TopNational Historic Site · 1697Old Wendake Historic DistrictPhoto: Gilbertus · CC BY 3.0 · Commons file
Old Wendake Historic District · Photo: Gilbertus · CC BY 3.02historic places on the registers
History of Wendake · Canada’s heritage registers
Wendake’s oldest designated place, Old Wendake Historic District, dates from 1697
The registers list 2 historic places inside Wendake, every one with the highest designation. The municipality’s date on Wikidata is 1876: a founding, an incorporation or an amalgamation, the record doesn’t say which.
Historic places
2
Highest designations
2
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Oldest building
1697
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
17%
typical town: 18%
In pictures
All 2 top-tier places in Wendake, pictured
First come Old Wendake Historic District and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Church. Photos show both of the places Wendake’s registers name.
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 Wendake’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Highest designations
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 2, by tier
2 Highest designations
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.
Highest designations
2 places in Wendake with the highest designation
Their dates run from 1697, with Old Wendake Historic District, to 1865. National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. They were designated between 1981 and 2000. Each one opens its own page.
TopNational Historic Site · 1865–1866Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Church73 Bastien BoulevardPhoto: Rjobidon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons file
Around the town
Top-ranked heritage near Wendake: 3 places within 5 km
The mix: 3 places classified by Québec and 2 municipal citations. Count to 5 km and there are 5. Maison Savard in Loretteville is the nearest, 2.4 km away.
The 5 nearest, within 5 km
| Maison SavardClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1760 · 2.4 km away, in Loretteville |
| Site patrimonial de la Maison-Auclair-L'HeureuxClassified heritage site (Québec) · 3.3 km away, in Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf |
| Auclair-L'Heureux HouseClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1684 · 3.3 km away, in Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf |
| Site du patrimoine de la Côte-des-ÉrablesCited heritage site (Québec) · 4.5 km away, in Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf |
| 240, rue de l'ÉgliseMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1820 · 4.7 km away, in Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides |
Homes by age
6.4% of Wendake’s homes are from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Like the typical town (18%), Wendake has 17% of its homes from before 1961. The busiest building years in Wendake were from 1981 to 2000, which account for 34% of today’s homes. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 27% of Wendake’s, against 15% in the typical town.
17%
Before 1961
16%
1961–80
34%
1981–2000
27%
2001–15
6.4%
2016–21
WendakeTypical 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
Wendake and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendake | 2,234 | 2 | 2 | 1697 |
| Loretteville | 15,653 | 1 | 1 | 1760 |
| Saint-Émile | 16,893 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Des Châtels | 14,836 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 9,985 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf | 37,164 | 4 | 3 | 1684 |
| Val-Bélair | 30,003 | 0 | 0 | — |
In brief
Wendake in brief
Wendake holds 2 historic places on Canada’s registers, 2 with the highest designation, including Old Wendake Historic District. Before 1961: just 17% of its homes, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: its past has one life on the record, Zacharie Vincent (1815); and its places were designated between 1981 and 2000.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Map points. Pins for federal places come from Wikidata rather than Parks Canada, which gives no points.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about Wendake’s history
What is the oldest building in Wendake?
Old Wendake Historic District — its record dates it to 1697 (National Historic Site).
Which places in Wendake have the highest designation?
These: Old Wendake Historic District and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Church.
How old are the homes in Wendake?
The 2021 Census dates 17% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).
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).