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The communities with the most recognized places in each province and territory.

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British Columbia2,561

Vancouver403 places
Victoria289 places
Kelowna178 places
New Westminster153 places
Nanaimo127 places
North Vancouver88 places

Alberta616

Edmonton118 places
Calgary80 places
Longview31 places
Lethbridge14 places
Red Deer12 places
Medicine Hat12 places

Saskatchewan860

Regina78 places
Saskatoon38 places
Moose Jaw26 places
Prince Albert18 places
Battleford16 places
Melville12 places

Manitoba806

Winnipeg282 places
Brandon39 places
Carberry33 places
Portage la Prairie20 places
Gimli15 places
Selkirk12 places

Ontario2,043

Ottawa195 places
Kingston98 places
Windsor78 places
Toronto60 places
Port Hope56 places
Guelph55 places

Quebec1,756

Montréal241 places
Québec194 places
Saguenay94 places
Gatineau86 places
Trois-Rivières26 places
Longueuil25 places

New Brunswick1,755

Saint John385 places
St. Andrews116 places
Miramichi110 places
Fredericton104 places
Moncton102 places
Dieppe53 places

Nova Scotia1,232

Halifax227 places
Annapolis Royal110 places
Lunenburg62 places
Truro57 places
Yarmouth51 places
Wolfville35 places

Prince Edward Island999

Charlottetown369 places
Summerside121 places
Victoria40 places
Montague33 places
Alberton25 places
Stratford18 places

Newfoundland and Labrador785

St. John's222 places
Bonavista56 places
Twillingate24 places
Conception Bay South22 places
Harbour Grace17 places
Harbour Breton16 places

Yukon70

Dawson41 places
Whitehorse12 places
Bear Creek complex3 places

Northwest Territories37

Yellowknife9 places
Fort Simpson6 places

Nunavut34

Hall Beach7 places
Ellesmere Island6 places

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Historic storefronts

A ground-floor shopfront with display windows, often with cast-iron or wood detailing.

Historic places: 802Historic places
Built: 1605–1996Built
Provinces and territories: 11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

National 37
Provincial 109
Municipal 656

Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

British Columbia289
New Brunswick161
Ontario76
Manitoba53
Newfoundland and Labrador45
Prince Edward Island45
Alberta42
Quebec36
Nova Scotia31
Saskatchewan18
Yukon6

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 124 of the 658 with a known date.

The oldest

The register gives no construction date for 144 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 295 of these 802 places. These names come up most often.

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

John Teague (biography, opens in a new tab)8 places
Thomas Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)8 places
Noble Stonestreet Hoffar (biography, opens in a new tab)8 places
Nick Bawlf7 places
C. Elwood Watkins (biography, opens in a new tab)7 places
Hooper and Watkins6 places

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