Canals and waterways

Canals, locks and inland water transport.

Historic places
114Historic places
Built
1730–1947Built
Provinces and territories
9Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 84
  • Provincial 13
  • Municipal 17
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario64
  • Quebec31
  • New Brunswick5
  • British Columbia4
  • Nova Scotia4
  • Alberta2
  • Yukon2
  • Manitoba1
  • Saskatchewan1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1840s: 22 of the 103 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1730Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site of CanadaTrois-Rivières, Quebec
  2. 1779Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site of CanadaCoteau-du-Lac, Quebec
  3. 1789Kingston Navy Yard National Historic Site of CanadaRoyal Military College, Ontario

The register gives no construction date for 11 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 58 of these 114 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Royal Engineers11 places
  2. Colonel John By4 places
  3. Frederick Preston Rubidge (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  4. Department of Railways and Canals3 places
  5. Department of Marine and Fisheries3 places
  6. British Ordnance Department2 places

All 114 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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