Launched on World Heritage Day, April 18, 2024, the Next Great Save competition, now in its second year, offered heritage…

Get outside this summer with some help from these 8 Passport Places. From sites situated in beautiful urban parks, to…

Shannon Prince has announced her retirement from the Buxton Museum and NHS after 25 years as the site’s curator. A…

Imagine walking through a garden and seeing an abundance of different flowers, a multitude of colours, fragrant smells and insects;…

The heritage warning lights are flashing, the alarm bells ringing. The housing crisis and the need for affordable, inclusive, and…

It was a cold February night, the kind of Canadian cold where you want to stay inside and curl up…

At our national conference this past October in Ottawa, the National Trust for Canada’s board of Governors recognized nine exemplary…

In 2012, Carly Farmer, then a 3rd year architecture student at Carleton University, got drawn into heritage conservation when she…

Looking for an activity to escape the winter chill? Try something new while expanding your culinary knowledge at these four…

This June, 210 years since the original battle transpired, the re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek returned after a…

For five weeks this past winter, saving historic places was a big news story in ten communities across the country…

It’s our 50th anniversary year, and conversations about ‘resetting heritage conservation’ are dominating the airwaves. As part of the Heritage…

Heritage Tourism has experienced a seismic shift during the pandemic, and now, in the post-pandemic era, there is a rare…

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day is observed all over the world to shine a light on the…

Canada’s history and heritage is complex, and certain voices have long dominated its telling. Heritage sites can be wonderfully effective…

Situated at the base of the Niagara Escarpment on the shores of Lake Ontario, the small Town of Grimsby, Ontario…

Spadina Museum, named from an Annishnaabemowin word ishpadina (“highland” or “ridge”), sits atop a ravine overlooking Toronto. Nestled right downtown,…

  David Siebert has been involved with the National Trust since 2019, when he received the Herb Stovel Scholarship to…

Many may presume that Alberta is the birthplace of Canada’s oil and petroleum industry. However, that title belongs to the…

With arson and wildfires, rising land values, industrial development and housing pressures taking their toll, it is a dangerous time…

Half a century after the adoption of UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention, our planet faces multiple crises that threaten the very…

With arson and wildfires, rising land values, industrial development and housing pressures taking their toll, it is a dangerous time…

Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks is a charming chapel in Brantford, Ontario. Managed by Six Nations Tourism, the…

Every home has a story to tell. Besides telling Canada’s collective story, historic homes serve as settings where our individual…

Canada has a rich history of labour and industry, with stories of towns being built by the industry that began…

Friday August 7th is National Lighthouse Day, and with over 350 historic lighthouses in Canada, it is easy to see why they should be celebrated….

Rumour has it that one night, in 1945, Jimmy, the caretaker of the Town Hall in Acton, Ontario, woke up…

Spring has finally arrived, and spirit-lifting flowers are back in bloom in most Canadian communities. It is a great time…

Petrolia, Ontario is famous for its place in the story of oil. The oil boom hit the place like a…

Sampoorna Bhattacharya, from Guelph ON, is a full-time student and MSc. candidate at the University of Guelph in the collaborative Rural…

In 1832 the Town of York experienced an epidemic of cholera. In 1834, the year York was renamed Toronto, cholera…

Every year, on March 20th, the world celebrates International Francophonie Day. Following the celebrations that took place last month, we…

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day is observed all over the world to shine a light on the…

Jill Taylor is an architect and restoration professional from Toronto, Ontario, and co-founder of Taylor Hazell Architechts Ltd., a firm founded…

February is Black History Month and this presents an extraordinary opportunity to explore the legacy of Black Canadians through heritage…

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we’ve been on the hunt for sweet love stories in historic places – and…

Thirty years of planning and $11.4 million dollars later, the Joseph Brant Museum in Burlington, Ontario, is finally ready to…

What do dandelions, ginger, and birch bark have in common? The Spadina Museum has the answer. Each one of these…

Urban heat island getting you down? Take a break from the concrete jungle at one of these historically significant picnicking…

Historic barns are an important part of our collective mental image of the Canadian rural landscape. And yet they are…

The challenges facing historic places of faith are daunting, yet across the country congregations and communities are finding creative new…

Typically, non-profit organizations offering community services such as shelter, meals and counselling set up shop in buildings that meet their…

It is one thing to restore a historic resort and preserve its Canadiana feel. But it is quite another to…

Craft breweries are popping up across Canada at a record pace. Many are located in historic buildings and have become…