Photo: Miro Denck · CC BY-SA 4.0Sutton’s surroundings: 11 historic places within 25 km
The nearest town to Sutton with a top designation is Frelighsburg, 15 km away. 3 people on record were born in Sutton before 1914, Eugène Alphonse Dyer the earliest. Wikidata gives 1896 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Near Sutton, within 25 km: 4 places of national rank
The mix: 7 municipal citations, 2 places classified by Québec and 2 National Historic Sites. Moulin Freligh, 18 km off, is the oldest: 1839. Within 25 km there are 11 in all.
The 11 nearest, within 25 km
| Noyau institutionnel de KnowltonCited heritage site (Québec) · 16 km away, in Lac-Brome |
| Résidence George-Knight-NesbittMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1881 · 16 km away, in Cowansville |
| Église Saint-Andrew de The PassMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1891 · 16 km away, in Lac-Brome |
| Grange ronde de MansonvilleMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1911 · 18 km away, in Potton |
| Moulin FrelighClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1839 · 18 km away, in Frelighsburg |
| Église Holy Trinity de South BoltonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1860 · 20 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Pont de la FrontièreClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1896 · 21 km away, in Potton |
| Église Methodist UnitedMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1879 · 23 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Bolton-Est Town HallNational Historic Site · 1867–1868 · 23 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Église Saint-Patrick de Bolton CentreMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1873–1876 · 23 km away, in Bolton-Est |
| Battle of Eccles HillNational Historic Site · 1870 · 24 km away, in Frelighsburg |
Near Sutton, within 25 km: built places from 1839 on
Reaching 25 km out from Sutton: the historic places by their first construction date on record.
Dated places within 25 km: 10. 2 are older than 1867. Moulin Freligh, in Frelighsburg, goes back furthest, to 1839.
Old houses stand out in Sutton: 25% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%
19% of Sutton’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. The busiest building years in Sutton were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 26% of today’s homes. New building is strong in Sutton: 5.9% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
3 Sutton births on record from before 1914
By Wikipedia’s reach, Eugène Alphonse Dyer leads, with 5 articles. The first on the line is Eugène Alphonse Dyer (1838). Royce Coleman Dyer closes the list, born in 1889. Of them all, Dennis Draper lived longest: 78 years, until 1951.
Everyone born in Sutton → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
How Sutton compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 4,700 to 4,800 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Woodlands County and Central Okanagan. The typical town its size has 0. 14 of them have none.
Sutton and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 4,775 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Frelighsburg | 1,168 | 2 | 2 | 1839 |
| Dunham | 3,632 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Potton | 2,201 | 2 | 1 | 1896 |
| Cowansville | 17,269 | 1 | 0 | 1881 |
| Lac-Brome | 6,307 | 1 | 0 | — |
Sutton in brief
Of the homes standing in Sutton, 25% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Its history in lives: Eugène Alphonse Dyer (1838), Dennis Draper (1873) and Royce Coleman Dyer (1889). Towns its size usually have more historic places; the middle one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
Questions about Sutton’s history
How many historic places does Sutton have on the registers?
The registers have nothing inside Sutton; Noyau institutionnel de Knowlton, in Lac-Brome, is 16 km away.
When did Sutton become a municipality?
By Wikidata, Sutton dates from 1896; the record doesn’t say whether that is a founding, an incorporation or a merger.
How old are the homes in Sutton?
The 2021 Census dates 25% 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.
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).