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Armouries in Canada
Armouries in Canada are military drill-hall buildings housing militia and Army Reserve units. Over 100 were built 1896-1918 under Borden and Hughes, with fortress-style architecture, standard plans, and heritage-protected examples in Hamilton, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Sherbrooke.
Quebec City Armoury
Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury (Manège militaire de Québec), Château-style drill hall at 805 Wilfrid-Laurier Avenue, Quebec City; built 1885–1887 by Eugène-Étienne Taché, only Canadian armoury designated a national historic site, destroyed by fire April 2008 and rebuilt by 2018 for $104 million.