Writers and artists

A writer, painter, musician or other artist who lived or worked there, or its place in the arts.

Historic places
292Historic places
Built
1749–1991Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 38
  • Provincial 107
  • Municipal 147
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec65
  • Ontario47
  • New Brunswick39
  • British Columbia33
  • Nova Scotia25
  • Prince Edward Island25
  • Alberta20
  • Saskatchewan14
  • Manitoba13
  • Newfoundland and Labrador10
  • Yukon1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 38 of the 221 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1749Église du Sault-au-RécolletMontréal, Quebec
  2. 1761Choeur de l'Église-Saint-François-de-SalesNeuville, Quebec
  3. 1766Perkins HouseLiverpool, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 71 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 106 of these 292 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Edmund Burke (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  2. Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  3. G.W. Northwood (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Charles Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. René-Arthur Fréchet (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  6. Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise2 places

All 292 places

Often found together

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