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.
Heritage Ottawa, in cooperation with the Lowertown Community Association, hosted an evening get-together of community association representatives and others interested in protecting Ottawa’s…
By Leslie Maitland
Heritage Ottawa and others worked for years to persuade the Ottawa Hospital and the Government of Canada not to build on the Central Experimental Farm’s (CEF) prime…
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Patrimoine Ottawa continue de militer pour la conservation de trois bien patrimoniaux majeurs d’Ottawa : la Ferme expérimentale centrale (…
Heritage Ottawa supports the position of scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada that shadows cast by Phase 2 of the currently proposed tower development at 780 Baseline Road will have a…
Ottawa Citizen, By Marlo Glass
The spectre of a third residential tower looms large in the minds of heritage-minded Lansdowne 2.0 critics.
On Monday, the city’s built heritage…
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Heritage Ottawa is not opposed to changes to Lansdowne Park to ensure the ongoing sustainability of the site. But as a unique location overlooking the Rideau Canal UNESCO…
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UpdateThe latest iteration of Lansdowne 2.0 was officially released on October 6 by the City and OSEG. The cost of the project has increased by $86.5 million more…
City Planning & Housing Committee to re-visit rezoning application for 1081 Carling this week.
Ottawa, ON, September 19, 2023 -- Heritage Ottawa is joined by the Greenspace…
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UPDATEOn August 23, City Council referred the rezoning application for the proposed towers back to the Planning and Housing Committee for further consideration on…
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On Saturday, July 22 the historic City Registry Office, a designated heritage building constructed in 1873-74 and located at 70 Nicholas Street, is scheduled to be moved 18m…
Heritage Ottawa skeptical after years of plans falling apart
CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, By Arthur White-Crummey
After years of false starts and missed deadlines, the owner of the long…
Ottawa Citizen | OPINION, By Barry Padolsky
On April 26, Ottawa Council voted to overturn a recommendation by its built heritage committee to apply a heritage designation to one of the…
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UPDATEHeritage Ottawa participated in the April 13, 2022 Webinar and Panel Discussion hosted by Canada Lands Company (CLC) on the preferred option to reintegrate…
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After years of advocating for federal legislation to protect Canada's designated heritage places, Heritage Ottawa eagerly welcomed the first reading on June 7, 2022 of Bill…
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The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Application for Phases 3 and 4 of the Ottawa Hospital Master Plan consisting of a Central Utility Plant, the main Hospital…
As part of our work to protect the Central Experimental Farm from further encroachment, we created an important three-minute video to help raise awareness about the need for…
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UPDATE: On November 28, 2022, Bill 23, New Homes Built Faster Act was passed into law. Heritage Ottawa will be working with heritage community groups and the City's…
SAVE THE DATE! On Wednesday, November 23 at 7pm, Councillors Glen Gower and Jeff Leiper will be hosting an expert panel — including Heritage Ottawa's David Flemming — to answer your…
Heritage Ottawa is pleased to be part of a ''leaders table'' established under the auspices of Councillor Mathieu Fleury that includes representatives of the Lowertown Community Association,…
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While there has been public concern expressed about the intentions of the prospective new owners of the former St. Brigid’s Church, Heritage Ottawa has focused our concern…
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On May 19, 2022 the Community and Protective Services Committee approved a City staff recommendation urging the creation of a long-overdue Vacant Property By-law. The…
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“It is a blatant grab for taking the powers of decision-making away from municipalities and putting power into the hands of our already largely unfettered development…
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updateAt a Public Information Session hosted by Councillor Mathieu Fleury on March 1, 2022, there were no details presented on how the historic Registry Office would be…
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updateHeritage Ottawa is disappointed and concerned to learn that the final version of the new Official Plan (OP) approved by City Council included unclear and equivocal…
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Heritage Ottawa has been closely following the proposal to redevelop the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) headquarters at 50 The Driveway in the Golden Triangle, next to…
HERITAGE OTTAWA / Updated October 13, 2021
Heritage Ottawa has been actively involved in a collective effort to protect the integrity of the Farm since the construction of a new hospital…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Taylor Blewett
A group working to dissuade the federal government from its plan to tear down and replace the aged Alexandra Bridge, a key element of the National Capital…
The Alexandra Bridge Coalition has asked candidates from the major political parties in the National Capital region for their position on the future of the bridge. The Coalition has…
The Federal Government proposes to demolish the Alexandra Bridge.
The Alexandra Bridge Coalition …
On April 19, 2021 the federal budget was released and Heritage Ottawa was pleased to see major funding protecting Canada’s historic places.
The Budget proposes to provide $28.7 million…
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LPAT RULING UPDATE: The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) Settlement Hearing pertaining to the proposed addition to the Château Laurier was held on April 19,…
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UPDATE: The Minister for Environment and Climate Change responsible for Parks Canada has submitted his Report and Response to the 2020 Parks Canada Ministerial Round Table…
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On March 31, 2021, Heritage Ottawa submitted comments to Parks Canada on its draft 2021-2031 Management Plan for the Rideau Canal National Historic Site.
Built…
On March 22, 2021, Heritage Ottawa submitted its Report on City of Ottawa’s Draft of the New Official Plan to the City. The Report addresses both the draft of the…
In late February City Council approved the redevelopment and intensification of two important properties in Centretown: the historic Andrew Fleck House at 593 Laurier Avenue West…
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Heritage Ottawa has sent a letter to the Mayor and Councillors supporting Ottawa City Council’s Motion of February 24 approving a letter from Mayor Watson to the…
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UPDATE: On September 10, 2020, Planning Committee approved the demolition of the Chapel Wing of the heritage-designated Deschâtelets Building in Old Ottawa East
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