LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1825École Milby2120 chemin McVetyPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
École Milby · Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.03historic places on the registers
History of Waterville · Canada’s heritage registers
Waterville keeps its older homes: 39% from before 1961
Waterville has 2.2 times what the typical town has (18%). On the registers, the town counts 3 historic places. Scaled to its population the record is long: 11 per 10,000 residents, more than 98% of Canadian towns. Its oldest building on the record is École Milby, from 1825.
Historic places
3
11 per 10,000 residents
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
3
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1825
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
39%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
Waterville’s landmarks in 3 pictures
Look out for École Milby and Pont de Milby. The photos cover every place on Waterville’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.
The map
Where Waterville’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Names show on hover, and a tap takes you to the place’s page.
The 3, by tier
3 Provincial and local listings
Parks Canada’s federal directory and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel supply these places: federal designations, the province’s classements and the municipalities’ citations.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
On provincial and local lists in Waterville: 3 places
The first was designated in 1992, the latest in 2010. Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Their dates run from 1825, with École Milby, to 1896. Each one opens its own page.
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1873Pont de Milbychemin du Pont-CouvertPhoto: UncivilFire · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1896–1900Château d'eau de la rue DominionPhoto: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Homes by age
Waterville is still building: 6% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Over half of the homes in Waterville were already standing by 1981. Few of Waterville’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 16%, the norm 23%. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up just 11% of Waterville’s, against 15% in the typical town.
39%
Before 1961
29%
1961–80
16%
1981–2000
11%
2001–15
6%
2016–21
WatervilleTypical 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
Waterville has the 1st most of 16 towns its size
Towns of 2,600 to 2,700 residents, by places on the registers.
Waterville3
The middle one has 0. For 12, the registers list nothing.
Neighbours
Waterville and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville | 2,643 | 3 | 0 | 1825 |
| Hatley | 2,512 | 1 | 0 | 1870 |
| Compton | 3,351 | 3 | 1 | 1839 |
| Sherbrooke | 184,135 | 11 | 6 | 1853 |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley | 2,938 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ascot Corner | 3,725 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Ayer's Cliff | 1,284 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Waterville in brief
The pre-1961 share of Waterville’s homes is 39%, against 18% in the typical town. The lists come to 3 historic places. No town its size has more historic places: it leads the 16 nearest in population. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the designations ran from 1992 to 2010.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel records the province’s classements and declarations and every municipal citation, each with a description and a point.
- The tiers. The highest designations are National Historic Sites, Classified Federal Heritage Buildings and Québec’s classements; then come the other federal designations; then provincial and local listings.
- Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s 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.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
Questions about Waterville’s history
How old are the homes in Waterville?
39% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Waterville have on the registers?
3 historic places inside Waterville, by the federal, Québec and Wikidata-known registers.
What is the oldest building in Waterville?
École Milby, a Municipal citation (Québec), begun in 1825.
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).