Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Around Sainte-Sophie, 7 historic places within 10 km
From Sainte-Sophie, look 7.2 km away, to Saint-Jérôme, for the nearest place of the highest designation. Before 1961: just 8.2% of the homes, where most towns have 18%. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is July 1, 1855: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Near Sainte-Sophie, within 10 km: one place of national rank
Hôtel de ville de Saint-Jérôme, 7.3 km off, is the oldest: 1874. At 7 km, Laurentides Museum of Contemporary Art in Saint-Jérôme is the closest. All told, 7 places are within 10 km.
The 7 nearest, within 10 km
| Laurentides Museum of Contemporary ArtClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1922–1924 · 7 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Cathedral of St Jerome, Saint-JérômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1897–1900 · 7 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Saint-Jérôme, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1897–1898 · 7 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Presbytère de Saint-JérômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1895 · 7.1 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Maison PrévostMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 7.2 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Hôtel de ville de Saint-JérômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1874 · 7.3 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
| Chapelle du cimetière de Saint-JérômeMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1887 · 8.5 km away, in Saint-Jérôme |
Within 10 km of Sainte-Sophie, the record goes back to 1874
Within 10 km of Sainte-Sophie but outside it: each historic place by its first recorded construction date.
7 dated places within 10 km make up the record. Oldest of all: Hôtel de ville de Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Jérôme, 1874.
13% of Sainte-Sophie’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Sainte-Sophie built little from 1961 to 1980: 20% of its homes, where most towns have 27%. 42% of Sainte-Sophie’s homes date from 2001 to 2015, well above the typical 15%. Few of Sainte-Sophie’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 17%, the norm 23%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Sainte-Sophie and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Jérôme | 85,160 | 7 | 1 | 1874 |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Prévost | 14,275 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines | 15,904 | 6 | 2 | 1882 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 26,673 | 2 | 1 | 1870 |
Sainte-Sophie in brief
Its housing is young: only 8.2% predates 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The federal register. The federal list is complete and open: Parks Canada’s directory for the designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places for what each one is and why it matters.
- 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.
- Protection. In Québec, a classement or a municipal citation under the Loi sur le patrimoine culturel protects the building in law; a federal designation recognises significance and binds only federal owners.
- People and events. National historic persons carry no place in the open file. They appear on a town’s page when born there (same name, same birth and death years) or when a historic place inside it carries their name and its record names them with their dates; national historic events don’t appear.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Sainte-Sophie’s history
How many historic places does Sainte-Sophie have on the registers?
Not within Sainte-Sophie. Its nearest is a top designation: Laurentides Museum of Contemporary Art, 7 km away in Saint-Jérôme.
When did Sainte-Sophie become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Sainte-Sophie to July 1, 1855. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Sainte-Sophie?
8.2% 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).