Photo: Misspixels (Isabelle Gagné) · CC BY-SA 4.05 heritage places lie within 10 km of Val-David
Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, 11 km from Val-David, has the nearest place of the highest rank. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is May 10, 1921: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
5 designated places lie within 10 km of Val-David
The mix: 4 municipal citations and a heritage railway station. Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is the nearest, 6.6 km away. “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec”, 6.7 km off, is the oldest: 1902.
The 5 nearest, within 10 km
| Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1905–1907 · 6.6 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Charnier de Sainte-AgatheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 6.6 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Presbytère de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 6.7 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1902–1903 · 6.7 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Ancien bureau de poste de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1914–1916 · 6.9 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
6.8% of Val-David’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Like the typical town (18%), Val-David has 14% of its homes from before 1961. The busiest building years in Val-David were from 1961 to 1980, which account for 34% of today’s homes. 24% of Val-David’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.
How Val-David compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 5,900 to 6,000 residents, by places on the registers.
Ahead of it: Lowertown West, Lac-Mégantic, Central Frederick, Mile 108 Recreational Ranch, Sainte-Martine and University. The middle one has 0. 10 of them have none.
Val-David and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-David | 5,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | 12,154 | 5 | 0 | 1902 |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides | 1,651 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 2 | 1 | 1936 |
| Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | 3,974 | 0 | 0 | — |
Val-David in brief
The census dates only 14% of its homes before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
- Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
- 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.
- The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
Questions about Val-David’s history
How many historic places does Val-David have on the registers?
None within Val-David itself; the nearest is 6.6 km off: Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts.
When did Val-David become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Val-David to May 10, 1921. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Val-David?
The 2021 Census dates 14% 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).