National Historic Sites of Canada

In Canada, National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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

National Historic Sites Of Canada Media

The celebrations of Quebec City's tricentennial in 1908 acted as a catalyst for federal efforts to designate and preserve historic sites.
Prince of Wales Fort in Churchill, Manitoba was one of the first two sites designated in Western Canada.
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.
Áísínai’pi, a location of significant cultural and religious importance to the Blackfoot people, was designated in 2006.
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.
Plaques affixed to cairns were initially used to mark National Historic Sites, such as this one at Glengarry Landing in Ontario