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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Heritage in the Service of City Building: Celebrating 50 Years of Heritage OttawaMonday, January 30, 2017Heritage Ottawa was honoured to have Councillor Tobi Nussbaum deliver the following keynote address at our January 'Heritage Ottawa at 50' event.
By Councillor Tobi Nussbaum
We...
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Civic Hospital Relocation - Let's Save the Farm and Get this RightThursday, December 1, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Leslie Maitland
The last week has been a roller-coaster ride for the citizens of Ottawa. First, many were encouraged to see the National Capital Commission Board vote in...
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Heritage Ottawa: Remarks on Revised Design of Proposed Addition to Château LaurierSunday, November 27, 2016HERITAGE OTTAWA
The Château Laurier, a prominent Ottawa landmark since 1912, is clearly a special place.
A National Historic Site of Canada and a designated structure under the...
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Heritage Ottawa Welcomes NCC Recommendation of Tunney's Pasture as Site for New Civic HospitalFriday, November 25, 2016HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Leslie Maitland
Heritage Ottawa welcomes the National Capital Commission’s recommendation of Tunney’s Pasture as the preferred site for a new Civic Campus of The Ottawa...
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Group unhappy with proposed makeup of planning advisory committeeMonday, October 31, 2016METRO NEWS / OTTAWA, By Adam Kveton
A new provincial bill is requiring cities like Ottawa to create planning advisory committees in an effort to encourage greater...
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Last Chance to Make Your Views Known: NCC Online Survey Re: Hospital Location Closes TodayThursday, October 6, 2016Today, October 6, is the last day to have your say on the location of a future hospital campus.
Heritage Ottawa remains concerned for the future of the Central Experimental Farm. There is...
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Padolsky: Save the environment - Put the Civic hospital campus on the LRT lineTuesday, September 20, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Barry Padolsky
In November 2014, the former Stephen Harper government allocated 60 acres of the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site, for a new Civic...
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NCC lists a dozen possible sites for the rebuilt Ottawa HospitalMonday, September 12, 2016OTTAWA SUN, By Don Butler
The National Capital Commission will review 12 potential sites for the new $2-billion Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital, including four on contested Central...
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Ottawa's Outdoor Lab: Central Experimental Farm Research in the Era of Climate ChangeFriday, September 9, 2016Heritage Ottawa continues to advocate for protection of the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site of Canada and active scientific research facility of global significance. The Farm...
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Heritage Ottawa Supports a National Portrait Gallery at 100 WellingtonTuesday, September 6, 2016Public Consultation Continues to September 9HERITAGE OTTAWA
On August 18, several members of Heritage Ottawa's board of directors welcomed the opportunity to tour the former U.S. Embassy...