Islands

A small island, island group or island community, such as Grand Manan, the Magdalen Islands, the Mingan Archipelago, the Gulf Islands, the Toronto Islands or a lighthouse island.

Historic places
350Historic places
Built
1576–1987Built
Provinces and territories
12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 215
  • Provincial 68
  • Territorial 3
  • Municipal 64
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec100
  • Ontario75
  • Nova Scotia49
  • New Brunswick42
  • British Columbia37
  • Newfoundland and Labrador21
  • Nunavut10
  • Prince Edward Island5
  • Alberta3
  • Northwest Territories3
  • Saskatchewan3
  • Manitoba2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 32 of the 281 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1576Kodlunarn Island National Historic Site of CanadaKodlunarn Island, Nunavut
  2. 1649Fort Sainte Marie II National Historic Site of CanadaChristian Island, Ontario
  3. 1680Maison GagnonSainte-Famille, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 69 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 132 of these 350 places. These names come up most often.

  1. Department of Public Works18 places
  2. Architectural Department15 places
  3. Department of Marine and Fisheries14 places
  4. John Brown5 places
  5. Department of Transport4 places
  6. Charles Atherton3 places

All 350 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

Every collection