Notable architects

The work of an architect the text describes as prominent or important.

Historic places
1,338Historic places
Built
1675–1980Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 119
  • Provincial 302
  • Territorial 1
  • Municipal 916
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia454
  • Quebec233
  • Ontario167
  • Prince Edward Island88
  • Nova Scotia80
  • Manitoba78
  • New Brunswick66
  • Saskatchewan65
  • Alberta56
  • Newfoundland and Labrador49
  • Yukon2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 265 of the 1,232 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1675Séminaire de QuébecQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1684Vieux Séminaire de Saint-SulpiceMontréal, Quebec
  3. 1688Église de Notre-Dame-des-VictoiresQuébec, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 106 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 1,208 of these 1,338 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)26 places
  2. Samuel Maclure (biography, opens in a new tab)23 places
  3. John Teague (biography, opens in a new tab)20 places
  4. Thomas Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)17 places
  5. Storey and Van Egmond16 places
  6. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)15 places

All 1,338 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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