This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Quebec. As of July 2019, there were 198 National Historic Sites designated in Quebec, 30 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon .[1] [2]
Sites in the province's two largest cities are listed separately at List of National Historic Sites in Montreal and List of National Historic Sites in Quebec City.
Numerous National Historic Events also occurred in Quebec, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites. Several National Historic Persons are commemorated throughout the province in the same way. The markers do not indicate which designation—a Site, Event, or Person—a subject has been given.
This list uses names designated by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, which may differ from other names for these sites.
| Site | Date(s) | Designated | Location | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 (completed) | 1976 | Acton Vale 45.6483°N -72.564°W | A small passenger terminal with dormer, turret and bellcast roof; symbolic of the expansion of the Grand Trunk Railway | ||
| 1958 (completed) | 2007 | La Baie 48.3347°N -70.9722°W | Four large steel hangars at CFB Bagotville which, during the Cold War, housed fighter aircraft intended to counter surprise attacks by Soviet bombers; played a strategic role in the air defence of Canada | ||
| 6000 BCE (c.) | 1996 | Gallichan 48.6663°N -79.3345°W | Traditional summering area and sacred place for the Abitibiwinni, and the site of trading posts from 1686 to 1922 | ||
| 1925 (established) | 2012 | Arvida 48.4333°N -71.1833°W | A well-preserved example of a Canadian company town illustrating 25 years' worth of urban planning concepts, including the City Beautiful and Garden city movements; symbolic of the growth and development of the country’s aluminum industry | ||
| 1783 (established) | 2001 | Paspébiac 48.0212°N -65.2543°W | |||
| 1870 (battle) | 1923 | Frelighsburg 45.0194°N -72.9047°W | |||
| 1814 (battle) | 1923 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel 45.0692°N -73.3419°W | |||
| 1775 (battle) | 1928 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 45.2811°N -73.2492°W | |||
| 1776 (battle) | 1928 | Les Cèdres 45.3099°N -74.0353°W | The American army occupying Montreal established a post here to protect its western flank; a small detachment of the 8th Regiment of Foot, reinforced by allied Aboriginals, laid siege to the outpost and the Americans capitulated | ||
| 1813 (battle) | 1920 | Ormstown 45.1583°N -73.9311°W | A force consisting of about 1,630 French Canadian regulars and militia and Mohawk warriors under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American force of about 4,000 attempting to invade Lower Canada during the War of 1812 | ||
| 1760 (battle) | 1924 | Pointe-à-la-Croix 48.0167°N -66.7347°W | A naval battle fought during the Seven Years' War on the Restigouche River between the British and the French; the last naval battle of the war in North American waters, and the French loss hastened the fall of New France | ||
| 1776 (battle) | 1920 | Trois-Rivières 46.3439°N -72.5519°W | British victory over the Continental Army; the last major battle of the American invasion fought on Quebec soil | ||
| 1930 (first phase) | 1990 | Beauharnois 45.3142°N -73.9103°W | A hydroelectric power plant on the Saint Lawrence River that was of significant economic and technological importance at the time of its development | ||
| 1877 (completed) | 1976 | Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier 46.0883°N -73.2125°W | One of the small domestic stations originally built along the railway line between Montreal and Quebec City; representative of the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. DEMOLISHED | ||
| 7000 BCE (c.) (first inhabited) | 2007 | Blanc-Sablon 51.4256°N -57.1439°W | Over 60 archaeological sites relating to 9000 years of human occupation, including the Archaic, Dorset and European periods | ||
| 1867 (completed) | 1984 | East Bolton 45.2031°N -72.3564°W | A two-storey clapboard township hall; an enduring tribute to the development of local self-government in Canada | ||
| 1858 (completed) | 1973 | Gaspé 48.8561°N -64.2014°W | A 37m (121feet) high stone lighthouse; the tallest lighthouse in Canada | ||
| 1838 (completed) | 1960 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 45.5649°N -74.3717°W | |||
| 1833 (completed) | 1929 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 45.5677°N -74.3787°W | |||
| 1647 (established), 1716 (established at Kahnawake) | 1966 | Kahnawake 45.4156°N -73.6767°W | A Jesuit mission to the Mohawks, located within the walls of Fort St-Louis NHSC | ||
| 1719 (completed) | 1969 | Kahnawake 45.4156°N -73.6767°W | The oldest surviving building at the Caughnawaga Mission NHSC; the presbytery exemplifies the steep-pitch hip-roofed architecture common to Quebec in the late 17th and early 18th centuries | ||
| 1843 (completed) | 1929 | Chambly 45.3772°N -73.2575°W | A 22km (14miles) long canal that forms part of a waterway constructed in the 19th century on the Richelieu River, on the inland water transportation route joining Montreal and New York City | ||
| 1834 (completed) | 1962 | Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie 47.5033°N -69.9376°W | |||
| 1924 (completed) | 2004 | Shawinigan 46.5275°N -72.7503°W | Large stone Romanesque Revival church, with interior murals by Ozias Leduc; the paintings represent the culmination of Leduc's work and the end of the great era of religious mural painting in Quebec | ||
| 1859 (completed) | 2006 | Sainte-Marie 46.4375°N -71.0224°W | A romantic Gothic Revival style church; known for its unique interiors designed by Charles Baillairgé and its trompe-l'œil and grisaille paintings by artist François-Édouard Meloche | ||
| 1693 (shipwreck) | 1995 | Sept-Îles 50.0936°N -66.3914°W | The underwater remains of a ship belonging to Louis XIV of France which sank in a storm in 1693; the only remains in Canada from the wreck of a 17th-century French vessel | ||
| 1781 (completed) | 1923 | Coteau-du-Lac 45.2878°N -74.1775°W | The remains of a canal and associated military fortifications; one of the oldest lock canals in North America, and the site of a British military post built following the American Revolutionary War and that served a strategic role during the War of 1812 | ||
| 1829 (established) | 1990 | Lévis 46.8142°N -71.1847°W | A shipyard on the Saint Lawrence River which contains heritage resources dating to the wooden sailing ship era; when it closed in 1998, it was the oldest operational shipyard in Canada | ||
| 1815 (completed) | 1968 | Chambly 45.4486°N -73.2692°W | The large, three-storey stone house of Charles de Salaberry, located in front of the Chambly Rapids; representative of the style of country homes common in the Montreal region in the early 19th century | ||
| 15th century (established) | 2007 | Saint-Anicet 45.083°N -74.3147°W | Discovered in 1994, an archaeological site containing the remains of mid-15th-century village of a group now identified as the St. Lawrence Iroquoians; the largest paleohistorical site discovered to date in Quebec | ||
| 1830 (completed) | 1990 | Montmagny 46.9811°N -70.5583°W | The home of Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché, a Father of Confederation; distinctive house with twin towers | ||
| 1905 (completed) | 1929 | Chelsea 45.4892°N -75.8625°W | Located in Gatineau Park, the site of the first geodetic station established in Canada | ||
| 1730 (established) | 1919 | Trois-Rivières 46.3972°N -72.6597°W | |||
| 1925 (established) | 2012 | Val-d’Or 48.0939°N -77.765°W | A site comprising a former gold mine and a nearby planned mining town; a well-preserved mining landscape and company town | ||
| 1899 (established) | 2002 | Shawinigan 46.5392°N -72.7642°W | An early aluminum smelter with hydroelectric facilities that supplied it with power; the oldest known, extant aluminum smelting complex in North America | ||
| 1665 (established) | 1920 | Chambly 45.4492°N -73.2778°W | |||
| 1687 (established) | 1920 | Pierreville 46.1033°N -72.8786°W | A fort built to defend the French inhabitants in the region against Iroquois attacks encouraged by the British | ||
| 1689 (established) | 1921 | La Prairie 45.4208°N -73.4964°W | |||
| 1759 (established) | 1920 | Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix 45.1208°N -73.2681°W | A fort on Île aux Noix in the Richelieu River, one of the gateways into Canada; used by French, British and American forces during various conflicts | ||
| Fort Longueuil | 1690 (completed) | 1923 | Longueuil 45.5406°N -73.5083°W | The archaeological site of a fort demolished in 1810, extending beneath present-day Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Cathedral; constructed between 1685 and 1690 as the fortified residence of Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, the only Canadian-born person to be raised to the rank of Baron by the French King | |
| 1642 (established) | 1923 | Sorel-Tracy 46.0467°N -73.1158°W | |||
| 1748 (established) | 1923 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 45.2981°N -73.2519°W | |||
| 1725 (established) | 1930 | Kahnawake 45.4158°N -73.6764°W | |||
| 1665 (established) | 1923 | Chambly 45.3891°N -73.2575°W | One of the forts constructed on the Richelieu River by the Carignan Regiment for defence against the Iroquois; site located within the Chambly Canal NHSC area | ||
| Fort Trois-Rivières[3] | 1634 (established) | 1920 | Trois-Rivières 46.3419°N -72.5386°W | The construction of a wooden fort on this site marked the second permanent settlement in New France and the foundation of the modern city of Trois-Rivières | |
| Governors' Cottage | 1781 (completed) | 1957 | Sorel-Tracy 46.0328°N -73.1164°W | A house constructed for Frederick Haldimand as part of a defensive effort to settle the area with Loyalists; used as a summer residence by subsequent Governors and by military commanders until 1860 | |
| Granada Theatre | 1929 (completed) | 1996 | Sherbrooke 45.4022°N -71.8911°W | Theatre with Spanish Revival style facade; excellent example of an atmospheric theatre in Canada | |
| Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial | 1832 (station established) | 1974 | Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues 47.0333°N -70.6667°W | A quarantine station for immigrants arriving at Quebec City from 1832 to 1937; symbolic of the importance of immigration to Canada, and of the tragic experiences of Irish immigrants during the typhus epidemic of 1847 | |
| Haskell Free Library and Opera House | 1904 (completed) | 1985 | Stanstead 45.0057°N -72.0977°W | A two-storey, Queen Anne Revival style building with tower that houses both a library and an opera house; the building straddles the Canadian–American border and was donated to the residents of both countries | |
| Havelock Township Hall | 1868 (completed) | 1984 | Havelock 45.0458°N -73.7578°W | A stone township hall; an exceptional example of the rural town halls built in 19th-century Canada | |
| The Historic Village of Val-Jalbert, Chambord, Quebec[4] | 1901 (founded) | July 31, 2019 | Chambord 48.4446°N -72.1644°W | A pulp mill company town, now a ghost town/park | |
| Île aux Basques | 1580 (ca.) (outpost established) | 1984 | Trois-Pistoles 48.1428°N -69.2494°W | A small island that served as an outpost from about 1580 to 1630 for Basque fishermen who crossed the ocean from France; the only recorded site in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence where archaeological resources confirm early commercial contact between Europeans and Aboriginals | |
| Île d'Orléans Seigneury | 1636 (seigneury established) | 1990 | L'Île-d'Orléans Regional County Municipality 46.9167°N -70.9667°W | One of the earliest settled areas of New France; the landscape and surviving 17th- and 18th-century buildings are evocative of the seigneurial system of New France | |
| Île-Verte Lighthouse | 1809 (completed) | 1974 | Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs 48.0511°N -69.4242°W | A 12m (39feet) high cylindrical stone lighthouse; the first lighthouse on the Saint Lawrence River, and third oldest lighthouse in Canada | |
| Jardins de Métis | 1926 (established) | 1995 | Grand-Métis 48.6283°N -68.1231°W | An English-inspired garden created by Elsie Reford during the years 1926 to 1958; an excellent Canadian example of this type of garden | |
| Joffre Roundhouse (Canadian National) | 1880 (completed) | 1992 | Charny 46.7069°N -71.2722°W | Only existing full-circle roundhouse in Canada | |
| Joliette Court House | 1862 (completed) | 1981 | Joliette 46.0261°N -73.4425°W | A noted and well-preserved example of a Neoclassical public building | |
| 1851 (established) | 2003 | Sainte-Croix 46.6672°N -71.8486°W | A remarkable 136ha manorial summer estate on the Pointe Platon peninsula, founded by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | ||
| L'Isle-Verte Court House | 1860 (completed) | 1981 | L'Isle-Verte 48.0125°N -69.3389°W | A court house built in the Regency style, a style rarely used for public buildings in Canada; a rare example of a purpose-built circuit court building | |
| La Corne Nursing Station | 1930 (established) | 2003 | La Corne 48.3564°N -77.9961°W | Two wooden buildings that are one of the best preserved of the 174 nursing stations created in Quebec between 1932 and 1975; symbolizes the contribution of nurses in isolated, rural communities | |
| La Malbaie Historic District | 1930 (established) | 2007 | La Malbaie 47.6231°N -70.1417°W | ||
| La Petite-Ferme du cap Tourmente[5] | 1626 (farm) 1667 (house) | 2018 | Saint-Joachim 47.0657°N -70.7941°W | First farm in the St. Lawrence Valley, begun by Champlain in 1626, then used for 300 years by the Quebec Seminary. Now part of Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area | |
| Le Boutillier Manor | 1860 (completed) | 1975 | Gaspé 48.9322°N -64.3017°W | ||
| 1763 (completed) | 1999 | Saint-Eustache 45.5581°N -73.8958°W | A flour mill that has functioned continuously since the French colonial period; a proto-industrial building site that is representative of the development of the seigneurial system and the related colonial agricultural economy | ||
| Lévis Forts | 1872 (completed) | 1920 | Lévis 46.8147°N -71.1586°W | The remains of three 19th-century stone defensive works located on a height of land on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River; constructed by the British, they were an integral part of the fortifications of Quebec City | |
| Lévis Railway Station (Intercolonial) | 1884 (completed) | 1976 | Lévis 46.8103°N -71.1872°W | A two-storey, stone railway station building that served as the terminus of the Intercolonial Railway from Halifax | |
| Louis Bertrand House | 1853 (completed) | 1999 | L'Isle-Verte 48.0136°N -69.3378°W | A house built in the traditional "maison québecoise" manner for merchant and politician Louis Bertrand; an outstanding example of its style and type, and representative of the lifestyle middle-class families in Quebec society in the 19th century | |
| Louis S. St. Laurent | 1881 (lots assembled by St. Laurent family) | 1973 | Compton 45.2414°N -71.825°W | The site where Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was born; a cultural landscape associated with the life of Canada's 12th Prime Minister and that also commemorates the social history of the Eastern Townships | |
| 1883 (completed) | 1989 | Magog 45.2625°N -72.1411°W | The only 19th-century cotton mill in Canada where the entire process of spinning, weaving, bleaching and printing was carried on at one site, and the mill where cotton was printed in 1884 for the first time in Canada | ||
| Manoir Papineau | 1850 (completed) | 1986 | Montebello 45.6461°N -74.9458°W | ||
| Mauvide-Genest Manor | 1734 (completed) | 1993 | Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans 46.9142°N -70.9025°W | An excellent example of a mid 18th-century, rural seigneurial manor | |
| 1685 (established) | 1931 as Fort Témiscamingue NHS Renamed July 5, 2019 | Duhamel-Ouest 47.2886°N -79.4614°W | |||
| 1896 (established) | 1983 | Chicoutimi 48.4206°N -71.0833°W | An industrial complex in a wooded area, comprising five stone buildings constructed between 1898 and 1923; the major facility of the Chicoutimi Pulp Company, Canada's largest producer of mechanical wood pulp in the early 20th century | ||
| Old Chicoutimi Trading Post | 1676 (established) | 1972 | Chicoutimi 48.4289°N -71.0756°W | A fur trade post, built at the head of the Saguenay River, which became the principal trading post in the region and the major centre of the fur trade in the interior | |
| Pagé - Rinfret House / Beaudry House | 1720 (established) | 1969 | Cap-Santé 46.6719°N -71.7833°W | A one-and-a-half-storey, wood-frame house overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, reflective of the architecture of New France and French Canadian building traditions | |
| Pointe-au-Père Lighthouse | 1859 (first lighthouse completed) | 1974 | Rimouski 48.5174°N -68.469°W | ||
| Pointe-du-Buisson | 3000 BCE (ca.) (earliest archaeological resources) | 2005 | Beauharnois 45.3165°N -73.9659°W | A 21ha archaeological site on a point of land along the Saint Lawrence River; documents the history of Aboriginal populations over the last 5000 years who used the river in their travels | |
| Powerscourt Covered Bridge | 1861 (completed) | 1984 | Elgin and Hinchinbrooke 45.007°N -74.161°W | A wooden covered bridge that still stands on its original stone foundations; the only remaining McCallum inflexible arched truss bridge in the world and one of the oldest extant covered bridges in Canada | |
| Rivière-du-Loup Town Hall | 1916 (completed) | 1984 | Rivière-du-Loup 47.8358°N -69.5367°W | A two-storey red-brick city hall, the eclectic design of which set it apart from the surrounding commercial buildings at the time of its construction; symbolizes the town's aspirations and desire to increase its profile during the First World War | |
| 1929 (completed) | 1984 | Roberval 48.5183°N -72.2222°W | A three-storey town hall with steeply pitched, Second Empire-style metal roofs; symbolizes the prosperity of Roberval and its increasing importance within the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region at the time of the building's construction | ||
| 1721 (windmill completed) | 1969 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 45.3658°N -73.8522°W | |||
| 1811 (completed) | 1985 | Saint-André-de-Kamouraska 47.6736°N -69.7289°W | A noted example of the small Quebec churches built according to the "Récollet Plan" (a broad nave with a narrower semicircular apse); the interiors contain some of the best surviving examples of the work of sculptor Louis-Xavier Leprohon | ||
| Saint-Eustache Church[6] | 1783 (first completed) 1837 (battle) | 2015 | Saint-Eustache, Quebec 45.5572°N -73.8889°W | A site and symbol of the Battle of Saint-Eustache in the Rebellions of 1837, marking the end of the Lower Canada Rebellion | |
| Saint-Hyacinthe Post Office | 1894 (completed) | 1983 | Saint-Hyacinthe 45.6236°N -72.9486°W | A noted example of the work of federal architect Thomas Fuller | |
| Saint-Jean-d'Iberville Railway Station (Grand Trunk) | 1890 (completed) | 1976 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 45.3031°N -73.2542°W | A one-storey passenger railway station; representative of the expansion of the Grand Trunk Railway and of the company's presence in Quebec prior to its 1923 amalgamation with Canadian National Railways | |
| Saint-Joachim Church | 1797 (completed) | 1999 | Châteauguay 45.3608°N -73.7486°W | A noted example of the vernacular Baroque style in the St. Lawrence Valley, with interior decor by Philippe Liébert and Joseph Légaré | |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Institutional Ensemble | 1865–1911 (period of construction) | 2006 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 46.31°N -70.8828°W | A complex of five main buildings consisting of a church, convent, presbytery, orphanage and school; one of the most striking institutional ensembles in Quebec, and illustrative of the Catholic institutions in small towns that served as gathering places for religious, educational and community services | |
| Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive Shipyard | 1946 (established) | 1996 | Les Éboulements 47.4558°N -70.3625°W | A shipyard associated with small-scale coastal shipping along the Saint Lawrence River, and the largest builder of wooden schooners known as "goélettes" | |
| Saint-Ours Canal | 1849 (completed), 1933 (current locks completed) | 1996 | Saint-Ours 45.8647°N -73.1467°W | A canal on the east bank of the Richelieu River; along with the Chambly Canal, commemorates the importance in the 19th century of the inland water transportation route joining Montreal and New York City | |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary | 1873 (established) | 1990 | Laval 45.6169°N -73.6464°W | Canada’s second federal penitentiary, and for a time the country’s sole francophone correctional facility; the now-closed facility is representative of over a century of criminal justice | |
| Sainte-Anne Processional Chapel | 1830 (completed) | 1990 | Neuville 46.6989°N -71.5825°W | A small early rubblestone chapel with a gable roof and belltower; the chapel and surrounding site have remained remarkably intact from the time of the chapel's construction in the early 19th century | |
| 1750 (completed) | 2012 | Tadoussac 48.1417°N -69.7153°W | A mission church from the era of New France and the oldest extant wooden church in Canada; bore witness to Jesuit missionary work in remote areas of New France and the conversion of the Innu to Christianity | ||
| Second Battle of Laprairie | 1691 (battle) | 1921 | La Prairie 45.3892°N -73.4036°W | ||
| Sir John A. Macdonald’s Summer Residence | 1880 (completed) | 2014 | Rivière-du-Loup 47.8128°N -69.5756°W | ||
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier | 1870 (completed) | 1938 | Saint-Lin-Laurentides 45.8533°N -73.7575°W | ||
| St. Stephen's Anglican Church | 1822 (completed) | 1970 | Chambly 45.4478°N -73.2739°W | A small, stone church, originally constructed for the garrison at Fort Chambly; combines Quebec architectural traditions with Palladian influences, and is a noted example of early 19th century ecclesiastical architecture in Canada | |
| Symmes Hotel | 1831 (completed) | 1976 | Gatineau 45.3944°N -75.855°W | A stone inn overlooking the north shore of the Ottawa River, originally built for Charles Symmes, the founder of Aylmer; notable as a stopping place on a busy early transportation route which led to the trading posts of northwestern Quebec | |
| 1806 (completed) | 1969 | Vaudreuil-Dorion 45.3881°N -74.0069°W | A gable-roofed rubblestone house built for Jean-Joseph Trestler; a noted example of traditional Quebec architecture | ||
| Trois-Rivières Historical Complex | 1700–1829 (construction period) | 1962 | Trois-Rivières 46.3439°N -72.5367°W | A historic area comprising five buildings: De Gannes House, the Hertel de la Fresnière House, the Recollet Convent, the Recollet Church, and the Ursuline Convent; a unique group of buildings that represents 18th-century French Canada | |
| Waapushukamikw | 5050 BCE (ca.) (establishment) | 2009 | Baie-James 51.0689°N -72.9039°W | ||
| 1877 (completed) | 1999 | Victoriaville 46.0372°N -71.915°W | |||
| Wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland | 1914 (sinking) | 2009 | The riverbed of the Saint Lawrence River near Rimouski 48.625°N -68.4083°W | The wreck of the worst maritime disaster in Canadian history; the sole surviving ship from the Canadian Pacific Railway's heyday prior to the First World War as the world's largest and most extensive transportation and communications network | |
| Wreck of the Elizabeth and Mary | 1690 (sinking) | 1996 | The seabed of Anse aux Bouleaux, near Baie-Trinité 49.3819°N -67.3153°W | ||