Military and Defence

The armed forces, fortifications and wars.

Historic places
868Historic places
Built
1541–1980Built
Provinces and territories
13Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 629
  • Provincial 96
  • Municipal 143
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario241
  • British Columbia139
  • Quebec138
  • Nova Scotia111
  • New Brunswick73
  • Newfoundland and Labrador59
  • Alberta33
  • Manitoba29
  • Saskatchewan28
  • Nunavut7
  • Prince Edward Island7
  • Yukon2
  • Northwest Territories1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1940s: 90 of the 717 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1541Fort Charlesbourg Royal National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1605Annapolis Royal Historic District National Historic Site of CanadaAnnapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
  3. 1608Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 151 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 409 of these 868 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Royal Engineers37 places
  2. Department of Public Works28 places
  3. British Royal Engineers27 places
  4. Department of National Defence26 places
  5. Shreve, Lamb and Harmon25 places
  6. T.W. Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)19 places

All 868 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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