Women's history

Notable women, women's organizations or women's rights.

Historic places
195Historic places
Built
1631–1991Built
Provinces and territories
10Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 32
  • Provincial 44
  • Municipal 119
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • New Brunswick43
  • British Columbia32
  • Ontario30
  • Quebec28
  • Newfoundland and Labrador15
  • Nova Scotia14
  • Prince Edward Island13
  • Alberta9
  • Manitoba7
  • Saskatchewan4

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 32 of the 167 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1631Fort La Tour National Historic Site of CanadaSaint John, New Brunswick
  2. 1668Maison Saint-Gabriel National Historic Site of CanadaMontréal, Quebec
  3. 1692Grey Nuns' Hospital National Historic Site of CanadaMontréal, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 28 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 61 of these 195 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. James Charles Dumaresq (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  2. Victor Bourgeau (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  3. Andrew Dewar (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. Albert Mesnard (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  6. Thomas Hooper (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places

All 195 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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