Arts and Crafts

Handcrafted character, natural materials, exposed rafters and an emphasis on craftsmanship.

Historic places
473Historic places
Built
1835–1944Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 21
  • Provincial 19
  • Territorial 1
  • Municipal 432
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia343
  • New Brunswick43
  • Alberta26
  • Ontario18
  • Prince Edward Island10
  • Nova Scotia9
  • Quebec8
  • Saskatchewan8
  • Manitoba3
  • Newfoundland and Labrador3
  • Yukon2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 209 of the 423 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1835Erchless EstateOakville, Ontario
  2. 1860Senneville Historic District National Historic Site of CanadaSenneville, Quebec
  3. 1881James Morrison ResidenceSaint John, New Brunswick

The register gives no construction date for 50 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 176 of these 473 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Blackadder and MacKay16 places
  2. Samuel Maclure (biography, opens in a new tab)10 places
  3. Herbert Mayer Barker5 places
  4. Benzie and Bow4 places
  5. Frank William Macey (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  6. Mason and Rice4 places

All 473 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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