Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Around Val-Morin, 5 historic places within 10 km
The nearest town to Val-Morin with a top designation is Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, 11 km away. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has June 27, 1922, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding.
5 places on Canada’s registers lie 10 km or less from Val-Morin
They are 4 municipal citations and a heritage railway station. Nearest comes Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, 8.5 km off, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts. The oldest, “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec”, dates from 1902, 8.7 km away.
The 5 nearest, within 10 km
| Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1905–1907 · 8.5 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Charnier de Sainte-AgatheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 8.5 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Presbytère de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 8.6 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QuebecHeritage Railway Station · 1902–1903 · 8.7 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
| Ancien bureau de poste de Sainte-Agathe-des-MontsMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1914–1916 · 8.8 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts |
Val-Morin keeps more old homes than most towns: 25% from before 1961, against 18%
More of Val-Morin’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 31%. Val-Morin has an unusual share of homes built from 2001 to 2015: 19%, where most towns have 15%. From 2016 to 2021 Val-Morin added 4% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 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.
How Val-Morin compares with 16 towns its size
Towns of 3,200 to 3,200 residents, by places on the registers.
Just these have more: Seven Oaks and North Cypress-Langford. The middle one has 0. For 14, the registers list nothing.
Val-Morin and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-Morin | 3,226 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Val-David | 5,920 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Adèle | 15,216 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | 12,154 | 5 | 0 | 1902 |
| Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides | 1,651 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson | 3,842 | 2 | 1 | 1936 |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 0 | 0 | — |
Val-Morin in brief
Counted by age, 25% of Val-Morin’s homes predate 1961, against 18% in the typical town. For its size the list is short: the typical town has 0 historic places.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protection. Québec’s classements and citations carry legal protection: work on a classified building needs the minister’s authorization, on a cited one the municipality’s. Federal designations commemorate.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- 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 tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
Questions about Val-Morin’s history
How many historic places does Val-Morin have on the registers?
Not inside Val-Morin. The closest is Église de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, 8.5 km away.
When did Val-Morin become a municipality?
Wikidata dates the municipality of Val-Morin to June 27, 1922. That can be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
How old are the homes in Val-Morin?
25% 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).