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Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Heritage Ottawa is lining up an enticing program for our 2025-2026 Free Lecture Series!
We ask that you PRE-REGISTER in advance of each free lecture. Stay tuned…
CTV NEWS, by Kaitlin Wilson
Nestled along the Rideau River, Dickinson Square has been at the centre of Manotick’s history for more than 100 years.
Watson’s Mill, built in 1860, still…
Hometown News | Mississippi Mills, by Laurie Weir
ALMONTE — Mississippi Mills council is calling for national support to save two heritage collections at the Mill of Kintail. The site…
Facing diminishing congregations and soaring maintenance costs, nearly one-third of Canada's 27,000 churches and faith-built spaces stand to close within the next decade.
A report from…
The City of Ottawa recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Heritage Awards, and celebrates urban design excellence with the Urban Design Awards. This year, the…
WELCOME TO OUR 2025 WALKING TOUR SEASON!
Join our experienced guides and enjoy tours that highlight some of Ottawa's most interesting architecture and historic neighbourhoods, and the…
HOMETOWN NEWS, by Heddy Sorour
With Algonquin College set to shutter its Perth campus, a prominent local resident is stepping up with an ambitious plan to turn the site into a world-class…
CBC News Ottawa
There's skepticism about whether substantial renewal work has finally begun on Somerset House, which has sat derelict for nearly 18 years in the heart of…
Ottawa Business Journal, by Mia Jenson
Six years after his restaurant in the ByWard Market was destroyed by fire, the owner of Vittoria Trattoria said construction of the new building is set…
CTV NEWS, by Josh Pringle
Major construction is set to begin Friday at Somerset House, the historic building in the heart of Ottawa’s Centretown neighbourhood.
The 129-year-old…
Heritage Ottawa has been fighting demolition-by-neglect for years. According to the City, one of Ottawa’s most notorious heritage eyesores is finally being repaired. However dozens more are still…
Ottawa Citizen | OPINION by Peter Coffman
As a Hintonburger and an architectural historian, I was delighted when the Built Heritage Committee voted on May 13 to recommend heritage…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is delighted to announce that Michael Mashologu of Ottawa’s Glashan Middle School was the winner of Heritage Ottawa’s award at the 2025 Ottawa Regional…
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…
Ottawa ON, April 29, 2025 -- Heritage Ottawa mourns the loss of our former President and outstanding volunteer, David Flemming, who died peacefully on April 25, 2025 at the University of…
CBC NEWS, by Arthur White-Crummey
A historic nunnery is up for sale after a creditor pushed an Ashcroft Homes subsidiary into receivership, raising worries and hopes about the…
CTV News | Ottawa, by Josh Pringle
A coalition of groups wants the future of the Alexandra Bridge to be an election issue, calling on the next federal government to halt plans to replace the…
This choice is part of an all-out assault on the esthetics of the city as well as its history.
OTTAWA CITIZEN | OPINION, by Desmond Mills
Recently, the National Capital Commission (NCC…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is proud to announce that one of its own outstanding volunteers, the incomparable David Flemming, is the recipient of the 2025 Louise and Eric Moore Award for…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is proud to announce that one of its own outstanding volunteers, the incomparable David Flemming, is the recipient of the 2025 Louise and Eric Moore Award for…
HERITAGE OTTAWA | MEDIA ADVISORY
Heritage Ottawa was disappointed to learn of the recent proposed closure in 2026 of the Perth Campus of Algonquin College, home to the Heritage…
FIFTY-FIVE PLUS MAGAZINE, by Dan Lalande
Imagine Ottawa without its architectural iconography. Strip its streets of the Parliament Buildings, the Chateau Laurier, the Aberdeen Pavilion and…
PARKS CANADA | NEWS RELEASE
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the designation of the…
GivingTuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering. This important initiative harnesses the generosity of people to bring about real…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of historian, journalist, heritage advocate and tireless volunteer Robert Smythe who died on Friday, November 15 at the…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Bruce Deachman
When the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library officially opened its doors 50 years ago, it boasted impressive works of public art…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Applications are now being accepted for the City of Ottawa's 2025 Heritage Grants for Building Restoration. The application deadline is November 29, 2024.
…
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa welcomed the opportunity to review the preliminary directions proposed in the National Capital Commission's (NCC) Draft Parkways Planning and Design…
Ontario Construction News, By Mark Buckshon
Ottawa’s Built Heritage Committee has recommended imposing some heritage protections relating to a proposed redevelopment of federal lands for…
The new Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 takes effect on October 20, 2024. What has changed?
Here’s a quick rundown of the key changes of interest as shared by Dan Schneider, Chair of…
Every year, the City of Ottawa recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Heritage Awards.
The application period is now open for projects…
This FREE event will give you a chance to meet with scientists from Agriculture and Agri-…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Blair Crawford
The Aberdeen Pavilion, the showpiece of Lansdowne Park, is getting an urgently needed makeover.
Last week, city council approved a refurbishment…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Catherine Morrison
Officials from Public Services and Procurement Canada held a news conference on Wednesday to provide an update on the Alexandra Bridge project.…
CTV NEWS OTTAWA, by Kimberley Fowler
The 123-year-old Alexandra Bridge is scheduled to be torn down within the decade and be completely replaced with a new one.
The bridge is…
OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Blair Crawford
Keeping the aging Alexandra Bridge as an active transportation route for just pedestrians and cyclists isn’t viable given the poor state of the 123-year-…
CTV NEWS OTTAWA, by Leah Larocque
The historic Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne, once known as the "Cattle Castle," requires rehabilitation work because of the poor condition of the roof.…
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…
CBC News, by Arthur White-Crummey
Tom Smith snapped a picture of a tattoo parlour while touring Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa on Monday.
He's from South Bend, Ind., and…
Rockcliffe Park Residents Association
On May 28, 2024, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, with responsibility for the Historic Sites and…
HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Rick Belliveau
The Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair, involving primary school students from Ottawa and Eganville was held on April 24 at the Canadian Museum of History in…