Last of their kind

The last surviving example of its type, or the only building left standing nearby.

Historic places
428Historic places
Built
1608–1956Built
Provinces and territories
12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 79
  • Provincial 127
  • Territorial 3
  • Municipal 219
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia75
  • Ontario74
  • Quebec44
  • Saskatchewan43
  • Manitoba41
  • Newfoundland and Labrador41
  • Nova Scotia40
  • Alberta35
  • Prince Edward Island19
  • New Brunswick11
  • Northwest Territories3
  • Yukon2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 71 of the 364 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1608Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1664Petite-Ferme du cap Tourmente National Historic Site of CanadaSaint-Joachim, Quebec
  3. 1665Bead Hill National Historic Site of CanadaToronto, Ontario

The register gives no construction date for 64 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 126 of these 428 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places
  2. R.B. Pratt (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  3. J.T. Nevill4 places
  4. Department of Public Works3 places
  5. Department of Marine and Fisheries2 places
  6. Thomas Charles Sorby (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places

All 428 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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