Beaux-Arts

Grand, richly ornamented classical design with monumental entrances, paired columns and sculptural detail.

Historic places
178Historic places
Built
1838–1949Built
Provinces and territories
8Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 72
  • Provincial 38
  • Municipal 68
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario53
  • Quebec45
  • Manitoba22
  • British Columbia20
  • Saskatchewan11
  • Alberta10
  • New Brunswick9
  • Nova Scotia8

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 64 of the 168 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1838Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds National Historic Site of CanadaOttawa, Ontario
  2. 1860Maison William-DowMontréal, Quebec
  3. 1866David Dunlap Observatory National Historic Site of CanadaRichmond Hill, Ontario

The register gives no construction date for 10 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 144 of these 178 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. David Ewart (biography, opens in a new tab)7 places
  2. Darling and Pearson7 places
  3. Department of Public Works5 places
  4. John M. Lyle (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  5. John Schofield (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  6. Thomas Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places

All 178 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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