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Greenhouses to visit in Canada

The Verrière atlas lists 7 greenhouses in Canada, built between 1910 and 2022.

With some of the harshest winters in the inhabited world, Canada has made the greenhouse a place of city life as much as a botanical tool: Toronto's Edwardian dome at Allan Gardens, Vancouver's triodetic dome, Edmonton's pyramids and, since 2022, Winnipeg's The Leaf, one of the most ambitious greenhouses of its generation.

7Greenhouses
1910Oldest — Allan Gardens Conservatory (Palm House)
2022Newest — The Leaf
7Cities
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All 7 greenhouses, oldest to newest

Allan Gardens Conservatory (Palm House), Toronto, Ontario
1910

Allan Gardens Conservatory (Palm House)

🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario
Rebuilt as a glass dome after fire reduced the original pavilion to ashes in 1902.
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Serres d'exposition du Jardin botanique de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
1956

Serres d'exposition du Jardin botanique de Montréal

🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec
Ten themed greenhouses tell the botanical story of the planet under one continuous ribbon of glass.
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Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver, British Columbia
1969

Bloedel Conservatory

🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia
A triodetic dome perched atop Vancouver, where more than 200 tropical birds fly free.
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Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton
1976

Muttart Conservatory

🇨🇦 Edmonton
Four tropical pyramids planted in a winter that reaches -30°C.
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Devonian Gardens, Calgary, Alberta
1977

Devonian Gardens

🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta
This fully glazed winter garden occupies the top floor of a downtown Calgary shopping centre and holds more than 500 trees.
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Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario
1996

Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory

🇨🇦 Niagara Falls, Ontario
More than 2,000 tropical butterflies fly freely beneath its glasshouse, replenished at a rate of 3,000 imported chrysalises each month.
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The Leaf, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2022

The Leaf

🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Manitoba
An ETFE greenhouse-sculpture whose unfurled roof draws on the spiral of a nautilus shell.
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