Boomtown or false front

A tall square facade hiding a gabled roof, typical of commercial buildings in new western towns.

Historic places
101Historic places
Built
1840–1953Built
Provinces and territories
9Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 8
  • Provincial 15
  • Municipal 78
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia37
  • Saskatchewan20
  • New Brunswick13
  • Alberta7
  • Manitoba7
  • Yukon7
  • Quebec5
  • Ontario3
  • Newfoundland and Labrador2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 20 of the 61 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1840Polley's Livery StableTown of, Ontario
  2. 1870Nanaimo Pioneer BakeryNanaimo, British Columbia
  3. 1881Crystal City Courier BuildingCrystal City, Manitoba

The register gives no construction date for 40 of these places.

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