Talk:List of castles in Canada

Trimming the list
I've removed the sundry hotels, forts, and other non-castles from the list. What is left is a list of mansions that are castles in name, or were built somewhat in the manner of a castle. Whether these are truly castles is moot. -- Lonewolf BC 17:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Lonewolf -

Agreed - a castle is, in the sense, a fortified building. A château (plural châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally - and still most frequently - in French-speaking regions. Where clarification is needed, a fortified château can also be called a castle. An example is given as Château de Roquetaillade.

Now, as far as the forts, I ensured that they were listed on the List of forts page before removing them from this list. As far as others, it seems that - after further research - Rideau Hall is listed on the List of palaces page. Because most chateaux can be considered as a palace instead of a castle, I also moved Chateau Frontenac and Chateau Laurier to the List of palaces page (more properly suited being listed there). I also moved Government House (Nova Scotia) and Parliament Hill to the List of palaces article, as they are more suitably listed there.

The rest should qualify for this list - whether private residence like or castle ruins, which can both be listed. This provides more of an explanation for future readers than simply trimming the list without explanation (nor ensuring that such deletions appear elsewhere). Rarelibra 17:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I removed the ruinous fort in Newfoundland again, though, because it was surely a gunpowder-age fort, which is not the same thing as a castle ("Castle Hill" notwithstanding).  Further, the two hotels ("Chateau...") do not belong in a list of palaces, and neither do the parliament buildings.  (The hotels make an interesting case of the transferance of usage, "chateau" originally being French for "castle", the term becoming applied to mansions (or palaces) as the nobility abandoned fortification of their homes, and from that usage, with its associations of luxury, being taken into the names of grand hotels (and I suppose some not-so-grand ones, also, sooner or later.  However, the point is that they are not palaces).  Myself, I'm not convinced that the mansions which are "castle" in name, castle-like in form (more or less, and in some cases scarely at all) or both are truly castles, either.  A list of mansions might be a better place for them -- just a though. -- Lonewolf BC 18:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

List changes
I made several changes in this list, if someone can check this out please (please, correct spelling mistakes if there so). I made more than one list on the same page to correspond to the french wikipédia artice and to make sure that lists match more with respective defenition of castle (occupied or owned by canadian nobility), manor (country castle occupied or own by nobility), historic mansion of prestige (historic mansion own by rich canadian business men and women) and canadian Chateaux-hotels (canadian hotels with chateau architecture, mostly from the 19th century). ALSO, if someone can ask, (because I don't know where to ask in the english wikipedia), to redirect the list to a new name (List of castles, manors and historic mansions of prestige in Canada) in order to keep the article's history, it would be appreciated. Thanks!!! (Sorry for spelling mistakes) --Thomas131313 (talk) 01:59, 26 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Never put help me templates anywhere expect for your talk page. NCISfan2   (talk)  15:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * My advice remains the same as on your talk page. You should start a discussion on this page if you insist, but my advice would be not to. Hghyux (talk) 02:50, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

convert to a table with information?
Anyone opposed to turning this list into a table with information such as year built and a picture (in the style of List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto)? Hilmar (talk) 14:06, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent idea. I would also add "Floor area" in square meters, location, type pf bulding (castle, manor, mansion, hôtel particulier, etc.) and architectural style.--Thomas131313 (talk) 16:32, 18 October 2013 (UTC)