Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal was ordered by Bishop Ignace Bourget to replace Saint-Jacques Cathedral, which burned in 1852. The design is a scaled model of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The first architect, Victor Bourgeau, refused the project, and the article names no replacement. Work began in 1875, and the church was consecrated in 1894.
The infobox lists the church as 333 feet (101.5 m) long, 150 feet (45.72 m) wide and 252 feet (76.8 m) high to the cupola, which is 75 feet (23 m) across. Walls and floors use imported Italian marble. The infobox lists Renaissance and Baroque styles, while the text names none.
A baldachin over the altar reproduces Bernini's canopy in St. Peter's. Statues of the patron saints of 13 Montreal parishes, carved by Olindo Gratton, stand outside. It became a minor basilica in 1919 and a National Historic Site of Canada in 2000.
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