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The communities with the most recognized places in each province and territory.

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British Columbia2,561

Vancouver403 places
Victoria289 places
Kelowna178 places
New Westminster153 places
Nanaimo127 places
North Vancouver88 places

Alberta616

Edmonton118 places
Calgary80 places
Longview31 places
Lethbridge14 places
Red Deer12 places
Medicine Hat12 places

Saskatchewan860

Regina78 places
Saskatoon38 places
Moose Jaw26 places
Prince Albert18 places
Battleford16 places
Melville12 places

Manitoba806

Winnipeg282 places
Brandon39 places
Carberry33 places
Portage la Prairie20 places
Gimli15 places
Selkirk12 places

Ontario2,043

Ottawa195 places
Kingston98 places
Windsor78 places
Toronto60 places
Port Hope56 places
Guelph55 places

Quebec1,756

Montréal241 places
Québec194 places
Saguenay94 places
Gatineau86 places
Trois-Rivières26 places
Longueuil25 places

New Brunswick1,755

Saint John385 places
St. Andrews116 places
Miramichi110 places
Fredericton104 places
Moncton102 places
Dieppe53 places

Nova Scotia1,232

Halifax227 places
Annapolis Royal110 places
Lunenburg62 places
Truro57 places
Yarmouth51 places
Wolfville35 places

Prince Edward Island999

Charlottetown369 places
Summerside121 places
Victoria40 places
Montague33 places
Alberton25 places
Stratford18 places

Newfoundland and Labrador785

St. John's222 places
Bonavista56 places
Twillingate24 places
Conception Bay South22 places
Harbour Grace17 places
Harbour Breton16 places

Yukon70

Dawson41 places
Whitehorse12 places
Bear Creek complex3 places

Northwest Territories37

Yellowknife9 places
Fort Simpson6 places

Nunavut34

Hall Beach7 places
Ellesmere Island6 places

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Shops and stores

General stores, department stores and retail trade.

Historic places: 431Historic places
Built: 1727–1966Built
Provinces and territories: 12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

National 16
Provincial 85
Territorial 1
Municipal 329

Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

British Columbia110
New Brunswick87
Newfoundland and Labrador45
Ontario37
Prince Edward Island34
Manitoba27
Quebec26
Nova Scotia25
Alberta17
Saskatchewan17
Northwest Territories3
Yukon3

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Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 69 of the 339 with a known date.

The oldest

The register gives no construction date for 92 of these places.

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