The British High Commission (BHC) recently announced it has awarded the contract for the construction of a new office building and gatehouse on the grounds of Earnscliffe, the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The complicated work of encouraging home construction, shoehorning small apartment complexes into Ottawa’s oldest neighbourhoods and satisfying neighbours…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The built-heritage subcommittee on Tuesday was deadlocked on a decision to allow a developer, on the request of a school board, to demolish part of the…

CBC Ottawa, by Kate Porter

A city committee that deals with heritage buildings was evenly divided Tuesday over a plan to alter a former school for priests in Old Ottawa…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Peter Coffman

After nearly four years of resistance, re-design, protest and even legal action, we now have a proposal for the addition to the Château Laurier that has…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Read the media coverage of Heritage Ottawa's announcement of having reached an agreement with the owner of the Château Laurier hotel on a new design for the proposed…

HERITAGE OTTAWA | Media Release

HERITAGE OTTAWA is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Capital Hotel Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Larco Investments Ltd., and…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa is delighted to announce that two projects will receive funding from the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund.

Susan Ross, associate…

The Deschâtelets Building at 225 Scholastic Drive was purchased along with the Oblate Lands by The Regional Group in 2014 to be developed as part of Greystone Village. An important landmark in Old…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Ottawa's Built Heritage Sub-Committee (BHSC) has voted 6-1 against a City Staff Report recommendation to not pursue heritage designation for 860 Colonel By Drive.

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This article appeared in the May 2020 issue of the Heritage Ottawa Newsletter.

HERITAGE OTTAWA, By Alison Smith

In 1961, the British Columbia Scouts gifted a totem pole to Scouts…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Nearly two years after its partial collapse, one of Ottawa's most infamous properties is up for sale.

Magee House, a historic landmark on Hintonburg's Wellington…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

We're sharing some of our favorite 3D virtual tours of local museums, heritage houses and online collections.

ByTown…

For starters, they want to know what's going to happen to the lawn

CBC NEWS, By Karina Roman, Chris Rands

MPs are being asked to make some important choices about the…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

The longstanding community effort to preserve 21 Withrow Avenue as a community centre and green space will soon hinge on a vote by area residents. 

The lushly-…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Tom Spears

UNESCO warns that the planned addition to the Château Laurier could damage the “viewscape” and the overall value of the Rideau Canal, which is a World…

GLOBAL NEWS, By Beatrice Britneff

Ottawa's built heritage subcommittee has approved proposed alterations to two ByWard Market buildings ravaged by a major fire last spring, which include…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

The city is looking to designate five hydro substations built nearly a century ago as heritage structures, a move intended to protect the architectural…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Blair Crawford

The most prestigious property in Canada is up for development and the federal government is asking architects from around the world to brainstorm ideas for…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Residents of a Nepean neighbourhood are in a race against time to save a heritage estate from redevelopment, but it's going to cost them.

For years,…

CBC NEWS, By Ryan Patrick Jones

The federal government plans to redevelop an entire city block directly across from Parliament Hill as part of ongoing reconstruction efforts in the capital'…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Bruce Deachman

More than a quarter of all federally owned, leased or licensed buildings in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, including many landmark downtown buildings, are in…

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 IV…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

City planners have sent a rare refusal recommendation to council’s planning committee, arguing that a proposed 17-storey hotel wouldn’t be compatible with an…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

A new three-storey British High Commission building nestled in the lush riverfront property of Earnscliffe is challenging architects to complement the…

THE CANADIAN PRESS, By Lee Berthiaume

A soon-to-be-retired senator has taken his decades-long fight to protect important heritage buildings to “the heart of the nation,” where his final act…

HERITAGE OTTAWA | Media Advisory

Ottawa, ON, December 13, 2019 – This past Tuesday, the Hon. Serge Joyal introduced a private member's bill into the Senate, Bill S-203 “An Act to amend the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Tom Spears

Serge Joyal will leave the Senate in February, but first he wants to give the National Capital Commission power to regulate development near Parliament Hill.…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

With help from the Friends of the Château Laurier and people from across the country, Heritage Ottawa achieved our goal of raising $150,000!

Thanks to hundreds of…

Heritage designation will help guide the restoration of the historic building as part of its integration into new mixed-use development site. Read more.

GLOBAL NEWS, By Beatrice Britneff…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On December 2, Heritage Ottawa submitted an open letter to the Hon. Anita Anand, Minister of Public Works and Procurement Canada with responsibility for the National…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On December 2, Heritage Ottawa submitted a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the future of 24 Sussex Drive. The letter was copied to the leaders of the…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Richard Belliveau

A new federal cabinet has been named. Now, who will stand up for our national heritage in the capital?

Canadians are shocked that there is no…

Heritage Ottawa's Leslie Maitland appeared on CTV News today to comment on the ongoing "demolition by neglect" of 24 Sussex Drive.

CLICK HERE for the video segmment at CTVnews.ca

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HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa submitted a written appeal to the city's Planning Committee this week, urging it to delay recommendation of the Zoning Bylaw Amendment and Plan of…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

The City of Ottawa has wrapped up a massive inventory of buildings that have heritage value, a study that took several years to complete.

After reviewing…

Motion passed Tuesday calls for consultation, protects farmers market

CBC NEWS, By Joanne Chianello

A last-minute compromise passed at city hall Tuesday will slow — or possibly even…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Fans of gothic architecture and gothic fiction have a double treat in store this Halloween night when architectural historian and Heritage Ottawa board member Peter…

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) has made a pitch to expand its role at Lansdowne and take over the city-run urban park, but the local councillor fears…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing

The owner of the Château Laurier is appealing a committee of adjustment decision rejecting part of the company’s plan to build an addition on the north side…

CBC NEWS

The planned expansion of the Château Laurier was dealt a blow Friday as the city's committee of adjustment said…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

In a unanimous ruling today, the Committee of Adjustment refused a "minor variance" for the Château Laurier addition.

The ruling, which follows the Committee's…

OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Andrew Duffy

The controversial addition to the Château Laurier is suddenly in a state of limbo after the city’s committee of adjustment rejected the hotel owner’s request…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Dear Friend of Canada’s Heritage,

Thank you for posing these questions to federal candidates, at all candidates’ meetings or when candidates come knocking at your…

Committee of adjustment to issue a decision on September 27

CBC NEWS, By Kate Porter

Ottawa's committee of adjustment had likely never seen so many big names before.

On…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On September 18, the Committee of Adjustment will be considering an application by the owners of the Château Laurier for “minor variances” from the Heritage Overlay…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa’s legal representative, Michael S. Polowin, Gowling WLG, today filed a Notice of Application to Quash with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that…

CBC NEWS, By Matthew Kupfer

Heritage Ottawa is arguing in a court application filed Monday that the city did not have the legal authority to put staff in the position to approve the Château…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

On September 18, the Committee of Adjustment will be considering an application by the owners of the Château Laurier for “minor variances” from the Heritage Overlay…

HERITAGE OTTAWA

Heritage Ottawa joins the Friends of the Château Laurier in co-sponsoring a special event in Major’s Hill Park this Sunday, September 15:

A CELEBRATION OF OUR…