History of Vallée-Jonction · Canada’s heritage registers
Before 1961: 39% of the homes in Vallée-Jonction
The typical town has 18%: Vallée-Jonction has 2.2 times the share. All told, the heritage lists hold 1 historic place within the town. That place is Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, a heritage railway station, from 1917.
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Through time
Vallée-Jonction before 1950
From before 1950 comes the oldest view of one of its historic places. Open it full screen with a tap.
Public 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.
How it began
Vallée-Jonction’s record begins in 1917
Its oldest recorded station, Vallée-Jonction railway station, dates from 1917. In 1989 the municipality took over from L'Enfant-Jésus and Vallée-Jonction. The municipality of Vallée-Jonction has the date March 22, 1989 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation.
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Other federal designations
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The 1, by tier
1 Other federal designations
In Québec the record is fuller than elsewhere: beside Parks Canada’s designations, the province’s register lists its classements and every municipal citation.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Other federal designations
Federal heritage in Vallée-Jonction: one more place
Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings, heritage railway stations and lighthouses. Each one opens its own page.
Top-ranked heritage near Vallée-Jonction: 3 places within 10 km
The earliest date is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Courthouse’s, 1859, 8.3 km away. Closest of all is Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Institutional Ensemble, in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 8.1 km off. All told, 6 places are within 10 km.
39% of Vallée-Jonction’s homes were built before 1961
Homes built from 2016 to 2021 are 4.8% of Vallée-Jonction’s, about the typical 4.1%. Vallée-Jonction built little from 1981 to 2000: 18% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. More than half of Vallée-Jonction’s housing predates 1981.
39%
Before 1961
22%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
17%
2001–15
4.8%
2016–21
Vallée-JonctionTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Housing in Vallée-Jonction includes 39% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 1 historic place. The other figures are unremarkable: its designation dates from 1991.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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The tiers. Tiers follow the designation: national recognition and classement first, other federal designations next, provincial and local listings last.
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The grade. There is no history grade: the page sets out the record and compares it with other towns.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Map points. Parks Canada publishes no coordinates, so federal places are pinned where Wikidata puts them.
Questions about Vallée-Jonction’s history
How old are the homes in Vallée-Jonction?
Before 1961: 39% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Vallée-Jonction have on the registers?
1 historic place in Vallée-Jonction, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Vallée-Jonction?
By its record, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, from 1917 (Heritage Railway Station).
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.
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