Turrets

A small tower projecting from a corner or wall.

Historic places
610Historic places
Built
1665–1969Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 136
  • Provincial 106
  • Municipal 368
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec118
  • Ontario116
  • New Brunswick80
  • British Columbia76
  • Nova Scotia57
  • Manitoba50
  • Prince Edward Island36
  • Alberta30
  • Newfoundland and Labrador23
  • Saskatchewan23
  • Yukon1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 138 of the 544 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1665Fort Chambly National Historic Site of CanadaChambly, Quebec
  2. 1684Vieux Séminaire de Saint-SulpiceMontréal, Quebec
  3. 1705Château De Ramezay / India House National Historic Site of CanadaMontréal, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 66 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 330 of these 610 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. T.W. Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)13 places
  2. Department of Public Works9 places
  3. David Ewart (biography, opens in a new tab)8 places
  4. James Charles Dumaresq (biography, opens in a new tab)7 places
  5. Edward Maxwell (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places
  6. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places

All 610 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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