Events

Learn more about Ottawa's history and heritage at these popular events hosted by Heritage Ottawa.

Our annual FREE LECTURE SERIES runs from September to June.

Our annual WALKING TOUR events begin in June and continue through October. 

To view the now completed 2023-2024 lecture schedule, click LECTURE SERIES below. The 2024 WALKING TOURS schedule is now online. Click link below. 

Heritage Ottawa's other annual events are listed in the right-hand column. Just click the one you want. 

 

Lecture Series

  • Beauty and Authenticity in Ottawa’s Architecture: Options and Guidance for New Additions
    Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 19:00 to 20:30
    Woodside Hall, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
    355 Cooper Street
    Ottawa, ON K2P 0G8
    Canada

    In person at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Woodside Hall, 355 Cooper Street or Via ZOOM

    How should a new heritage district building or building addition look? Must it “be of its time?” Should it be...

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Walking Tours

  • Lowertown's International Precinct
    Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:30
    MEET: National Gallery of Canada
    Near the Group Entrance at North Side
    380 Sussex Drive
    Canada

    Lowertown is one of the oldest surviving colonial settler neighbourhoods in the region. Though always under development pressure, it has survived as a diverse and livable neighbourhood. Surrounding the older neighbourhood is a unique...

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