Heritage Ottawa

Heritage Ottawa participated in the April 13, 2022 Webinar and Panel Discussion hosted by Canada Lands Company (CLC) on the preferred option to reintegrate…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Outstanding contributions to conservation of Ottawa's architectural heritage were recognized at last week's 2023 Ottawa Heritage Awards, held at the ByTowne Cinema during…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa was honoured today to receive the 2023 Heritage Day Proclamation from Mayor Sutcliffe, in recognition of the importance of this year's theme Recovering and…

CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Joanne Chianello

It didn't take long for a City of Ottawa committee to vote in favour of designating the exterior of a century-old apartment complex in Sandy Hill…

POLICY OPTIONS, By Ken Grafton and Marc Denhez

Many of Ontario’s heritage properties could be vulnerable to the wrecking ball of urban intensification under the More Homes Built…

THE GUARDIAN, by Leyland Cecco

Once home to Canada’s powerful lumber barons, 24 Sussex Drive, tucked away in a forested enclave of the capital, is one of the country’s most symbolically…

Angus Reid Institute 

As the National Capital Commission prepares to begin abatement work on 24 Sussex Drive this spring, the future of the prime minister’s official residence –…

A broken funding mechanism endangers important national heritage assets to serve short-term partisan political strategy.

Building Magazine | By Marc Denhez and Ken Grafton

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CTV NEWS | Ottawa, by Ted Raymond

The owner of St. Brigid’s Church in Lowertown, which was the main stage of a series of events centered around a group calling itself “The United People of…

LE DROIT, Charles-Antoine Gagnon

L’organisme Patrimoine Ottawa accueille favorablement l'engagement de Cadillac Fairview d’intégrer l’immeuble historique du Bureau d’enregistrement d’…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Duffy

Ottawa’s 148-year-old City Registry Office, a designated heritage building, will be moved, refurbished and converted into a bistro as part of a residential…

CBC NEWS | OTTAWA, by Guy Quenneville

Issa Khoury doesn't know precisely how many keys he holds for the Syrian embassy building in downtown Ottawa; he's never counted. But it's a…

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…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

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…

CTV NEWS | Ottawa, by Peter Szperling 

A prominent home renovation expert suggests replacing the prime minister's residence could cost $12 million, as debate continues on the future…

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

Heritage Ottawa was pleased to see yesterday's National Capital Commission announcement that it has begun the process of shutting down 24 Sussex Drive in order to begin…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Taylor Blewett

Multimillion-dollar revenue shortfalls, more money demanded of municipal taxpayers, and the erosion of quality of life, the natural environment, and…

CBC NEWS | OTTAWA

A new vacant property bylaw goes into effect in Ottawa on Tuesday that forces owners to get a permit for lots and buildings that have been unoccupied for 120 days.

The City of Ottawa recognizes outstanding achievements in heritage conservation with the Ottawa Heritage Awards, formerly known as the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards. The application…

CBC NEWS OTTAWA

The National Capital Commission (NCC) has given Algonquin names to a popular lookout over Ottawa-Gatineau and a new pedestrian bridge connecting it to Major's Hill Park.…

The Municipal Elections 2022 are upon us! Voting day is Monday, October 24th.

It is at the municipal level where decisions are made that impact local bylaws affecting our lives and…

CBC NEWS, Ottawa, By David Fraser

Eviction notices taped to the door of a historic church in Lowertown claim the members of The United People of Canada (TUPC) violated the province's…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Following Heritage Ottawa’s annual general meeting in May, the new Board of Directors met to elect an executive committee. We are pleased to introduce our new president!…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

After a two-year hiatus, Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) 2022 is taking place from June 20 to 29. Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership and Heritage Ottawa are pleased to host a…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Lyn Saxberg

Contractors hired by the City of Ottawa replaced two wood panels on the facade of Barrymore’s Music Hall this week after the landlord failed to comply with…

Canada is only G7 country without legislation protecting historic sites, despite having more than 300.

THE CANADIAN PRESS, By Mia Rabson

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says…

By Andrew Waldron | Lowertown Echo de la Basse-ville

The best places to live in the world are human-scaled, pedestrianized, mid-sized and street-focused, with low car use, mixed housing,…

CBC NEWS OTTAWA

The upcoming redesign of an entire block of buildings across Wellington Street from Parliament Hill would bring courtyards, atriums and a new public square to downtown…

CBC NEWS OTTAWA, By Nicole Williams

Ottawa city council has approved a motion that would get the city's general manager of planning to order some long-neglected repairs to Somerset House…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

City Council has approved the creation of the  have been researching the history and development of the Carlington North Veterans’ Housing neighbourhood as a "Heritage…

Committee approves plan to dub neighbourhood a 'heritage character area' instead of heritage district

CBC NEWS | OTTAWA

Ottawa's planning committee has recognized the historic…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa was pleased to participate once again in the Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair held on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at the Canadian War Museum. This was the first…

CBC NEWS

The official residence of Canada's prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive, should be replaced as it is not fit to serve as the home of a major world leader, says a new report by the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

UPDATE: MAY 16, 2022: Winning 'Block 2' design features public square, preserves heritage buildings

The six finalists of a design competition for the renewal of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

“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…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Developed mainly between 1890 and 1914, Centretown is one of the oldest residential neighbourhoods in Ottawa and…

le Droit, Michel Prévost

NOTRE HISTOIRE / Ottawa est la seule capitale au monde qui possède près de son centre une grande ferme toujours en fonction.

Avec plus de 1000 acres,…

"There’s little understanding of how beneficial heritage conservation is in economic, social and environmental terms."

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Waldron

Imagine a neighbourhood…

NATIONAL POST, By Ryan Tumilty

When Parliament’s Centre Block goes under wraps for masonry work, it won’t just fade from view. The government is planning a nearly $4 million massive wrap…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The City of Ottawa is defending the local planning process in response to a report by a provincial task force recommending ways to increase the number of…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage 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…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to report that the National Capital Commission (NCC) has successfully completed the rehabilitation of the historic Rochon Residence at 138 St.…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Duffy

While Wellington Street is again quiet and clear after three weeks of heavy-duty mayhem, it appears the city’s oldest, most storied street will never be the…

CBC NEWS, By Catherine Tunney

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government continues to assess options for 24 Sussex, the crumbling, mouldy official prime minister's residence…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The City of Ottawa is currently accepting applications for the Heritage Grant for Building Restoration program.

Property owners of buildings designated under Part…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The landmark Canadian Nurses Association headquarters near the Rideau Canal is proposed for redevelopment under a revised concept, bringing a new…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is pleased to have supported the nomination of Barry Padolsky to the 2021 Order of Ottawa.

Mr. Padolsky was among a group of remarkable individuals…

OTTAWA BUSINESS JOURNAL, OBJ Staff

The owner of the Rideau Centre wants to add a residential component to the downtown mall in a plan that would see a heritage building integrated into a…

City's planning committee refuses to consider a zoning application for Catherine Street property until Tony Shahrasebi produces a credible plan for Somerset House

OTTAWA CITIZEN, by Jon…