Château style

Steep copper roofs, turrets and towers inspired by French Renaissance châteaux, typical of railway hotels and federal buildings.

Historic places
50Historic places
Built
1816–1940Built
Provinces and territories
9Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 28
  • Provincial 5
  • Municipal 17
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec17
  • New Brunswick7
  • Ontario6
  • British Columbia5
  • Manitoba5
  • Saskatchewan4
  • Alberta3
  • Newfoundland and Labrador2
  • Nova Scotia1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 15 of the 48 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1816Québec Garrison Club National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1823Garrison ClubQuébec, Quebec
  3. 1881George McLeod ResidenceSaint John, New Brunswick

The register gives no construction date for 2 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 39 of these 50 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Edward Maxwell (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places
  2. Ross and MacFarlane3 places
  3. Raoul Chênevert (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Francis Mawson Rattenbury (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. J. Carmichael2 places
  6. W.H. Massey2 places

All 50 places

Often found together

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