Heritage Ottawa promotes the preservation of Ottawa’s distinctive built heritage and cultural landscapes. We speak out for and defend worthy heritage properties that are at risk of inappropriate intervention or loss.
Heritage Ottawa maintains contact with the City of Ottawa Heritage Department and makes regular presentations to the Built Heritage Committee, the Planning and Housing Committee, and Finance and Corporate Services committees at Ottawa City Hall relating to the rezoning, alteration and intensification of properties and areas protected by the Ontario Heritage Act.
We respond and comment on federal plans and studies as they relate to heritage properties in the National Capital Region: 24 Sussex Drive, Alexandra Bridge, Central Experimental Farm, Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site, and others.
We respond to dozens of media interview requests relating to the above properties as well as Lansdowne 2.0, Somerset House, Saint Brigid's, and the ongoing challenge of heritage demolition-by-neglect in our neighbourhoods.
To learn more about our major advocacy efforts, visit 50 Years | 50 Stories on our website.
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City Releases Summary of Public Comments Regarding Proposed Addition to Château LaurierThursday, May 11, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
Update: Read Heritage Ottawa's position statement of March 5, 2018 regarding the latest proposed addition to the Château Laurier.
A summary of public comments...
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Vacancy Rebate Program ScrappedWednesday, May 10, 2017
OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Matthew Pearson
Ottawa will kill its commercial and industrial vacancy rebate over two years, rather than three, as outlined in a plan approved Wednesday by city council...
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Heritage Ottawa: Submissions to Built Heritage Subcommittee, May 2017 AgendaWednesday, May 10, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) meets monthly at Ottawa City Hall to review heritage applications and provide its recommendations.
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City Moves Closer to Phase-Out of Vacancy RebatesTuesday, May 2, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
At its meeting today at City Hall, Heritage Ottawa president David Jeanes told the City of Ottawa's Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDCO) that municipal...
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Heritage Ottawa: Submissions to Built Heritage Subcommittee, April 2017 AgendaMonday, April 10, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
The City of Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) meets monthly at Ottawa City Hall to review heritage applications and provide its recommendations.
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Somerset House Redesign Abandons Brick Facade Replica after Staff ErrorFriday, April 7, 2017CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Paul Jay
If a proposed addition to Ottawa's historic Somerset House doesn't look quite like the original red brick facade the city tore down last summer, there appears...
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Heritage Ottawa 'not impressed' with Somerset House facelift plansFriday, March 17, 2017CBC NEWS OTTAWA
Images of a proposed addition to Ottawa's historic Somerset House given to city staff provide the first glimpse of a long-awaited redesign of the heritage building, but...
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'A lot of passion': City receives more than 1,700 responses on Château design consultationThursday, March 16, 2017OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
Ottawa City Hall received 1,759 responses in a month-long consultation on the proposed addition to the historic Château Laurier.
In a rare move, the...
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YOUR VOICE MATTERS: Complete the online survey re: Château Laurier Addition by March 14Tuesday, March 7, 2017HERITAGE OTTAWA
Our heritage stands at a critical crossroads.
A controversial application for major alterations to Ottawa's Château Laurier, if allowed to proceed as proposed... -
Baseline rapid transit plan contributes to 'erosion' of Central Experimental FarmWednesday, February 1, 2017CBC News Ottawa, By Waubgeshig Rice
A City of Ottawa plan to build a rapid transit corridor along Baseline Road includes expropriating part of the Central Experimental Farm, and that has...