Domes and rotundas

A large dome or domed rotunda, as on a legislature or courthouse.

Historic places
212Historic places
Built
1767–1967Built
Provinces and territories
10Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 57
  • Provincial 49
  • Municipal 106
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Manitoba43
  • Saskatchewan36
  • Ontario35
  • Quebec32
  • Alberta18
  • British Columbia17
  • Newfoundland and Labrador15
  • Nova Scotia9
  • New Brunswick5
  • Prince Edward Island2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 50 of the 205 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1767HMC Dockyard ClockHalifax, Nova Scotia
  2. 1800Saint George's Anglican ChurchHalifax, Nova Scotia
  3. 1800St. George's Anglican Church / Round Church National Historic Site of CanadaHalifax, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 7 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 136 of these 212 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. David Ewart (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places
  2. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  3. Storey and Van Egmond3 places
  4. B. Marcus Priteca (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  5. Francis Mawson Rattenbury (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  6. Frederick G. Todd2 places

All 212 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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