Towers

A tower rising above the main roof, including clock and bell towers.

Historic places
2,123Historic places
Built
1647–1987Built
Provinces and territories
13Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 503
  • Provincial 485
  • Territorial 1
  • Municipal 1,134
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec423
  • Ontario322
  • Nova Scotia255
  • New Brunswick217
  • Saskatchewan213
  • British Columbia171
  • Manitoba163
  • Prince Edward Island135
  • Newfoundland and Labrador134
  • Alberta84
  • Yukon3
  • Northwest Territories2
  • Nunavut1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 327 of the 1,882 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1647Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1671Hôpital-Général de Québec Monastery National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  3. 1684Saint-Sulpice Seminary and its Garden National Historic Site of CanadaMontréal, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 241 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 1,025 of these 2,123 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 Marine and Fisheries31 places
  2. David Ewart (biography, opens in a new tab)20 places
  3. T.W. Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)18 places
  4. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)17 places
  5. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)14 places
  6. Department of Public Works11 places

All 2,123 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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