Architecture in Canada

Discover 77 places to experience unusual architecture in Canada.

Victoria, British Columbia

Fisgard Lighthouse

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

Looking in from the Pandora St. entrance.

Victoria, British Columbia

Fan Tan Alley

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

You could fit a lot of Ninja Turtles in there.

Toronto, Ontario

Sewers of Toronto

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

Qualicum Beach, British Columbia

Free Spirit Spheres

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

A view down to the Temagami townsite.

Temagami, Ontario

Temagami Fire Tower

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

The World's Largest Dinosaur

Drumheller, Alberta

The World's Largest Dinosaur

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Creative Commons by sean_carney

Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba

Old Pinawa Dam

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

Ottawa Jail Hostel. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa Jail Hostel

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden - Maple Hall Courtyard.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

(Justus Hayes/Shoes on Wires/shoesonwires.com/Flickr)

Coquitlam, British Columbia

Riverview Hospital

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

The stonework fireplace and sculpted staircase that is heated by warm water flowing through the handrails.

Whistler, British Columbia

The Mushroom House

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

The Little House

Toronto, Ontario

The Little House

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

Zavikon Island, Ontario

Zavikon Island

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

Edmonton, Alberta

Al Rashid Mosque

First mosque in Canada, second in North America.

Banff Springs Hotel

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Rankin Inlet inunnguaq

Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Rankin Inlet Inunnguaq

A modern version of the stone cairns built by the Inuit.