Mniku (Chapel Island) Sacred Pilgrimage Site
Bras d’Or Lake, Richmond County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Christianity
National Historic Site and longstanding spiritual gathering and Saint Anne pilgrimage place of the Mi’kmaq.
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Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (Manitou Mounds)
Rainy River First Nations, Stratton, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Sacred Ojibwe ancestral burial landscape and interpretation centre on the Rainy River.
Kejimkujik Mi’kmaw Petroglyph Sites
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Sacred Mi’kmaw rock-carving sites within Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site.
Xá:ytem / Hatzic Rock
Mission, British Columbia, Canada Indigenous spirituality
National Historic Site centred on an ancient Stó:lō transformer-stone tradition and nearby archaeological heritage.
Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Judaism
Canada’s oldest surviving synagogue building, continuously serving a congregation since 1863.
Gur Sikh Temple, Abbotsford
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Sikhism
Oldest surviving Sikh gurdwara in North America and a National Historic Site of Canada.
St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Christianity
Oldest surviving Anglican place of worship in Canada and a central landmark in historic Halifax.
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Christianity
Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral and National Historic Site in the historic ecclesiastical quarter of St. John’s.
His Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks (St. Paul’s)
Brantford, Ontario, Canada Christianity
Historically significant chapel of the Mohawk community on the Grand River and one of Ontario’s earliest surviving churches.
St. Dunstan’s Basilica
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada Christianity
Charlottetown’s prominent Gothic-style Catholic basilica with a distinctive pair of tall spires.
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Christianity
Acadian Catholic mother church noted for architecture and artwork reflecting Acadian history and identity.
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Québec
Old Québec, Québec City, Quebec, Canada Christianity
Historic Anglican cathedral in Old Québec, among the key early examples of British ecclesiastical architecture in Canada.