The Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City - An Institutional Heritage District

The Ursuline Monastery National Historic Site (1972) of Canada is an impressive complex of 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century stone buildings located at 18 Donnacona Street on the brow of the hill in Québec City’s historic Upper Town. Its chapel altar is a masterpiece of French Canadian wood sculpture created in 1730.

 

Sources and further reading...

Ursuline Monastery National Historic Site of Canada

Pôle Culturel du Monastère des Ursulines

 

Potential Educational and Religious Institutional Heritage Districts in Calgary