Great fires and rebuilding

A major town or city fire and the rebuilding that followed.

Historic places
292Historic places
Built
1815–1946Built
Provinces and territories
9Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 5
  • Provincial 28
  • Municipal 259
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • New Brunswick181
  • Newfoundland and Labrador35
  • British Columbia31
  • Prince Edward Island24
  • Quebec10
  • Nova Scotia6
  • Ontario2
  • Saskatchewan2
  • Alberta1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1870s: 67 of the 189 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1815Niagara-on-the-Lake National Historic Site of CanadaNiagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
  2. 1816Lenoir BuildingHalifax, Nova Scotia
  3. 1825Brander HouseMiramichi, New Brunswick

The register gives no construction date for 103 of these places.

All 292 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

Every collection