Frameworks for the study of Canadian shelter -- Canadian housing during the era of mercantile capitalism: The polite house: Housing the ruling oligarchy of New France ; The arrival of a British elite ; Mercantile prosperity and housing in Atlantic Canada ; Town and country housing for Ontario's gentry ; The folk house: French settlement and house building ; The transfer of English folk housing to North America; Transfer of Celtic folk building to North America ; The German contribution of folk housing in North America ; Folk housing in Ontario ; The vernacular house: The absorption of classical and formal style ; The popularizing of Gothic style in vernacular form ; Housing for labour: Mercantile agents in early resource exploitation ; Shanty, camboose and dingle: housing on the forest frontier ; Industrial villages -- Canadian housing during the era of industrial capitalism: The self-conscious house: The styles of eclecticism ; Revivalist styles ; The enduring folk stream: Enriching the mix of folk cultures ; Ukrainian settlement and housing ; Traditions masked but not lost: the Acadian house ; Pattern books and an industrial vernacular: Regional variants of Victorian style ; California bungalows and the pretence of artistry ; Building kits ; Housing the industrial worker: Cannery town ; Coal and steel town ; Mobile lumber camps ; Housing for railroad workers ; Housing for factory workers.