Underground Railroad

Freedom seekers escaping slavery in the United States.

Historic places
20Historic places
Built
1827–1896Built
Province or territory
1Province or territory

Recognized by

  • National 10
  • Provincial 3
  • Municipal 7
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario20

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1850s: 5 of the 14 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1827Griffin House National Historic Site of CanadaHamilton, Ontario
  2. 1829Osgoode Hall National Historic Site of CanadaToronto, Ontario
  3. 1836Nathaniel Dett ChapelNiagara Falls, Ontario

The register gives no construction date for 6 of these places.

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