Modernist or International style

Mid-twentieth-century design with flat roofs, open plans, glass curtain walls and no historical ornament.

Historic places
196Historic places
Built
1893–1972Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 117
  • Provincial 3
  • Municipal 76
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia64
  • Ontario39
  • Newfoundland and Labrador30
  • Quebec23
  • New Brunswick15
  • Alberta6
  • Saskatchewan6
  • Manitoba5
  • Nova Scotia5
  • Prince Edward Island2
  • Northwest Territories1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1950s: 88 of the 183 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1893Free Press BuildingNanaimo, British Columbia
  2. 1910Modern CafeNanaimo, British Columbia
  3. 1911Kitsilano Secondary SchoolVancouver, British Columbia

The register gives no construction date for 13 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 161 of these 196 places. These names come up most often.

  1. Shreve, Lamb and Harmon22 places
  2. Department of Public Works8 places
  3. Department of National Defence6 places
  4. Jacques Coutu4 places
  5. US Army Corps of Engineers4 places
  6. the US Army Corps of Engineers4 places

All 196 places

Often found together

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