Migration and Immigration

The movement of people to and within Canada.

Historic places
344Historic places
Built
1729–2000Built
Provinces and territories
12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 66
  • Provincial 97
  • Territorial 1
  • Municipal 180
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia103
  • New Brunswick57
  • Quebec46
  • Ontario28
  • Saskatchewan26
  • Manitoba25
  • Alberta17
  • Nova Scotia17
  • Prince Edward Island16
  • Newfoundland and Labrador6
  • Nunavut2
  • Northwest Territories1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 40 of the 211 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1729Scotchfort Pioneer CemeteryScotchfort, Prince Edward Island
  2. 1732Jean-Pierre Roma at Three Rivers, P. E. I. National Historic Site of CanadaBrudenell Point, Prince Edward Island
  3. 1755Boishébert National Historic Site of CanadaMiramichi, New Brunswick

The register gives no construction date for 133 of these places.

All 344 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

Every collection