URGENT, Doors Open Ottawa 2012 still needs volunteers! This annual event is happening city-wide on June 2^nd and 3^rd.

If you have a special love of Ottawa, its history and architecture or if you just enjoy interacting with interesting people join us by volunteering for Doors Open Ottawa!

The dedicated work of volunteers is a huge part of the success of Doors Open Ottawa.

An historical house tour in Sandy Hill

IODE Laurentian Chapter

Snecked Stonemasonry    

The 2011 walking tour season for Heritage Ottawa finished as another boom year. Over the course of the summer and autumn, we organized and conducted 13 different tours, and attracted a total paying participation of 550 persons, of whom nearly half were non-members. This surpasses last year's record total of 479 walkers for 14 walking tours (there were a couple of weather challenges in 2010) and is a new record.

One of the big draws this year was the new walk conducted by David Jeanes through Lowertown East, and we hope to repeat that tour in the coming year.

We also offered a walk conducted in French by Michel Prévost in the Ruisseau de la Brasserie area of Gatineau (Hull sector), in an effort to make Heritage Ottawa more representative of our community.

On April 19th, 1962, the residents of LeBreton Flats learned that their community was to be levelled in the name of urban renewal. Within a few short years, blocks and blocks of homes, businesses and churches disappeared and the residents of a close-knit community scattered. Something shiny and new was to replace it.

On the 50th anniversary of the LeBreton expropriations, Heritage Ottawa invites you to an evening of reminiscing – and looking to the future – of LeBreton Flats. 

PARLIAMENT HILL: THE MATERIALS, THE METHODS, THE LEGENDS

Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:00 pm

Master mason Bobby Watt takes us on a journey through time
to explore the innermost workings of the original building
program for Canada's three foremost Government buildings
and the rebuilding of the Centre Block after the fire of
1916. The talk will cover present day renovations to the
buildings and the conservation standards used to direct
these restorations.

This lecture will be in English...(and Scottish).

Ottawa Public Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St., corner of Laurier Ave. W., 7:00 pm

Call 613-230-8841 for further information

Please download a PDF of our Lecture Brochure here

Heritage Ottawa congratulates the Gatineau Valley Historical Society/Société historique de la Vallée de la Gatineau as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012.

The Society has put together an ambitious calendar of events for 2012 which is focused on celebrating the Society's roots by connecting with some of the historic places, contributors, and organizations that have donated their time and expertise to make GVHS a viable and significant local institution since 1962.

Welcome to 2012!

On October 15, representatives from over a dozen Ottawa community associations gathered at St. Bartholomew’s Church in New Edinburgh to take part in the 2011 Heritage Forum for Ottawa Communities. Organized jointly by Heritage Ottawa and the New Edinburgh Community Alliance (NECA), the event explored how a proactive approach to heritage could be realized through collaboration and dialogue among Ottawa communities.