Parks Canada is responsible for Canada's program of historical commemoration, which recognizes nationally significant places, persons, and events. Many historical places are restored and made available to the public as National Historic Sites.
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- Rideau Canal NHS - Friends of the Rideau Volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the Rideau Canal National Historic Site.
- Fort George NHS - Friends of Fort George Non-profit association which supports Parks Canada in the protection, preservation, development, and interpretation of National Historic Sites in the Niagara area.
- Saint-Louis Mission National Historic Site The site of a Huron village destroyed by the Iroquois in 1649.
- Laurier House Features an online virtual tour of Laurier House, the home of two Prime Ministers Laurier and Mackenzie King.
- Rideau Canal National Historic Site An operational 19th-century canal; 202 km long, with 45 locks. 27 lock stations provide varying services, including camping, picnicking, and dockage.
- Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse National Historic Site A round stone light tower; 1837.
- Butler's Barracks National Historic Site A complex representing 150 years of military history.
- Fort Mississauga National Historic Site A 19th-century brick tower within star-shaped earthworks.
- Fort Wellington National Historic Site Remains of 1813-38 fortifications.
- Laurier House National Historic Site The 1878 Second Empire home of two prime ministers, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King.
- Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site An 1859 "Imperial Tower" and lightkeeper's house on Lake Huron.
- Queenston Heights National Historic Site The site of the 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights. Includes Brock's Monument.
- Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site An operational canal; the first electrically powered lock in the world.
- Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site An operational canal linking lakes Ontario and Huron; 386 km long, with 45 locks.
- Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site The birthplace of the renowned Canadian doctor, Norman Bethune.
- Inverarden House National Historic Site An important 1816 Regency cottage, just east of Cornwall, Ontario, built by John McDonald of Garth.
- Fort Malden National Historic Site A 19th-century border fortification.
- Bellevue House National Historic Site An important Italianate villa, home of Sir John A. Macdonald.
- Fort George National Historic Site A reconstructed British fort from the War of 1812 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
- Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site Located near Sault Ste. Marie, consists of the stabilized remains of the most westerly British frontier outpost between 1796 and 1812; active in the War of 1812.
- Sir John Johnson House National Historic Site The 1780 house of the famous Loyalist.
- Southwold Earthworks National Historic Site The site of an Attiwandaronk village, circa 1500a.
- Woodside National Historic Site The boyhood home of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
- Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site The site of a failed invasion; 1838. Located in Prescott.