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Architecture of Canada

16 December 2009
1886 – Hôtel du Parlement, Quebec City, Quebec

1886 – Hôtel du Parlement, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Eugène-Etienne Tache The Parliament Building (Hôtel du Parlement) is home to the Parliament of Quebec composed of the Lieutenant-Governor and the National Assembly. The building was designed by architect Eugène-Étienne Taché and...

27 April 2010
1887 – 173 McDermot Avenue – Mitchell Block, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1887 – 173 McDermot Avenue – Mitchell Block, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: A.T. Timewell The date stone over the centre window of the top floor of this building reads 1886, making it one of the earlier structures of the area. It was built for...

16 December 2009
1887 – Ministry of Finance, Quebec City, Quebec

1887 – Ministry of Finance, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Eugène-Etienne Tache Originally built as a courthouse, and was restored again from 1983 to 1987. Since then it has been Québec’s Ministry of Justice. The architect of the exterior was Eugène-Etienne Tache,...

11 December 2009
1888 – Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec

1888 – Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: James O’Donnell Notre-Dame Basilica (French Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal), overlooks the Place d’Armes in the heart of Old Montreal. The Roman Catholic Sulpician Order arrived in Montreal (Ville-Marie) in 1657; six years...

02 November 2010
1888 – Halifax City Hall, Nova Scotia, Canada

1888 – Halifax City Hall, Nova Scotia, Canada

Architect: Edward Elliot Perspective View published in The Architect, November 25th 1887. In 1886 Halifax City Council asked for competitive plans for a proposed city hall. Of the architects who submitted plans, the...

07 July 2012
1888 – Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta

1888 – Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Thomas Fuller Former court house, demolished in 1958. Constructed on 4th St. South West in 1888.

17 December 2009
1889 – Former Railway Station, Miami, Manitoba

1889 – Former Railway Station, Miami, Manitoba

No longer connected to the railway network, this is an early survivor of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway. Used for many years by the Canadian Northern and the Canadian National Railways, it...

06 August 2010
1889 – St. James United Church, Montreal

1889 – St. James United Church, Montreal

Architect: Alexander F. Dunlop The present building is the congregation’s fourth home. It was built between 1887 and 1889 after the congregation decided to move uptown from St. James Street, hence the name....

30 September 2009
1889 – Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario

1889 – Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: George Durand