Neoclassical

Columns, pediments and proportions drawn from Greek and Roman architecture, typical of early public buildings.

Historic places
588Historic places
Built
1647–1952Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 108
  • Provincial 227
  • Territorial 1
  • Municipal 252
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec212
  • Ontario102
  • Nova Scotia79
  • New Brunswick66
  • Manitoba45
  • British Columbia22
  • Alberta17
  • Prince Edward Island15
  • Saskatchewan15
  • Newfoundland and Labrador10
  • Yukon5

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 62 of the 457 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1647Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1688Église de Notre-Dame-des-VictoiresQuébec, Quebec
  3. 1688Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 131 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 283 of these 588 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)14 places
  2. Darling and Pearson7 places
  3. John Cunningham (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places
  4. Thomas Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places
  5. Victor Bourgeau (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places
  6. Samuel Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places

All 588 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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