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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Anderson: Stop Coveting the Experimental FarmMonday, February 29, 2016Heritage Ottawa and the Coalition to Protect the Central Experimental Farm remain concerned that the Farm is still the principle target for a new site for the Ottawa Hospital. We can still achieve...
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Experimental Farm land deal kept under wraps before announcement, documents showThursday, February 11, 2016CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer
Key stakeholders in a controversial decision in 2014 to lease land from the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) to The Ottawa Hospital were kept in the dark in...
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'We have to get this right': Hospital looks for options beyond Central Experimental FarmWednesday, February 10, 2016OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Elizabeth Payne
More than a year after announcing a new Civic hospital would be built on 60 acres of the historic Central Experimental Farm, The Ottawa Hospital now says...
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Ottawa Hospital to review controversial site for new Civic campusWednesday, February 10, 2016CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer
The Ottawa Hospital will review whether the 24-hectare Experimental Farm lands are the best site for its new facility, CBC News has learned.
Eight years...
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Harper Government Broke Rules When Transferring Historic Land: WatchdogTuesday, February 2, 2016NATIONAL OBSERVER, By Mike De Souza
The Harper government broke federal cabinet rules when it attempted to transfer a historic and culturally significant piece of land, said Ottawa’s...
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Letter: Saving the Central Experimental Farm and Enabling Hospital RenewalFriday, January 29, 2016HERITAGE OTTAWA
In response to a letter signed by nearly 50 agricultural and climate change scientists and heritage advocates including Heritage Ottawa, Federal Environment Minister...
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Ottawa Hospital to leave farm land transfer "up to Politicians"Friday, January 29, 2016CBC News | Ottawa
The Ottawa Hospital's chief of staff says he will leave the decision about where to build a new facility to replace the century-old Civic campus "up to the politicians...
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Environment Minister Catherine McKenna Vows to Revisit Experimental Farm Land TransferThursday, January 28, 2016CBC News, By Amanda Pfeffer
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna told reporters she has "concerns" about the impending transfer of 24 hectares of land from the Central...
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The Importance of Rural HeritageWednesday, January 27, 2016By Tobi Nussbaum
At today’s City Council meeting, permission was granted to Richcraft Homes to take down the iconic Bradley/Craig Barn in Stittsville and move it to Saunders Farm, over 20...
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Heritage UpdatesWednesday, January 27, 2016
By Leslie Maitland
Ottawa's Planning Committee met yesterday to consider the recommendations made by the Built Heritage Sub-Committee meeting earlier this month. Planning Committee's...