Architects - Canada

• Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950

http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org

Compiled by Robert G. Hill, architect. Contains biographies of over 1,900 architects who lived and worked in Canada between 1800-1950. The Website also lists every Canadian building of importance built in Canada during these years whose architect can be identified.

• Canadian Architectural Archives

http://caa.ucalgary.ca/biographies

Compiled by the Architectural Archives, MacKimmie Library, University of Calgary. Currently [2010] contains detailed profiles of 36 architects active in Canada in the 20th century.

• Cinema Treasures

http://cinematreasures.org/architect/

Cinema Treasures was launched in 2000 by filmmaker and technologist Patrick Crowley, and film historian Ross Melnick. The site is dedicated to the preservation of movie houses worldwide and currently [2010] contains details of nearly 28,6000 cinemas, (e.g. 22,197 in the USA, 3,108 in the UK, 803 in Canada, etc.), with nearly 1,600 photographs. The site can be searched by architect, chain, firm, and location. Whilst the site does not contain biographical information on the architects it is useful for tracing buildings they designed.

• Royal Canadian Academy of Arts / Académie Royale des Arts du Canada

http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp

Contains profiles of the c.700 members of the RCA. Includes artists working in 20 visual arts disciplines including painting, sculpture, architecture, architecture, photography, craft, and filmmaking