Advocacy

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. 

 

  • City Releases Summary of Public Comments Regarding Proposed Addition to Château Laurier
    Thursday, May 11, 2017

    HERITAGE 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...

  • Vacancy Rebate Program Scrapped
    Wednesday, 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...

  • Heritage Ottawa: Submissions to Built Heritage Subcommittee, May 2017 Agenda
    Wednesday, May 10, 2017

    HERITAGE 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.

    ...

  • City Moves Closer to Phase-Out of Vacancy Rebates
    Tuesday, May 2, 2017

    HERITAGE 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...

  • Heritage Ottawa: Submissions to Built Heritage Subcommittee, April 2017 Agenda
    Monday, April 10, 2017

    HERITAGE 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. 

    ...

  • Somerset House Redesign Abandons Brick Facade Replica after Staff Error
    Friday, April 7, 2017

    CBC 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...

  • Heritage Ottawa 'not impressed' with Somerset House facelift plans
    Friday, March 17, 2017

    CBC 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...

  • 'A lot of passion': City receives more than 1,700 responses on Château design consultation
    Thursday, March 16, 2017

    OTTAWA 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...

  • YOUR VOICE MATTERS: Complete the online survey re: Château Laurier Addition by March 14
    Tuesday, March 7, 2017

    HERITAGE 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 Farm
    Wednesday, February 1, 2017

    CBC 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...

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