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Historic places
307Historic places
Built
1771–1958Built
Provinces and territories
12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 94
  • Provincial 86
  • Municipal 127
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • New Brunswick62
  • Saskatchewan49
  • Ontario42
  • Quebec35
  • British Columbia33
  • Alberta30
  • Nova Scotia20
  • Manitoba11
  • Prince Edward Island11
  • Newfoundland and Labrador8
  • Yukon5
  • Northwest Territories1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 39 of the 266 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 177160 Richmond Street / Connaught SquareCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  2. 1775St. John's Parish HallLunenburg, Nova Scotia
  3. 1787Abraham Lent HouseTusket, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 41 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 154 of these 307 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Department of Public Works7 places
  2. Maurice W Sharon (biography, opens in a new tab)7 places
  3. John Cunningham (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  4. William Henry Churchill (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  5. François Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  6. Storey and Van Egmond3 places

All 307 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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