National Historic Sites of Canada

In Canada, National Historic Sites (French: [Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) are places that the government has decided are important in Canada's history. Many are managed by Parks Canada, the same organization that runs Canada's national parks. Many of the sites have been restored to their original form after many years of being left alone to fall apart.

Events

The First Park that was declated the National Historic Site of Canada at Fort Anne, Nova Scotia Was where a discovery of unmarked Acadian Graves were found.

Lists of National Historic Sites by location

Lists of National Historic Sites by location		Number of NHSes	First NHS designated	Example of NHS and designation date
Alberta sites	80px	61	1923	80px Frog Lake (1923)
British Columbia sites	80px	94	1923	80px Rogers Pass (1971)
Manitoba sites	80px	57	1920	80px Exchange District (1996)
New Brunswick sites	80px	63	1920	80px Hartland Covered Bridge (1980)
Newfoundland and Labrador sites		46	1951	80px Signal Hill (1951)
Nova Scotia sites		90	1920	File:Pier 21 (NHSC chart).jpg Pier 21 (1997)
Ontario sites	80px	270	1919	80px McCrae House (1966)
Hamilton sites		15	1929	80px Dundurn Castle (1997)
Kingston sites		22	1923	Kingston City Hall (1961)
Niagara Region sites		26	1921	80px Niagara-on-the-Lake (2003)
Ottawa sites		26	1925	80px Parliament Buildings (1976)
Toronto sites		36	1923	80px Fort York (1923)
Prince Edward Island sites	80px	22	1933	80px L.M. Montgomery's Cavendish (2004)
Quebec sites	80px	197	1919	File:Île d'Orléans (NHSC chart).JPG Île d'Orléans Seigneury (1990)
Montreal sites		61	1920	80px Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica (1989)
Quebec City sites		37	1923	File:Château Frontenac (NHSC chart).jpg Château Frontenac (1981)
Saskatchewan sites	80px	46	1923	80px Canadian Bank of Commerce (1976)
Northwest Territories sites	80px	12	1930	80px Church of Our Lady of Good Hope (1977)
Nunavut sites	80px	12	1964	80px Inuksuk Point (1969)
Yukon sites	80px	11	1959	80px Dawson Historical Complex (1959)
France	80px	2	1996	Vimy Ridge (1996)

National Historic Sites Of Canada Media

• Tricentenaire de Québec.jpg

  The celebrations of Quebec City's tricentennial in 1908 acted as a catalyst for federal efforts to designate and preserve historic sites.

• Churchill Fort Prince of Wales 1996-08-12.jpg

  Prince of Wales Fort in Churchill, Manitoba was one of the first two sites designated in Western Canada.

• Forteresse de Louisbourg.jpg

  The initial focus of the program was strictly on commemoration rather than preservation or restoration. The ruins of the Fortress of Louisbourg were designated in 1920, but efforts to restore the fortress did not commence until 1961.

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  Áísínai’pi, a location of significant cultural and religious importance to the Blackfoot people, was designated in 2006.

• Hôtel de ville de Westmount.JPG

  The historic district of Westmount, Quebec was designated in 2011 in recognition of the efforts of local citizens who had worked for decades to protect the district's historic built environment.

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  Plaques affixed to cairns were initially used to mark National Historic Sites, such as this one at Glengarry Landing in Ontario

Other websites

• Official website (in English and French)