| Edmund Burke | |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Birth Date: | October 31, 1851 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Canada West |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse: | Minnie Jane Black (m. 1881) |
| Significant Projects: | Prince Edward Viaduct |
| Alma Mater: | Upper Canada College |
Edmund Burke (1851–1919) was a highly regarded Canadian architect best known for building Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct or "Bloor Street Viaduct", and Toronto's Robert Simpson store. He served as the vice-president, then President of the Ontario Association of Architects.
Burke was born in Toronto to parents with ties to building industry:
Burke attended Jesse Ketchum School, Upper Canada College and Toronto Mechanics' Institute[2] before apprenticing as an architect with his maternal uncle and forming the firm Langley and Burke in 1873.
Most of Burke's professional career was in Toronto and he lived a little more than a decade after his uncle's death. Burke died in the city and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, where he designed the mortuary chapel in 1893.[3]
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=10% | Style | width=5% | Source | width=32% | Location | width=7% | Image |
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| St. Luke's United Church | 1874 | Henry Langley and Edmund Burke | Romanesque Revival | 15 | Sherborne Street and Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||
| St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1878 | Henry Langley & Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | 15 | 383 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||
| Jarvis Street Baptist Church | 1878 | Henry Langley & Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario | |||||||||
| McMaster Hall | 1881 | Henry Langley, Henry Langley and Edmund Burke (Design) | Romanesque Revival | 2 | 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||
| Beverley Street Baptist Church | 1886 | Henry Langley & Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | 6 | 72 Beverley Street, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||
| Trinity-St. Paul's United Church | 1887–1889 | Henry Langley and Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | 15 | Bloor Street west of Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||
| Prince Edward Viaduct | 1918 | Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | Toronto, Ontario | |||||||||
| Robert Simpson's Department Store Building | 1896, 1908, 1923 | Edmund Burke | Romanesque Revival, Chicago School | Toronto, Ontario | |||||||||
| Orillia City Hall – rebuild plans for Orillia City Hall built in 1895 by Gordon & Helliwell | 1915 | Edmund Burke, J.C.B. Horwood and Murray White [4] | Romanesque Revival | 20 Mississauga Street West, Orillia, Ontario | |||||||||
| Owens Art Gallery | 1895 | Edmund Burke | Renaissance Revival | Mount Allison University, 61 York Street, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada | |||||||||
| Hammond/Black House (home for Fine Arts head John Hammond and now residence to the President of Mount Allison University) | 1896 | Edmund Burke | Queen Anne Revival-style | Mount Allison University, 82 York Street, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada | |||||||||
| Walmer Road Baptist Church | 1889–1892 | Edmund Burke & Henry Langley | Gothic Revival | 188 Lowther Street, Toronto, Canada |