The Ontario Heritage Act Turns 50! The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful
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On the occasion of our annual Bob & Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture, Heritage Ottawa is pleased to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ontario Heritage Act with a panel presentation on the history, implementation and challenges associated with this seminal piece of legislation.
CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM: HERITAGE OTTAWA LAUNCHES NEW VIDEO
HERITAGE OTTAWA
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 protective federal legislation.
CLICK HERE to view the video. And please share it to help us get the word out.
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Heritage Day 2026
HERITAGE DAY 2026!
Celebrate this year's theme "Voices of a City: Celebrating Two Centuries of Collective Histories and Local Heroes in Ottawa".
Join us at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 17 at Jean Pigott Place, City Hall for a celebration of Heritage Day. We will have a booth at the Marketplace there and we hope you will stop by and say hello.
OTTAWA REGIONAL HERITAGE FAIR - AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair was held this year on April 28, 2026 at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, and Heritage Ottawa once again supported the Fair by sponsoring a Heritage Ottawa Award for the best project depicting a built-heritage structure or landscape in the National Capital Region.
