High Victorian or eclectic

A mix of revival styles with polychrome materials, varied rooflines and abundant ornament.

Historic places
252Historic places
Built
1727–1969Built
Provinces and territories
10Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 55
  • Provincial 56
  • Municipal 141
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec70
  • Ontario58
  • British Columbia36
  • Nova Scotia25
  • Manitoba23
  • Alberta16
  • Prince Edward Island12
  • New Brunswick7
  • Saskatchewan4
  • Yukon1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1890s: 57 of the 217 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1727Maison QuintalLongueuil, Quebec
  2. 1773Église de Sainte-Jeanne-de-ChantalNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Quebec
  3. 1802AnnandaleWolfville, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 35 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 151 of these 252 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. William Critchlow Harris (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  3. Albert Mesnard (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  4. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  5. David Ouellet (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  6. Samuel Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places

All 252 places

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