National historic site designations

A national historic site designation is a place that has a direct association with a nationally significant aspect of the history of Canada. For example, it can be an archaeological site, a structure, a building or group of buildings, a district, or a cultural landscape.

National historic site designations are located in every Canadian province and territory. They can be found in almost any setting, from rural and urban to nature; they may be sacred spaces, archaeological sites, battlefields, heritage houses, districts, places of scientific discovery, and much more.

These sites allow us to learn more about Canadian history, including the diverse cultural communities who make up Canada, and the history and culture of Indigenous peoples.

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Protection of national historic site designations

The designation of a national historic site is honorific. It does not legally protect the site, or transfer site ownership or management to Parks Canada. In Canada, protection of heritage property not owned by the federal government is the responsibility of each provincial and territorial government under its respective legislation. Only provincial and territorial governments have jurisdiction over private property, which enables them to pass and enforce legislation extending legal protection to designated properties.

Owners of national historic sites are encouraged to follow the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada for any alterations or maintenance of their site. You can download an electronic copy on the Parks Canada website under the Policy and Guidelines section or at the Canadian Register of Historic Places website.

  • List of designated national historic sites that have lost their commemorative integrity

    Parks Canada maintains a List of Sites that have Lost their Commemorative Integrity. A designated national historic site is considered to have lost its commemorative integrity when the resources directly related to the reasons for designation have been destroyed or impaired, or the reasons for designation can no longer be effectively communicated.

    The following national historic sites have been determined to have lost their commemorative integrity.

    Alberta

    • Laggan Railway Station, Lake Louise
      Designated 1976 - Moved 1976

    British Columbia

    • Kamloops Junction Railway Station, Kamloops
      Designated 1976 - Demolished circa 1985
    • Ewan Cattle Barn, Richmond
      Designated 1995 - Destroyed by wind storm 1999

    Manitoba

    • Elaschuk House, Roblin
      Designated 1975 - Moved 1987
    • Capitol Theatre, Winnipeg
      Designated 1991 - Demolished circa 2002
    • Empire Hotel, Winnipeg
      Designated 1976 - Demolished circa 1980

    New Brunswick

    • Old Sunbury County Jail, Burton
      Designated 1985 - Moved 1989 - Demolished 1992

    Newfoundland and Labrador

    • Port Blandford Railway Station, Port Blandford
      Designated 1976 - Destroyed by fire circa 1979
    • Carey House, Witless Bay
      Designated 1982 - Demolished 1984

    Ontario

    • Plymouth Square, Kingston
      Designated 1970 - Demolished 1973
    • Rideau Street Convent & Chapel, Ottawa
      Designated 1972 - Demolished circa 1972
    • Sparks House, Ottawa
      Designated 1954 - Demolished circa 1954
    • Darlingside, Rockport
      Designated 1992 - Complex demolished circa 2008-2014
    • Sahkahjewaosa / Garden River Band Council House, Sault Ste. Marie
      Designated 1986 - Destroyed by fire circa 1986
    • Finish Labour Temple, Thunder Bay
      Designated 2011- Destroyed by fire 2021
    • Thomson Building, Timmins
      Designated 1987 - Demolished 1995

    Quebec

    • Bertier Railway Station, Bertier
      Designated 1976 - Demolished 2006
    • L’Islet Railway Station (Grand Trunk), L’Islet
      Designated 1976 - Demolished (date unknown)
    • Le Moyne / Heroux / Longueuil House, Longueuil
      Designated 1958 - Demolished circa 1999
    • Galt House, Sherbrooke
      Designated 1962 - Demolished circa 1966
    • Canadian Pacific Forest Products Mill, Trois-Rivères
      Designated 1991 - Demolished 2002
    • Jack House, Vanier
      Designated 1969 - Demolished circa 2004

    Saskatchewan

    • Biggar Railway Station (Grand Trunk), Biggar
      Designated 1976 - Demolished 2018
    • Fleming Lake of the Woods Grain Elevator, Fleming
      Designated 2008 - Destroyed by fire 2010
    • Capital Theatre, Saskatoon
      Designated 1979 - Demolished December 1979

    No associated province or territory

    • HMCS Ottawa
      Designated 1993 - Demolished 1994

National historic site designations

Profiled below are some of the national historic sites that have been designated through the recommendations of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC). Note that additional national historic designations will continue to be added to this page.

A full list of national historic persons, places and events can be found on the Directory of Federal Heritage Designations.

This list is sorted by alphabetical order. You can sort designated national historic sites by province/territory.

National Historic Site
Front and side view of Penman Textile Mill National Historic Site, the first and most important plant of the Penman Manufacturing Company.

Penman Textile Mill

This stately mill complex, along with other Penman Manufacturing Company mills on the Grand River and beyond, comprised the largest woollen knit goods producer in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada

L.M. Montgomery's Cavendish

Bringing together the real and imaginary worlds of Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942), this landscape is intimately associated with her formative years and prolific career as a writer.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada

Illustration of a fort

Fort Richelieu

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada reviewed this designation in 2022.

Image copyright : © A. Leblond de Brumath

Photo of a landscape with blue sky

L'Anse Amour

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada reviewed this designation in 2022.

Image copyright : © Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Photo of a rustic log cabin, trees and blue sky

Skoki Ski Lodge

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada reviewed this designation in 2022.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada

Fort Laprairie

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada reviewed this designation in 2021.

Image copyright : © Creative Commons

Montmorency Park

The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada reviewed this designation in 2022.

Image copyright : © Destination Québec cité

Front view of a church

St. Anne's Anglican Church

St. Anne's vibrant wall paintings make this church a place of national historic significance. They were executed in 1923 by ten Toronto artists, including J.E.H. MacDonald, F. Varley and F. Carmichael from the Group of Seven.

Image copyright : © Ontario Heritage Trust

A street of a chinatown, buildings, cars, pedestrians and people biking

Vancouver's Chinatown

First settled in the 1880s, Vancouver’s Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest in Canada. Its evolution, fabric, and continued vitality reflect the contributions and struggles of Chinese Canadians over the years.

Image copyright : © Wikimedia Commons

A building on a street

Mon Keang School

Mon Keang School offered Chinese-language education to children and youth in Vancouver’s Chinese community, helping create a cultural link with China during a period when Chinese people in Canada faced considerable racism, and when immigration from China was severely restricted.

Image copyright : © Charlotte Hung

Black and white photo of a house in a neighborhood

Rockcliffe Park Historic District

Well-established and affluent residential neighborhood in Ottawa with a layout strongly influenced by the region’s topography and woodland areas.

Image copyright : © Library and Archives Canada / William James Topley

A waterworks with a chimney on blue sky background

Hamilton Waterworks

This dignified building, reminiscent of the style of a Roman aqueduct, houses one of Canada's greatest surviving engineering achievements of the mid-19th century, the Hamilton Waterworks.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada

Large house on a street

George Brown House

This elegant house was built from 1874 to 1876 for George Brown, eminent journalist, politician, and Father of Confederation.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada

Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church

In 1848, refugees from American slavery built this church by hand to serve Amherstburg's growing Black community.

Image copyright : © Yoho2001 / Creative Commons

Photo d'un cimetière dans un environement verdoyant

Brookside Cemetery

Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg is among the oldest and largest examples of the garden cemetery tradition in Western Canada.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada / Jeffrey Thorsteinson

National Arts Centre

Designed by Fred Lebensold, the National Arts Centre (NAC) opened in 1969, offering state-of-the-art performing spaces and technology in its main venues, especially Southam Hall.

Image copyright : © Parks Canada / Zaid Al Atiyat

Black and white photo of a vessel from the Canadian Coast Guard

CCGS Alexander Henry

The former Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Alexander Henry is a retired light icebreaker, buoy tender, and navigational aid ship that served on the Great Lakes from 1959 to 1985.

Image copyright: © Transportation Museum of Thunder Bay

Château Laurier

The Château Laurier National Historic Site of Canada is an early-20th-century hotel located across from the Former Union Railway station in downtown Ottawa, Ontario.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada

Landscape with grass and trees

Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst

At this site, the Mi’kmaq met the French in the 18th century to renew their friendship and military alliance at a time when the French and British empires were fighting for supremacy in North America.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada

Photo of a large brown coloured house

de Gannes-Cosby House

This house is a rare example of a pre-Deportation residence in Acadie.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Kate MacFarlane

Three persons seen from the back walking in a field surrounded with trees

T'äw Tà'är (Winter Crossing / Teslin Crossing)

The history of this meeting place and village, also known as Winter Crossing, illustrates how the Ta’an Kwäch’än have lived on, valued, and shaped their land in cooperation with their neighbours.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / D. Neufeld

Claverleigh

Built in 1871 as a parish rectory, this charming house is a significant example of a Gothic Revival villa in Victorian Canada.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Chris Johnstone

Aerial photo of a landscape featuring a river

Tr'ochëk

Tr'ochëk lies at the heart of Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in territory and is a gathering place that is valued for its rich natural resources and its significance to the community in sustaining and transmitting its heritage.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / David Neufeld

Battle of Cut Knife Hill

On May 2, 1885, after the relief of Battleford, Col. W.D. Otter and a flying column of 305 men advanced on Poundmaker's reserve at Cut Knife where the Cree and Assiniboine bands of Battleford Agency were gathered.

Image copyright: © Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society

Landscape of trees and view on water

Discovery Claim (Claim 37903)

Discovery Claim is the place where the Klondike gold rush began, on Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River near the town of Dawson, Yukon Territory.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / John Gould

Building with trees and view of water

Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial

Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site commemorates the significant waves of immigration welcomed to Canada between the opening of the 19th century and the First World War.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada

Green field with wooden fence and installation

L'Anse aux Meadows

Discovered in 1960, this is the first authenticated Norse site found in North America and could be Leif Ericsson's short-lived Vinland camp.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Dale Wilson

A fortress with water in front

Fortress of Louisbourg

Fortress of Louisbourg is the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada

Group of people surrounding a bronze commemorative plaque in a green grass area

Mehtawtik (Meductic) Village

Mehtawtik (Meductic) Village overlooks the former location of Mehtawtik, principal village of the Wəlastəkokewiyik (Maliseets) on the banks of the Wəlastəkw (Saint John River), standing at the end of a portage that provided an important link to an inland waterway.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada

A large stone church surrounded by trees

St. Patrick's Basilica

A fine early example of Gothic Revival architecture, Saint Patrick's Basilica was erected between 1843 and 1847 for the city's Irish community.

Image copyright: © Luc Brunelle / Ministère de la Culture et des Communications

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

In 1970, this structure was built to house the Manitoba Theatre Centre, a group founded in 1958 that has made a significant and lasting contribution to the development of regional theatre.

Image copyright: © Jerry Grajewski

A little house in a summer setting

Griffin House

Built in 1827, this home is associated with Black settlement in British North America during the first half of the 19th century.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / M D'Abramo

Sandwich First Baptist Church

Erected in 1851 on land donated by the Crown, the Sandwich First Baptist Church represents the once numerous Black border-town churches which were built to serve the rapidly increasing numbers of Underground Railroad settlers.

Image copyright: Public Domain from Flickr / jodelli

A white chapel

Salem Chapel British Methodist Episcopal Church

Built in 1855, it was an important centre of 19th-century abolitionist and civil rights activity in Canada.

Image copyright: © Wayne Adam

Interior of a pub

Crow's Nest Officers' Club

This private social club brought together Allied naval officers and their Merchant Navy counterparts in order to bolster their effectiveness on the high seas.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Nicolas Miquelon

The Underground Railroad

Kiix̣in Village and Fortress

Kiix̣in was the traditional capital of the Huu-ay-aht, one of the Nuu-chah- nulth peoples.

Image copyright: © Huu-ay-aht First Nations

A circular tower beside the water

Shoal Tower

British military engineers designed Shoal Tower and three other Martello towers built between 1846 and 1848 to strengthen the Kingston fortifications

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Cobi Sharpe

Africville

Africville

For over a century African Canadians settled here, developing an independent community centred around church and family.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Nathalie Ouellette

Historic brickwork buildings

Gooderham and Worts Distillery

The seeds of Canada's largest 19th-century distilling firm were sown in 1837 when a still was set up on this site to convert surplus grain from an 1832 grist mill into whisky.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Erika Sampson

A tall building with a Canadian flag

Gulf of Georgia Cannery

For thousands of years the fishery has been vitally important to people on Canada's west coast.

Image copyright: © Giovanni Martorella

Amherstburg First Baptist Church

Amherstburg First Baptist Church

Constructed by 1848–1849, at a terminus of the Underground Railroad near the United States border, this church offered sanctuary to African Americans fleeing slavery and helped foster a distinctive Black Baptist tradition in Ontario.

Apothecaries Hall

Apothecaries Hall

Apothecaries Hall was designated a national historic site because from 1810 to 1986 an apothecary shop was operated on this site, making it one of the oldest continually operated pharmacies in Canada.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / J. Butterill

Buxton Settlement

Buxton Settlement

This cultural landscape, through the retention of land-use patterns and built resources, speaks to the successful realization of the block or planned refugee settlement in Canada; the cultural landscape continues as a living memorial to its founders and to the courage of every Underground Railroad refugee who took their life in their hands and chose Canada as their home.

R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church

R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church

An important community icon, this chapel bares witness to the early black settlement of the Niagara region and marks the role of the church in assisting newly arrived Underground Railroad refugees.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / S. Ricketts

Massey Hall

Massey Hall

Since its opening in 1894, massey Hall has served as one of Canada's most important cultural institutions. A gift to Toronto from wealthy industrialist Hart Massey, it provided the city with professional concert facilities.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Jim Molnar

Pier 21

Pier 21

This site witnessed the arrival of approximately one million immigrants, who have enriched the cultural mosaic of Canada.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Ian Doull

Rideau Canal

Rideau Canal

Built between 1826 and 1832, the Rideau Canal is the best-preserved, fully operational example from North America’s great canal-building era.

Signal Hill

Signal Hill

Signal Hill was designated a national historic site because it is importantly associated with Canada’s defence and communications history.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / F. Bergeson

Former Muscowequan Indian Residential School

Former Muscowequan Indian Residential School

The large, three-storey former school building was built in 1930-31 to replace residential school buildings dating to the late-19th century, and remained open until 1997.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Allison Sarkar

Former Shingwauk Indian Residential School

Former Shingwauk Indian Residential School

Opened in 1875 by the Anglican Church, Shingwauk IRS was part of the system of residential schools in Canada. This system was imposed on Indigenous Peoples by the federal government and certain churches and religious organizations, who worked together in a deliberate effort to assimilate Indigenous children and convert them to Christianity by separating them from their families, cultures, languages, and traditions.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Nathalie Ouellette

Magog Textile Mill

Magog Textile Mill

Only 19th century mill where the entire process of spinning, weaving, bleaching and printing was carried on at one site; built in 1883.

Image copyright: © Historical Society of Magog / Fonds Studio RC

Newfoundland National War Memorial

Newfoundland National War Memorial

Unveiled in 1924 to commemorate the Dominion of Newfoundland’s contributions to the First World War, the Newfoundland National War Memorial is an imposing monument featuring a rare combination of allegorical and realistic bronze sculptures designed by British artists Gilbert Bayes and Ferdinand Victor Blundstone.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Sean Graham

Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead

Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead

Born in Ontario, Adelaide Hoodless sought to release the full potential of women for social action.

Chapais House

Chapais House

Chapais House was built in 1833 for the merchant Jean-Charles Chapais Sr. (1811–1885), one of the Fathers of Confederation.

Image copyright: © Frédéric Roy / Ministère de la Culture et des Communications

Chiefswood

Chiefswood

Completed in 1856, Chiefswood owes its importance to its architecture and the prominence of the people who lived here.

Erland Lee (Museum) Home

Erland Lee (Museum) Home

This 19th-century farmhouse is the birthplace of Women's Institutes (WI), an organization that played a vital role in thousands of small communities.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Dianne Dodd

John and Olive Diefenbaker Museum

John and Olive Diefenbaker Museum

Built circa 1912, the John and Olive Diefenbaker Museum in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, was John Diefenbaker’s home from 1947 to 1957.

Louis-Joseph Papineau

Louis-Joseph Papineau National Historic Site

Built in 1785, this stone house has the rectangular shape and gable roof typical of contemporary urban architecture in Quebec.

Central Memorial Library and Park

Central Memorial Library and Park

Central Memorial Library and Park, located just south of Calgary’s downtown, opened to the public in 1912 and reflect official efforts to create an attractive and cultured new city in the west.

Reader Rock Garden

Reader Rock Garden

Established in 1913 and developed until 1942, this garden is a showcase for the horticultural, ecological, and aesthetic possibilities of gardening in the harsh climate of Calgary.

Image copyright: ©  Parks Canada / J. Cousineau

Miners’ Union Hall

Miners’ Union Hall

Located at 1765 Columbia Avenue in Rossland, British Columbia, the Miners' Union Hall was built in 1898 to serve as a meeting place for Local 38 of the Western Federation of Miners.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Christine Boucher

Tsekwa

Tse’K’wa

Tse’k’wa is an exceptional archaeological site in northeastern British Columbia that has contributed to the understanding of environmental changes and human settlement from the end of the last glacial period (12,500 years ago) to 1,000 years ago.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / M. Stopp

Uplands

Uplands

Uplands is a residential subdivision of 188 hectares located in the northeastern section of Oak Bay, the oldest suburban municipality in Greater Victoria.

Image copyright: © Dr. Larry McCann

Vancouver Japanese Language School

Vancouver Japanese Language School

The Vancouver Japanese Language School, located at 487 Alexander Street, was the first and largest Japanese language school in Canada and one of 50 such schools in use before 1941.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Jennifer A. Cousineau

Former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential School

The former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential School

Built in 1914-1915, the former Portage La Prairie Indian Residential School is located on Keeshkeemaquah Reserve, part of the reserve lands of Long Plain First Nation.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Allison Sarkar

Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral

Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral

Designed and built in 1939-1940, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral speaks to the history of the Acadian people. Decorative elements related to their religious and secular history are found throughout the cathedral; these include an exterior sculpture of the Virgin Mary, patron saint of the Acadians, and stained glass windows depicting significant religious and historical events.

Image copyright: © Radio Canada

Beinn Bhreagh Hall

Beinn Bhreagh Hall

Built in 1892-93, Beinn Bhreagh Hall (BBH) was the summer residence, estate, and laboratory of inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell and his wife, Mabel Bell.

Former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School

The former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School

The former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School was built in 1928-29 in the Sipekni’katik district of Mi’kma’ki, at the top of a small hill between Highway 2 and the Shubenacadie River overlooking the village of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, and 7 kilometres from Sipekne’katik First Nation (Indian Brook).

Image copyright: © Sisters of Charity / Halifax / Congregational Archives

Truro Old Normal College

Truro Old Normal College

A major landmark in downtown Truro, this impressive, three-storey brick building is an excellent example of Second Empire architecture. Designed by Nova Scotia architect Henry Frederick Busch, it features a mansard roof, a well-proportioned central pavilion, pedimented gable dormers, ornate brackets under its pronounced eaves, and arched windows.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / C. Boucher

David Dunlap Observatory

David Dunlap Observatory

When it opened in 1935 in what was then an isolated setting 20 kilometres north of Toronto in Richmond Hill, Ontario, the David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) featured the world’s second-largest telescope and was central to establishing academic astronomy in Canada.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Jennifer A. Cousineau

Former Paris Town Hall

Former Paris Town Hall

Built in 1854, according to the plans of architect John Maxwell, this former town hall is a rare Canadian example of a civic building in the Gothic Revival-style.

Image copyright: © County of Brant Public Library

Hart Massey House

Hart Massey House

The heritage value of Hart Massey is based on its architectural and environmental interests.

Park House

Park House

Park House, an 18th-century dwelling located on the commercial main street of Amherstburg, Ontario, is considered one of the oldest houses in the region.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Jennifer A. Cousineau

Spadina

Spadina

Begun in 1866 for Toronto entrepreneur James Austin and his wife Susan Bright Austin, this Toronto landmark is a rare example of a country estate and villa transformed into an opulent Edwardian residence.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Jennifer A. Cousineau

Cormier House

Cormier House

Located at 1418 Pine Avenue West in Montréal, Cormier House is a spectacular example of an Art Deco residence.

La Petite-Ferme du cap Tourmente

La Petite-Ferme du cap Tourmente

La Petite-Ferme is located in a landscape of remarkable beauty, where the St. Lawrence River meets the great coastal marsh and the tidal plain.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / J. Dufresne

Village of Val-Jalbert

The Historic Village of Val-Jalbert

Founded in 1901 around a pulp and paper mill, and deserted since 1927, the village of Val-Jalbert is a prime example of an early 20th century pulp and paper industry company town.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Christine Boucher

Roger Gaudry Building

Roger Gaudry Building, Université de Montréal

Located at the heart of the Université de Montréal campus, the Roger Gaudry Building is a prominent Montréal landmark.

Gillies Grove and House

Gillies Grove and House

Gillies Grove is one of the few remaining accessible Ottawa Valley woodlots with significant stands of old growth white pine, long the mainstay of the region’s lumber industry.

Montréal Botanical Gardens

Montréal Botanical Garden

Founded in 1931, this garden is the work of renowned botanist Brother Marie-Victorin, who initiated and directed the project, and landscape architect Henry Teuscher, who conceived the design.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Nathalie Clerk

Jardins de Metis

Jardins de Métis

Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden.

Royal Botanical Gardens

Royal Botanical Gardens of Canada

The Royal Botanical Gardens National Historic Site is an extensive botanical garden that was developed over the course of the 20th century.

Image copyright: © National Film Board of Canada / Library and Archives Canada

Butchart Gardens

Butchart Gardens

Butchart Gardens National Historic Site is an internationally-known public attraction that has been open to visitors since 1904.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / M. Trépannier

Halifax Public Gardens

Halifax Public Gardens

The Halifax Public Gardens National Historic Site is one of the rare surviving Victorian gardens in Canada.

Image copyright: © Photographer Markjt

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site

Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site consists of a 20th-century museum building containing Bell memorabilia, set on a 10 hectare property overlooking Baddeck Bay, part of Bras d'Or Lake, and Beinn Bhreagh, Alexander Graham Bell's summer home.

Abbotsford Sikh Temple

Abbotsford Sikh Temple

In 1911, determined Sikh pioneers from India built this temple, or Gurdwara, with lumber carried from the nearby sawmill where many of them worked.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Danielle Hamelin

Tilting

Tilting

Tilting National Historic Site is an outport landscape created by a coastal fishing community on the east coast of Fogo Island in Notre Dame Bay on Newfoundland’s northeast coast.

Image copyright: © Parks Canada / Rhona Goodspeed

Vimy Ridge

Vimy Ridge

For Canadians the taking of Vimy Ridge stands as a great feat of arms, an exceptional example of courage and sacrifice, and an important milestone in the development of their nation.

Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead

Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead

Wasyl Negrych Homestead National Historic Site is believed to be one of the most complete and best-preserved example of an early Ukrainian farmstead in Canada.

University College

University College

The University College National Historic Site, built between 1856 and 1859, is associated with both the development of the University of Toronto, and with a national system of non-denominational institutions of higher learning supported by government.

Fall caribou crossing

Fall caribou crossing

Fall Caribou Crossing National Historic Site spans a section of the lower Kazan River (Harvaqtuuq) between the Kazan Falls and the narrows in Thirty Mile Lake (Quukilruq) in the Territory of Nunavut.

Royal Botanical Gardens

Royal Botanical Gardens

The Royal Botanical Gardens National Historic Site is an extensive botanical garden that was developed over the course of the 20th century.

Image copyright: © Mark Zelinski

Áísínai'pi

Áísínai'pi

Áísínai'pi National Historic Site, also known as Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, is located on the Milk River in southern Alberta 150 km east of the Rocky Mountains.

Image copyright: © Photo courtesy of Alberta Parks

The Fortifications of Québec

The Fortifications of Québec

The principal military stronghold in Canada during the colonial period, Québec City was protected by an elaborate defence system developed between 1608 and 1871.

The Gate of Harmonious Interests, Victoria's Chinatown

Victoria's Chinatown

The oldest and most intact Chinatown in Canada, this district represents an important chapter in the complex history and heritage of Chinese Canadians.

Image copyright: © Photographed by Barry Swackhamer

S.S. Klondike

S.S. Klondike

The largest vessel ever to ply the Canadian portion of the Yukon River, this sternwheeler was built by the British Yukon Navigation Co. and launched at Whitehorse in 1937 to replace her namesake, which sank the year before.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Designed by Henry Adolph Engelhardt and officially opened in 1876, this cemetery is an outstanding example of landscape design inspired by the European and American garden cemeteries of the 19th century.



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