Saint-Paul in Saint-Paul, begun in 1803.
At 8.1 km, Maison Antoine-Lacombe in Saint-Charles-Borromée is the closest. Église Saint-Paul, 16 km off, is the oldest: 1803. Saint-Jacques, Saint-Jean-de-Matha and Joliette hold most of them, among 7 towns.
| Maison Antoine-LacombeClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1840 · 8.1 km away, in Saint-Charles-Borromée |
| Monument funéraire de Louis CyrMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1912 · 11 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Canadian National Railways Station, Joliette, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1901–1902 · 12 km away, in Joliette |
| Ancien presbytère de Saint-Jean-de-MathaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Joliette Court HouseNational Historic Site · 1860–1863 · 12 km away, in Joliette |
| Maison de Louis CyrMunicipal citation (Québec) · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha ChurchMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1884–1886 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Ancien couvent de Saint-Jean-de-MathaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1896–1897 · 12 km away, in Saint-Jean-de-Matha |
| Évêché de JolietteMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1880 · 12 km away, in Joliette |
| St Charles Borromeo CathedralMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887–1892 · 12 km away, in Joliette |
| Église Saint-PaulClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1803–1804 · 16 km away, in Saint-Paul |
| Couvent des sœurs de Sainte-AnneMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1913 · 20 km away, in Saint-Jacques |
More of Sainte-Mélanie’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 34%. Homes from before 1961 are 13% of Sainte-Mélanie’s housing, below the typical 18%. 20% of Sainte-Mélanie’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%.
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 5, 3 were born in the years before Confederation. 5 Wikipedias cover Joseph-Mathias Tellier, the most of anyone here. The record holds 5 people born here before 1914. Joseph-Mathias Tellier reached 91, the longest life here, ending in 1952.
Everyone born in Sainte-Mélanie → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Mélanie | 3,417 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | 3,328 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare | 4,615 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | 7,670 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare | 1,941 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 16,904 | 1 | 1 | 1840 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | 9,622 | 0 | 0 | — |
Among the lives from its past: Joseph-Mathias Tellier (1861), Édouard Guilbault (1834) and Édouard-Charles St-Père (1876). Few of its homes are old, 13% before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Everything else is close to the norm: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
Sainte-Mélanie has none of its own; Maison Antoine-Lacombe, in Saint-Charles-Borromée, the closest at 8.1 km, holds the highest designation.
13% 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).
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).