Canada's Earliest Inhabitants

Indigenous peoples' presence and history before and after European contact.

Historic places
190Historic places
Built
1500–1991Built
Provinces and territories
13Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 90
  • Provincial 62
  • Territorial 3
  • Municipal 35
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • New Brunswick31
  • Saskatchewan27
  • Ontario24
  • Alberta21
  • British Columbia19
  • Quebec18
  • Manitoba13
  • Nova Scotia12
  • Northwest Territories9
  • Newfoundland and Labrador7
  • Prince Edward Island4
  • Nunavut3
  • Yukon2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1870s: 4 of the 36 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1500Lawson SiteLondon, Ontario
  2. 1550Southwold Earthworks National Historic Site of CanadaSouthwold, Ontario
  3. 1659Fort Nerepis National Historic Site of CanadaWoodmans Point, New Brunswick

The register gives no construction date for 154 of these places.

All 190 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

Every collection