Chief Dominion Architect was a position created in 1871 by the

Government of Canada The government of Canada (french: gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. A constitutional monarchy, the Crown is the corporation sole, assuming distinct roles: the executive, as the ''Crown ...

to help design public federal buildings across

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. The role reported to the

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. From

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onwards to 1973 (renamed Chief Architect) the role was diminished with work being contracted out to third parties and finally replaced with a bureaucrat (Assistant Deputy Minister for Design and Construction,

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and now Assistant Deputy Minister for the Real Property Branch,

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) responsible for finding external architects instead.

List of Architects

Thomas Seaton Scott Thomas Seaton Scott (16 August 1826 – 15 or 16 June 1895) was an English-born Canadian architect. Born in Birkenhead, England he immigrated to Canada as a young man first settling in Montreal. He was hired by the Grand Trunk Railway and worke ...

1872-1881 *

Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his ''Worthies of England'', published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and ...

1881-1896 *

David Ewart David Ewart, ISO (18 February 1841 – 6 June 1921) was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914. As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period. ...

1896-1914 * Edgar Lewis Horwood 1915-1917 * Richard Cotsman Wright 1918-1927 *

Thomas W. Fuller Thomas William Fuller (May 3, 1865 – November 4, 1951), the son of Thomas Fuller, was a Canadian architect. Before his selection as Dominion Architect, Fuller designed a number of federal buildings in Dawson City, Yukon, some of which are ...

1927-1936 * Charles D. Sutherland 1936-1947 * Joseph Charles Gustave Brault 1947-1952 * Edwin Alexander Gardner 1952-1963 * James Alfred Langford 1963-1975

Frederick Preston Rubidge Frederick Preston Rubidge, (10 March 1806 – 16 August 1897), was a surveyor and an architect. He was born in England and emigrated to Upper Canada around 1825 where he took his training. Rubidge first qualified as a provincial surveyor in 1 ...

was a lead government architect for many projects prior to the formation of the title, first for the

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beginning in 1841, then with the federal Department of Public Works from 1867 to 1872.

References

{{reflist Canadian architects 1871 establishments in Canada