French Canadians

French-Canadian or francophone communities outside Acadia.

Historic places
141Historic places
Built
1668–1958Built
Provinces and territories
7Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 28
  • Provincial 53
  • Municipal 60
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec70
  • Manitoba23
  • Ontario16
  • Saskatchewan12
  • Alberta11
  • British Columbia7
  • New Brunswick2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 17 of the 114 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1668Maison Saint-Gabriel National Historic Site of CanadaMontréal, Quebec
  2. 1675Séminaire de QuébecQuébec, Quebec
  3. 1688Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 27 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 59 of these 141 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Edward Underwood (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  2. Joseph Ernest Fortin (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  3. Albert Mesnard (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. L'abbe Louis-Francois Richer Lafleche2 places
  6. Louis Aubertin (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places

All 141 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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