Canada Life Building, Montreal

Building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

For the building in Toronto, see Canada Life Building.

Canada Life Building

Photo of the then-new building, 1898

General information
Status| Completed
Address| 275 Saint Jacques Street
Town or city| Montreal, Quebec
Country|  Canada
Coordinates| 45°30′10″N 73°33′34″W﻿ / ﻿45.5029°N 73.5595°W﻿ / 45.5029; -73.5595
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Richard A. Waite

Patrimoine culturel du Québec

Type| Immeuble patrimonial classé
Designated| 2002-09-10
Part of| Montreal Heritage Site
Reference no.| 93433

The Canada Life Building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Renaissance Revival building completed in 1895 by Buffalo, New York architect Richard A. Waite and is an example of a first-generation skyscraper.[1][2]

Located in the heart of what was once Canada's financial capital on St. James Street, in what is now Old Montreal, the Canada Life Building was the first in Montreal to utilize an eight-storey steel structure.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Édifice de la Canada Life". Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2017-08-23.
2. ^ a b Rue Saint-Jacques, Old Montreal Web Site

* Rémillard, François, Old Montreal — A Walking Tour, Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec, 1992

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