Art Deco

Vertical emphasis, stepped forms and stylized geometric or floral ornament from the 1920s and 1930s.

Historic places
84Historic places
Built
1820–1949Built
Provinces and territories
9Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 25
  • Provincial 8
  • Municipal 51
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia22
  • Ontario18
  • Quebec16
  • New Brunswick10
  • Manitoba9
  • Saskatchewan4
  • Alberta2
  • Nova Scotia2
  • Newfoundland and Labrador1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1930s: 54 of the 83 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1820Byward Market Heritage Conservation DistrictOttawa, Ontario
  2. 1883Macdonald Shoe StoreWinnipeg, Manitoba
  3. 1906Roxy TheatreNeepawa, Manitoba

The register gives no construction date for 1 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 61 of these 84 places. These names come up most often.

Names marked ↗ open their entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800–1950.

  1. René Charbonneau4 places
  2. McCarter and Nairne3 places
  3. Department of Public Works2 places
  4. G.W. Northwood (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. Walter S. Allward2 places

All 84 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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