Belfries and bells

A belfry, bellcote or a bell that is part of the building.

Historic places
967Historic places
Built
1647–1992Built
Provinces and territories
12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 61
  • Provincial 283
  • Territorial 1
  • Municipal 622
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec316
  • Saskatchewan141
  • Ontario91
  • Nova Scotia89
  • New Brunswick88
  • Manitoba85
  • British Columbia65
  • Newfoundland and Labrador39
  • Alberta36
  • Prince Edward Island13
  • Northwest Territories2
  • Yukon2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 131 of the 810 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1647Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1668Maison Saint-Gabriel National Historic Site of CanadaMontréal, Quebec
  3. 1671Hôpital-Général de Québec Monastery National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 157 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 467 of these 967 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)16 places
  2. Victor Bourgeau (biography, opens in a new tab)11 places
  3. David Ouellet (biography, opens in a new tab)9 places
  4. J.H.G. Russell (biography, opens in a new tab)8 places
  5. Charles Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)8 places
  6. François-Xavier Berlinguet (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places

All 967 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

Every collection