Murals and public art

Murals, mosaics or public art on or in the building.

Historic places
271Historic places
Built
1688–1985Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 62
  • Provincial 76
  • Municipal 133
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec56
  • Ontario46
  • British Columbia40
  • Manitoba33
  • New Brunswick32
  • Saskatchewan21
  • Alberta20
  • Nova Scotia13
  • Prince Edward Island7
  • Newfoundland and Labrador2
  • Northwest Territories1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 44 of the 249 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1688Église de Notre-Dame-des-VictoiresQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1708Sinclair InnAnnapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
  3. 1716Caughnawaga Mission / Mission of St. Francis Xavier National Historic Site of CanadaKahnawake, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 22 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 179 of these 271 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  2. E.J. Lennox (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  3. Charles Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  4. René-Arthur Fréchet (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. Allward and Gouinlock2 places
  6. Thomas Lamb (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places

All 271 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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