Career
He was a rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He later became an architect and designed numerous buildings in Canada, and was a president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). Born in Toronto, Kertland joined the army during the First World War and went overseas with the 126th Battalion.
After the war, he studied architecture in England before returning to Toronto.
Upon his return, he worked for John M. Lyle (whose most well-known project is the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto). He established his own practice in Toronto in 1926.
He designed numerous homes in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto. He designed many hospitals and banks in addition to office and residential buildings.
Kertland was president of the RAIC in 1956 and 1958.
In 1976, he donated the records of his architectural practices to the Archives of Ontario.