LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1869Église Saint-Joseph-d'Elyrue Saint-JosephPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Presbytère de Saint-Joseph-d'Ely · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.04historic places on the registers
History of Valcourt · Canada’s heritage registers
4 historic places on the heritage registers in Valcourt
In Valcourt the earliest construction date, 1869, belongs to Église Saint-Joseph-d'Ely. For the municipality itself, Wikidata has October 19, 1929, which can be an incorporation or a merger rather than a founding. The list takes in 4 municipal citations.
Historic places
4
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
4
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1869
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
19%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Valcourt in 4 photos and 1 old pictures
Among them: Presbytère de Saint-Joseph-d'Ely and Maison Joseph-Armand-Bombardier. The photos cover every place on Valcourt’s registers.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Through time
Valcourt, long ago
A single old picture: the oldest view of one of its historic places. Tap the picture to enlarge it.
c. 1925Public domain or CC0, made before 1950, from Wikimedia Commons; old views of places can be drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit opens the image’s page.
The map
Where Valcourt’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 4, by tier
4 Provincial and local listings
Two open registers meet here: Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and Québec’s heritage register, which records both provincial classements and municipal citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
4 local listings in Valcourt
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. The oldest, Église Saint-Joseph-d'Ely, dates from 1869; the newest from 1924. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1915Maison Joseph-Armand-Bombardier794 rue Saint-JosephPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1923Presbytère de Saint-Joseph-d'Ely800 rue Saint-JosephPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1924Bijouterie Drainville980 rue Saint-JosephPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
Little new building in Valcourt: 1.4% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Valcourt built little from 2001 to 2015: 6.2% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. More of Valcourt’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 49%. Homes from before 1961 are 19% of Valcourt’s housing, about the typical 18%.
19%
Before 1961
49%
1961–80
26%
1981–2000
6.2%
2001–15
1.4%
2016–21
ValcourtTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Valcourt and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valcourt | 2,203 | 4 | 0 | 1869 |
| Valcourt | 1,081 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Racine | 1,441 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Durham-Sud | 1,041 | 1 | 0 | 1897 |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | 5,249 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Stukely-Sud | 1,242 | 1 | 0 | 1854 |
In brief
Valcourt in brief
Of the homes standing in Valcourt, 19% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. There are 4 historic places in all. Beyond that, its past has one life on the record, Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907); and all its places were designated in 2003.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about Valcourt’s history
How many historic places does Valcourt have on the registers?
4 historic places in Valcourt, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Valcourt?
By its record, Église Saint-Joseph-d'Ely, from 1869 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
How old are the homes in Valcourt?
19% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · 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).