Photo credit: City of Edmonton Spanning the North Saskatchewan River next to the Alberta Legislature Building, the monumental High Level…
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University of Saskatchewan Stone Barn
Photo credit: City of Saskatoon At the corner of College Drive and Campus Drive on the University of Saskatchewan campus,…
Port Burwell Lighthouse
Photo credit: “Port Burwell Lighthouse – Ontario (40975060571)” by Mark Wordy. CC BY 2.0. Built in 1840, the Port Burwell…
Halifax Memorial Library
Photo credit: “Halifax Library (original) (30840738443)” by Sharon VanderKaay. CC BY 2.0. Across the street from Halifax’s busy new Central…
Hudson’s Bay Building, Montreal
Photo credit: “Edificio Henry Morgan, Montreal, Canadá, 2017-08-11, DD 43 ” by Diego Delso, delso.photo. CC BY-SA. For 134 years, the…
Collège des Ursulines
Photo credit: Radio Canada At 496 Dufferin Street in Stanstead, Quebec, one of the last Second Empire-style buildings in this…
MacDonald Farm
Photo credit: MacDonald Farm At 600 Route 11 in Lower Newcastle, New Brunswick, a 200-year-old stone farmhouse and farm complex…
Maple Ridge Buddhist Temple
Photo Credit: Maple Ridge Museum & Community Archives At 21525 Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge, BC, a building that…
Heather Pavillion
Photo credit: Philip Timms via VPL #5187 Located at 2733 Heather Street on the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) campus, the…
13,500 Places on the Canadian Register of Historic Places
For more than twenty years, the Canadian Register of Historic Places has served as the country’s only searchable, cross-jurisdictional database…
24 Sussex Drive
Photo: National Capital Commission 24 Sussex Drive | National Capital Commission 24 Sussex Drive is arguably the best-known address in…
Hudson’s Bay Building, Calgary
Credit: La Baie – The Bay, Calgary by Abdallahh, 2010 | CC BY 2.0 Prominently located on historic Stephen Avenue, the…
Dr. Martin Murphy House
Credit: Ian Bezanson Built in 1860 on what was once farmland and now sits in central Halifax, the Dr. Martin…
Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site
Photo Credit: Brad Taylor Nestled against the dramatic backdrop of the Dirt Hills in southern Saskatchewan, the Claybank Brick Plant…
500 Lot Area
Photo Credit: Stuart Lazear Stretching from Euston Street to the Charlottetown waterfront, the 500 Lot Area forms the historic core…
Saint Joseph d’Alma
Photo: François Viel Rising above the town of Alma in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, the Saint-Joseph d’Alma Church is a striking…
Pascal Poirier House
Photo: The Town of Shediac Built in 1825, the Pascal Poirier House is the oldest surviving home in Shediac, New…
Sisters of the Visitation Convent
Photo Credit: Used with permission from Heritage Ottawa Known locally as “The Elms”, the former Sisters of the Visitation Convent…
Peck Building
Photo: Gordon Goldsborough Standing on the prominent corner of Notre Dame Avenue and Princess Street in Winnipeg’s Exchange District National…
Spruce Avenue School
Photo credit: Dali Mwanza Spruce Avenue School, built in 1928, is a two-storey brick building that stands as a lasting…
Église Sainte-Marie
Église Sainte-Marie towers over the landscape in the small community of Church Point, roughly midway between Digby and Yarmouth in…
Militia Arms Store
Photo Credit: Erin Jeffries Erected in 1832, the modest two-storey Georgian-style Militia Arms Store building is the only surviving wooden…
Canada’s Chinatowns
Photo Credit: The JIA Foundation Canada’s Chinatowns are not museums, they are vibrant communities bringing together people, culture, histories, and…
Boyd Building
Photo Credit: George Penner Prominently located on Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg, the 9-storey Boyd Building is the best example…
Gravelbourg Convent
The Convent of Jesus and Mary (also known as the Gravelbourg Elementary School), in the small southwestern Saskatchewan town of…
Canada Malting Co. Limited
Le site de la Canada Malting Ltd., abandonné depuis longtemps et situé dans le quartier ouvrier historique de Saint-Henri, est…
Building 200
Blending modern and classical elements in its smooth, streamlined concrete surfaces, the federal government’s striking Building 200 (also known as…
Former Royal Alberta Museum
Update in 2024 – Past Listings at Immediate Risk: Click Here Modernist gem under threat Why it matters: Set on…
The Ontario Science Centre
Update in 2024 – Past Listings at Immediate Risk: Click Here The National Trust for Canada is bringing attention to…
The Alexandra Bridge
Update in 2024 – Past Listings at Immediate Risk: Click Here Why it matters: The imposing Alexandra Bridge is a…
Covered Bridges of New Brunswick
Update in 2024 – Past Listings at Immediate Risk: Click Here These iconic structures are being lost across the province…
St. Patrick’s Church
Update in 2024 – Past Listings at Immediate Risk: Click Here A LANDMARK IN LIMBO The church’s predicament underscores the…
The Chelsea Hotel
National Trust Endangered Places List – Special Climate Crisis Edition On the eve of Earth Month, the National Trust for Canada…
Avon Crest Centre for Health and Wellness
National Trust Endangered Places List – Special Climate Crisis Edition On the eve of Earth Month, the National Trust for Canada…
Humanities Centre (University of Alberta)
National Trust Endangered Places List – Special Climate Crisis Edition On the eve of Earth Month, the National Trust for…
St. Charles Hotel
Photo: St. Charles Hotel | George Penner National Trust Endangered Places List – Special Climate Crisis Edition On the eve…
The Ontario Heritage Act, Future Designations, and Over 31,500 “Listed” Heritage Properties in Ontario
Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 guts out key heritage protection tools in the Ontario Heritage Act. The…
Stephen Avenue
100 Block Stephen Avenue (8th Avenue SW) and 7th Avenue SW A development proposal for the most significant contiguous streetscape…
Edelweiss Village
Why it matters: Edelweiss Village is the historic home base of the legendary Swiss Guides who introduced European-style hiking and…
Ring Houses (University of Alberta)
Why it matters: The February announcement of the pending demolition of the University of Alberta’s (U of A) four historic…
St. Thomas’ Anglican Church
Why it matters: “If you google Paris, images of the Eiffel Tower will show up,” says Reverend Canon Norm Wesley….
Hudson’s Bay Company Building
Why it matters: The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) opened the downtown Winnipeg department store in 1926 as its Canadian flagship, prominently situated on Portage…
Vancouver’s Chinatown
Vancouver’s Chinatown – Development wave crushes culturally unique neighbourhood. Why it matters: Canada’s largest Chinatown stands as a testament…
Canada’s Wooden Grain Elevators
Canada’s Wooden Grain Elevators – Rural icons vanishing from the landscape. Why they matter: Towering above country scenes, wooden grain…
Endangered Places List 2020 – A Year in Review
Since 2003, the National Trust’s Endangered Places List has shone a national spotlight on heritage places at risk across Canada…
Former St. Paul’s Anglican Rectory
Local government pushes ahead with demolition of prominent historic building in the face of widespread community opposition. Why it matters:…
Île d’Orléans
A controversial new bridge and ongoing development pressures threaten the important cultural landscape of l’Ile D’Orléans. Why it matters: The…
Rubin Block
Property owner is jeopardizing a key building in Winnipeg’s South Osborne Street commercial strip through demolition by neglect. Why it…
Future Heritage Designations in Ontario
Ontario’s new More Homes, More Choice Act guts municipal ability to protect local heritage and gives final say over designation…
Cyclorama of Jerusalem
Canada’s only monumental painted panorama is at risk of destruction without Quebec heritage classification. Why it matters: The 120-year-old Cyclorama…

















































