Mining

Mines, mining towns and mineral processing.

Historic places
163Historic places
Built
1576–1968Built
Provinces and territories
13Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 51
  • Provincial 44
  • Territorial 2
  • Municipal 66
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia66
  • Yukon30
  • Alberta18
  • Ontario14
  • Nova Scotia9
  • Newfoundland and Labrador7
  • Quebec7
  • Manitoba3
  • Saskatchewan3
  • New Brunswick2
  • Northwest Territories2
  • Nunavut1
  • Prince Edward Island1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 23 of the 126 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1576Kodlunarn Island National Historic Site of CanadaKodlunarn Island, Nunavut
  2. 1730Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site of CanadaTrois-Rivières, Quebec
  3. 1828Richard Brown HouseSydney Mines, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 37 of these places.

All 163 places

Often found together

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