LocalMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1838Calvaire Albert-Mondoux172 rue CentralePhoto: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file
Calvaire Albert-Mondoux · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.01historic place on the registers
History of Yamaska · Canada’s heritage registers
An older town: 38% of Yamaska’s homes predate 1961
The typical town has 18%: Yamaska has 2.2 times the share. On the registers, the town counts 1 historic place. That place is Calvaire Albert-Mondoux, a municipal citation (québec), from 1838. Wikidata dates the municipality to December 19, 2001, which may be its founding, its incorporation or a later merger.
Historic places
1
Highest designations
0
National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements
Provincial and local listings
1
municipal citations on Québec’s register
Oldest building
1838
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
38%
typical town: 18%
The map
Where Yamaska’s history is
Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.
Provincial and local listings
Each dot is a place: point at it for the name, tap it for its page.
The 1, by tier
1 Provincial and local listings
Federal designations come from Parks Canada; Québec’s own register adds what the province has classified and what the municipality has cited.
Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.
Provincial and local listings
One more place Yamaska or its province protects
Citations the municipality has made, registered with Québec’s ministry of culture. Each one opens its own page.
Around the town
The highest designation, 15 times, within 25 km of Yamaska
Their towns number 6: Sorel-Tracy, Berthierville and Saint-François-du-Lac first. The record reaches back to 1641 with Fort Richelieu, 15 km away. Count to 25 km and there are 22.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Îlette-au-PéCited heritage site (Québec) · 1957 · 8.7 km away, in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel |
| Maison Joseph-CourchesneClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1812 · 9.4 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Église Saint-François-Xavier de Saint-François-du-LacClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1845–1849 · 10 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Édifice de la MRC-de-Nicolet-YamaskaMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1906 · 10 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Presbytère de Saint-François-du-LacMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1899 · 10 km away, in Saint-François-du-Lac |
| Église de Saint-Pierre de SorelClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1826–1831 · 15 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Governors' CottageNational Historic Site · 1781–1782 · 15 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Presbytère Christ Church de Sorel-TracyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1843 · 15 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Église Christ Church de Sorel-TracyClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1842–1843 · 15 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Carré RoyalClassified heritage building (Québec) · 15 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Fort RichelieuNational historic site of Canada · 1641 · 15 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
| Site archéologique MandevilleClassified heritage site (Québec) · 17 km away, in Sorel-Tracy |
Homes by age
38% of Yamaska’s homes were built before 1961
Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 18% of Yamaska’s, against 23% in the typical town. From 2016 to 2021 Yamaska added 4.4% of its homes, close to the typical town’s 4.1%. More than half of Yamaska’s housing predates 1981.
38%
Before 1961
27%
1961–80
18%
1981–2000
13%
2001–15
4.4%
2016–21
YamaskaTypical town
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Born here
Lives begun in Yamaska between 1786 and 1905
The longest life here was Alexis Bonami’s, 94 years, ending in 1890. 3 Wikipedias cover Armand Mondou, the most of anyone here. Wikidata and Wikipedia agree on 5 births here before 1914. Of the 5, 4 were born in the years before Confederation.
Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour
Michel Fourquin
Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour
Alexis Bonami
Armand Mondou
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AM
Armand Mondou1905–1976 · Canadian ice hockey player
MT
Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour1786–1850 · Canadian politician
MF
Michel Fourquin1791–1861 · Canadian politician
LT
Léonard Godefroy de Tonnancour1793–1867 · Canadian politician
AB
Alexis Bonami1796–1890 · Canadian fur trader
Everyone born in Yamaska → Born before 1914 (the page’s periods: Confederation to the First World War). Birthplaces from Wikidata, each checked against the person’s Wikipedia article.
Neighbours
Yamaska and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaska | 1,815 | 1 | 0 | 1838 |
| Saint-Robert | 1,846 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Saint-François-du-Lac | 1,927 | 4 | 2 | 1812 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Pierreville | 2,154 | 1 | 1 | 1687 |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 2,599 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sorel-Tracy | 36,537 | 8 | 7 | 1641 |
In brief
Yamaska in brief
Housing in Yamaska includes 38% built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place. Armand Mondou (1905), Marie-Joseph Godefroy de Tonnancour (1786) and Michel Fourquin (1791) are the best known of its historic lives. Beyond that, its one place was designated in 2011.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Québec’s register. Québec is the one province whose register is open: classements, declarations and municipal citations, described by the ministry in French.
- Protection. A place classified or cited under Québec’s law is protected; National Historic Site status alone protects only what the federal government owns.
- 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.
- The grade. This page gives no grade; history doesn’t count toward a Canadian town’s letter.
- 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.
Questions about Yamaska’s history
How old are the homes in Yamaska?
38% predate 1961, where the typical town has 18%.
How many historic places does Yamaska have on the registers?
1 historic place in Yamaska, from Canada’s heritage registers.
What is the oldest building in Yamaska?
By its record, Calvaire Albert-Mondoux, from 1838 (Municipal citation (Québec)).
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).