La I-Basilica yaseSainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Yisiza esihle kakhulu sohambo lwamaRoma Katolika futhi inekhophi yePieta kaMichelangelo (eyokuqala iseVatican City). Isonto laziwa nangokuthi indawo yezimangaliso.
Omunye wabakhi besonto lokuqala, uLouis Guimont, wasiza ekwakheni isonto yize ayene-scoliosis enzima futhi edinga usizo lwenduku. Lapho isonto seliphelile, wakwazi ukuzihambela ngokuzimela. Izivakashi ezilandelayo zesonto ezithandazile zishiye izinduku zazo, izinduku nezinsiza zokuhamba njengobufakazi bokuphulukiswa kwazo. Udonga olukhulu lapho uqala ukungena esontweni lugcwele ngokuphelele izinduku.
Yize isukela ku-1926, isonto lamanje liqukethe izithombe eziningi zekhulu le-18 kanye nemisebenzi yobuciko. Ingaphakathi liwudili lamehlo, ligcwele imininingwane ebukekayo.
Amafasitela anengilazi angama-240 adalwe kusetshenziswa inqubo entsha egeza ukukhanya ngokumangazayo. Uphahla nezinhlangothi zesonto zimbozwe ngemidwebo yokuphila kukaSanta Anne, abaNgcwele baseCanada, izigcawu ezingama-88 ezivela empilweni kaJesu, nemidwebo engokomfanekiso neyejometri. Imikhawulo yamabhentshi enziwe ngokhuni ixoxa indaba yeNdalo, enemifanekiso eqoshiwe yezilwane nezitshalo.
Kepha ukugxila kwabahambi eSainte-Anne-de-Beaupré akuyona isakhiwo, kepha isithombe esiyisimangaliso sika-Saint Anne.Uqoshwe esiqeshini esisodwa esiqinile, esidwetshwe ngombala futhi sigqoke umqhele wegolide obekwe ngamadayimane, amarubi namapharele. U-Ana ubonakala ethwele indodana yakhe, uMariya OyiNcasakazi.
Isonto linamazinga amabili. Izinga eliphezulu yi-nave eyinhloko, phansi phansi kuneChapel ye-Immaculate Conception, enesithombe esikhulu sikaMariya, neChapel of the Sacrament Ebusisiwe, lapho kwenziwa khona imisa.
Futhi ezingeni eliphansi kukhona ithuna likaBaba ohloniphekile u-Alfred Pampalon (1867-1896), umpristi we-Redemptorist owamenyezelwa ukuthi uhlonishwa nguPapa John Paul II ngoMeyi 14, 1991. Ubizwa ikakhulukazi ngabantu abanokuncika kotshwala nezidakamizwa.
Okunye okukhona kusayithi yiSainte-Anne-Museum yesimanjemanje neyakhiwe kahle, elandisa indaba yokuzinikela ku-Saint Anne ngokukhonjiswa kwezinto zakudala, ukukhethwa kwezifungo zakudala nemibukiso echazayo.
I-basilica ingumgogodla wesakhiwo esikhulu sendlu engcwele, okubandakanya amanye amasonto amaningi, eyodwa nengcwele, iqoqo losayizi we-Station of the Cross, kanye nomfanekiso weScala Santa (Izitebhisi Ezingcwele) eRoma.