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Ethnocultural Communities' History - Letters alongside images refer to corresponding map locations

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arks Canada has made it a priority to commemorate sites, persons and events associated with ethnocultural communities. Currently, about 65 sites, persons and events of national significance portray identifiable aspects of Canada's cultural diversity. To approach the commemoration of the history of ethnocultural communities more effectively, Parks Canada has adopted a number of broad principles. Self-definition of the cultural community and its understanding of related persons, events and sites of importance to the group are recognized as essential.

National Historic Sites of Canada


St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Montréal, Quebec	The Main Montréal, Quebec	R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church Niagara Falls, Ontario


Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead Dauphin, Manitoba	Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Cardston, Alberta	St.Patrick's Basilica Montréal, Quebec


Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point Oak Bay, British Columbia	Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception Cook's Creek, Manitoba	St.Catharines British Methodist Episcopal Church (Salem Chapel) St. Catharines, Ontario


Africville Halifax, Nova Scotia	Buxton Settlement Buxton, Ontario	Brilliant Suspension Bridge Castlegar, British Columbia


Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church Amherstburg, Ontario	Sandwich First Baptist Church Windsor, Ontario	Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Resurrection Dauphin, Manitoba


Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church Halifax, Nova Scotia	Beth Israel Cemetery Québec, Quebec	Joseph Schneider Haus Kitchener, Ontario


Victoria's Chinatown Victoria, British Columbia

Persons of National Historic Significance


Joséf Olesków (1860-1903) Dauphin, Manitoba*	Portia White (1911-1968) Truro, Nova Scotia	Rev. Josiah Henson (1789-1883) Dresden, Ontario


Thornton and Lucie Blackburn (escaped slavery 1831, Thornton died 1890) Toronto, Ontario	Ezekiel Hart (1770-1843) Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Mary Ann Shadd (1823-1893) Chatham, Ontario


Cyril Genik (1896-1914) Winnipeg, Manitoba

Events of National Historic Significance


Black Pioneers to British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia		Black Loyalist Experience Birchtown, Nova Scotia


No.2 Construction Battalion C.E.F. Pictou, Nova Scotia		Black Railway Porters Montréal, Quebec


Upper Canadian Act of 1793 Against Slavery Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario		Establishment of New Iceland Gimli, Manitoba

National Historic Sites Of Canada System Plan

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