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This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in Montreal, Quebec and surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal.. As of 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in this region, [1] of which four (Lachine Canal, Louis-Joseph Papineau, Sir George-Étienne Cartier and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site) are administered by Parks Canada ...
A two-year period from 1962 to 1964 saw the completion of four of Montreal's ten tallest buildings: Tour de la Bourse, I. M. Pei's landmark cruciform Place Ville-Marie, the CIBC Building and CIL House. Its tallest buildings, the 51-storey 1000 de La Gauchetière and the 47-storey 1250 René-Lévesque, were both completed in 1992.
This article is a list of historic places in Montreal, entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. All addresses are the administrative Region 06. For all other listings in the province of Quebec, see List of historic places in Quebec.
Old Montreal 45°30′14″N 73°33′25″W / 45.50389°N 73.55694°W / 45.50389; -73.55694 ( Saint-Sulpice Sulpician Towers / Fort de la Montagne
The buildings in the city of Montreal remained wooden until the year 1664 when Louis XIV declared the colony an officially recognized province. Saint-Sulpice Seminary in 1839. Completed in 1687, the seminary is the oldest standing building in Montreal. This declaration led to the introduction of ‘king’s engineers’ to New France and to ...
Saint Joseph's Oratory is the largest church in Canada.. Nicknamed "la ville aux cent clochers" (the city of a hundred belltowers), Montreal is renowned for its churches.As described by Mark Twain, "This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn't throw a brick without breaking a church window."
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Montreal, ranking skyscrapers in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by height. There are currently 67 buildings and structures in Montreal greater than 100 m (328 ft). The tallest building by roof height in the city is the 51-storey, 205-metre-tall (673 ft), [1] 1000 de La Gauchetière.
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Ontario. As of July 2021, there were 274 sites designated in Ontario, [1] 39 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below and on the cluster pages listed below by the beaver icon ). Of all provinces and territories, Ontario has the ...