HOW BOOZY BYTOWN BECAME CANADA'S CAPITAL
Welcome to the first of two special lectures this month that mark the BICENTENNIAL OF BYTOWN.
Ottawa owes its capital city status to a mob of angry Tories who burned the Canadian Parliament and drove the Governor-General out of Montreal in 1849.
BYTOWN BICENTENNIAL BYTES!
HERITAGE OTTAWA
To help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Bytown and the beginning of work on the Rideau Canal, Heritage Ottawa is launching BICENTENNIAL BYTES, a series of social media posts about some of the key places — landscapes, buildings, and structures — that help tell our shared story.
If you're not already following us on social media, now's the time. We wouldn't want you to miss these fun bicentennial facts!
HERITAGE HELPING HOUSING: ACO CALLS FOR NEW GRANT
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa has written to local Ottawa area MPPs at Queen's Park in support of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario's (ACO) proposal for the creation of a Heritage Helping Housing Building Grant, a matching grant in support of the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings for housing.
The ACO is Ontario’s leading non-governmental organization on built heritage and cultural heritage places.
BOB & MARY ANNE PHILLIPS MEMORIAL LECTURE
Heritage Ottawa is honoured to host the Bob and Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture during Heritage Week in February every year. It is an opportunity to pay tribute to the remarkable efforts of two pioneers of heritage conservation in Ottawa.
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT
DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT: Preserving the Past Before It's Too Late
On the occasion of our annual Bob and Mary Anne Phillips Memorial Lecture, Heritage Ottawa is pleased to present an important panel presentation on Demolition By Neglect, one of the most vexatious problems of built heritage conservation.
CONFEDERATION HEIGHTS REDEVELOPMENT: FINAL DRAFT MASTER PLAN
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Canada Lands Company and the City of Ottawa are hosting a drop-in Open House to review the Final Draft Master Plan for Confederation Heights, a mixed-use redevelopment project.
Date of Open House: January 22, 2026 | 6 - 9 pm | Hellenic Event Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa
OTTAWA CELEBRATES BUILT HERITAGE & URBAN DESIGN
Heritage Ottawa was pleased to attend the 2025 Heritage and Urban Design Awards gala ceremony held at City Hall in November. The well-attended event recognized outstanding conservation and design for projects completed between 2023 and 2025.
FROM WALK-UP TO HIGH-RISE: 4TH PRINTING
HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa is pleased to announce that our publication From Walk-Up to High-Rise: Ottawa's Historic Apartment Buildings is now in its fourth printing. A shipment of fresh copies has been delivered to our office.
WEBINAR NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
With the tax filing season close at hand, Heritage Ottawa was pleased to recently offer a webinar on The Tax Benefits When Gifting Securities to Charities. Guest speaker Douglas Lai, ScotiaMcLeod Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor, began his presentation with a helpful Finance 101, in which he stressed how important it is for all investors and donors to have a financial plan that includes philanthropic goals. He referenced various types of charitable gifts, which included public securities, the focus of the webinar.
