page_title: National Historic Sites of Canada
section_title: Designations
hierarchical_section_title: National Historic Sites of Canada / Designations
caption_attribution_description: English: Stone cairn with a plaque marking the location of the Glengarry Landing National Historic Site of Canada in Edenvale, Ontario. The site is near the junction of the Nottawasaga River and Marl Creek, where in 1814 the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert McDouall, constructed a flotilla of boats to relieve the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac and to effect the subsequent capture of Prairie du Chien during the War of 1812. Français&#160;: Cairn en pierre avec une plaque marquant le lieu historique national du du Canada Glengarry-Landing à Edenvale, Ontario. L'emplacement est près de la jonction de la rivière Nottawasaga et de Marl Creek, où en 1814 le Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, sous la commande de Lieutenant-colonel Robert McDouall, a construit une flottille de navires en vue de secourir la garnison britannique du fort Michilimackinac en mai 1814 et de capturer ensuite, en juillet, Prairie du Chien sur le Mississippi, pendant la guerre anglo-américaine de 1812.
context_page_description: National Historic Sites of Canada are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, as being of national historic significance. Parks Canada, a federal agency, manages the National Historic Sites program. As of August 2019, there were 996 National Historic Sites, 172 of which are administered by Parks Canada; the remainder are administered or owned by other levels of government or private entities. The sites are located across all ten provinces and three territories, with two sites located in France.
  There are related federal designations for National Historic Events and National Historic Persons. Sites, Events and Persons are each typically marked by a federal plaque of the same style, but the markers do not indicate which designation a subject has been given. The Rideau Canal is a National Historic Site, while the Welland Canal is a National Historic Event.
context_section_description: National Historic Sites are organized according to five broad themes: Peopling the Land, Governing Canada, Developing Economies, Building Social and Community Life, and Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life.  To be commemorated, a site must meet at least one of the following criteria:
  illustrate an exceptional creative achievement in concept and design, technology or planning, or a significant stage in the development of Canada;
  illustrate or symbolize, in whole or in part, a cultural tradition, a way of life or ideas important to the development of Canada;
  be explicitly and meaningfully associated or identified with persons who are deemed to be of national historic significance; or
  be explicitly and meaningfully associated or identified with events that are deemed to be of national historic significance.
  Designation as a National Historic Site provides no legal protection for the historic elements of a site.  However, historic sites may be designated at more than one level (national, provincial and municipal), and designations at other levels may carry with them some legal protections.
  Most National Historic Sites are marked by a federal plaque bearing Canada's Coat of Arms.  In earlier years, these plaques were erected on purpose-built cairns, and in later years have been attached to buildings or free-standing posts. These maroon and gold markers are typically in English and French, though some are trilingual where another language is relevant to the subject being commemorated.
caption: Plaques affixed to cairns were initially used to mark National Historic Sites, such as this one at Glengarry Landing in Ontario
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