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History of Val-des-Sources · Canada’s heritage registers

In Val-des-Sources, 35% of homes go back before 1961

Val-des-Sources has 2 times what the typical town has (18%). 9 places on the heritage registers lie within 25 km of Val-des-Sources, the nearest Maison Houston, 6.4 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Danville, 4.9 km from here.

Historic places within 25 km

2 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

6.4 km

Maison Houston

Homes built before 1961

35%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1908

How it began

The record of Val-des-Sources, from 1899 on

Asbestos was the name of Val-des-Sources until 2020. December 8, 1899 is the date of Val-des-Sources’s municipality in Wikidata, and like many such dates it may record a charter, not the first homes.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The age of the area

Around Val-des-Sources, within 25 km, the dated heritage reaches back to 1840

The nearest historic places to Val-des-Sources, out to 25 km, by the first construction date on each record.

British North America 1760–18663

After Confederation 1867–19134

Wars and Depression 1914–19451

Since 1946 1946 on0

Église anglicane Saint-Paul, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, is the oldest (1840). 8 places within 25 km have a date. 3 predate Confederation.

Around the town

Near Val-des-Sources, within 25 km: 2 places of national rank

At 6.4 km, Maison Houston in Danville is the closest. They stand in 6 towns, Richmond, Danville and Saint-Georges-de-Windsor among them. Within 25 km there are 9 in all.

The 9 nearest, within 25 km

Maison HoustonMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1885 · 6.4 km away, in Danville

Presbytère de Saint-Georges-de-WindsorMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1926 · 11 km away, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor

Moulin DenisonClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1850–1855 · 13 km away, in Danville

Canadian National Railway Station, Richmond, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1912–1913 · 21 km away, in Richmond

Bureau d'enregistrement de RichmondClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1859–1860 · 21 km away, in Richmond

Pont Joseph-Édouard-PerraultMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 21 km away, in Warwick

Centre d'interprétation de l'ardoiseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1889 · 21 km away, in Richmond

Site du patrimoine de La PoudrièreCited heritage site (Québec) · 22 km away, in Windsor

Église anglicane Saint-PaulMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1840–1843 · 23 km away, in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey

Homes by age

Little new building in Val-des-Sources: 2.3% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

More of Val-des-Sources’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 42%. Few of Val-des-Sources’s homes date from 2001 to 2015: 5.9%, the norm 15%. Only 14% of Val-des-Sources’s homes were built from 1981 to 2000, less than the typical town’s 23%.

35%

Before 1961

42%

1961–80

14%

1981–2000

5.9%

2001–15

2.3%

2016–21

Val-des-SourcesTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Towns its size

How Val-des-Sources compares with 16 towns its size

Towns of 7,300 to 7,300 residents, by places on the registers.

Val-des-Sources0

Only Chandler has more. The typical town its size has 0. For 15, the registers list nothing.

Neighbours

Val-des-Sources and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Highest	Oldest
Val-des-Sources	7,303	0	0	—
Danville	3,944	2	1	1850
Saint-Georges-de-Windsor	1,034	1	0	1926
Wotton	1,448	0	0	—
Tingwick	1,567	0	0	—
Kingsey Falls	2,072	0	0	—
Cleveland	1,624	0	0	—

In brief

Val-des-Sources in brief

Older stock first: 35% of homes in Val-des-Sources were standing by 1961, against 18% in the typical town. Most towns its size have more historic places: the typical one has 0. The other figures are unremarkable: John Harry Williams (1908) is its person of the past on the record.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

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.
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.
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.
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 grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.

Questions about Val-des-Sources’s history

How many historic places does Val-des-Sources have on the registers?

None within Val-des-Sources itself; the nearest is 6.4 km off: Maison Houston, in Danville.

How old are the homes in Val-des-Sources?

35% 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).