At least 19 historic octagon houses are known to exist in Canada distributed across 4 eastern provinces. For a list of these houses, See:
List of octagon houses. In Canada, the octagon house craze also engendered an
octagonal deadhouse phenomenon. This included octagonal deadhouses, pre-burial edifices, built in the mid to late 1800s along
Yonge Street in south-central Ontario, from just north of
Toronto to
Aurora. •
Bastion Nanaimo, British Columbia • Chapel at Dundurn, Hamilton, Ontario • Miscou Island Lighthouse – strategic
Baie des Chaleurs octagonal colonial
lighthouse •
Huron County Gaol – distinctive octagonal jail design, 1839–41 •
Pachena Point Light on Vancouver Island, British Columbia • Speedside United Church, in
Centre Wellington, Ontario == China ==