Demolition is looming for Saskatchewan’s oldest Roman Catholic Church if a new use and rehabilitation funds are not found. Why…
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Nottawasaga Lighthouse
Top 10 Endangered Places List: 2016 The Nottawasaga Lighthouse was decommissioned in 2003 after an engineering study noted that the…
St. Stephen Post Office
Top 10 Endangered Places List: 2016 The St. Stephen Post Office in St. Stephen, NB, previously at risk of demolition…
Petrie Building
Top 10 Endangered Places List: 2014 The Petrie Building in Guelph, ON, previously at risk of demolition by neglect, was…
Guild Inn
Top 10 Endangered Places List: 2011 The Guild Inn in Scarborough, ON, previously at risk of demolition by neglect, was…
Spaca Moskalyk Ukrainian Catholic Church
Marker of Ukrainian heritage could be lost Why it matters: The silver onion dome of this wood-frame church rises above…
Belcourt Spirituality Centre
GOOD FAITH LACKING IN DIOCESE’S DISMISSAL OF A CHERISHED COMMUNITY ASSET Why it matters: The Belcourt Centre, formerly St. Augustine’s…
Rossdale Power Plant
The City of Edmonton is balking at the cost of rehabilitating the decommissioned industrial site and contemplating stripping it of…
Our Lady of Assumption Church
HOPE REMAINS FOR FUTURE OF HISTORIC CHURCH DESPITE FUNDRAISING ROLLERCOASTER RIDE Why it matters: Our Lady of Assumption Church…
Nor’Wester Mountain Range and Loch Lomond Watershed Reserve
WIND TURBINES TRUMP CULTURE AND NATURE This pristine cultural and natural landscape is the site of a proposed industrial wind…
24 and 28 King Street East, Gore Park
THREATENED DUE TO QUESTIONABLE CITY DEAL WITH DEVELOPER City of Hamilton plays fast and loose with Victorian-era commercial buildings that…
Main Post Office
VANCOUVER’S POSTAL TEMPLE DESTINED TO BE “LOST IN THE MAIL” Sold by Canada Post with no heritage protection to an…
Barron Building
BIRTHPLACE OF CALGARY’S OIL INDUSTRY FACES DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT Mired in legal wrangles and stalled development plans, this high-profile Calgary…
Église du Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus
THREATENED WITH DEMOLITION IN 2010, THE CHURCH REOPENS IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS IN 2014 Thanks to a dedicated group of…
Kays Brothers Building / Welsh and Owen Building
DOWNTOWN GEM THREATENED WITH DEMOLITION The verdict on the future of the historic Kays Bros. Building in Charlottetown’s old…
Cape Jourimain Lighthouse
A FEDERALLY “RECOGNIZED” HERITAGE LIGHTHOUSE ABANDONNED TO THE ELEMENTS Declared surplus in 2010 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…
Porter/McKinley Block
A CASE OF DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT This designated privately owned heritage building—home to one of the last remaining intact opera…
Lansdowne Park
A PUBLIC LEGACY SOLD SHORT Ottawa city council has voted to proceed with a controversial redevelopment plan for Lansdowne Park,…
Views of Legislative Assembly of Ontario Building
Historic views of Queen’s Park, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Building, will be permanently disfigured if a massive precedent-setting condo…
Dominion Exhibition Display Building II
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE SORELY NEGLECTED Lack of funding support from the provincial and federal governments—who have both designated this monument…
David Dunlop Observatory and Park
ASTRONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE Proximity to Yonge Street, recent sale to an Ontario property developer, and a half-hearted approach to legal…
St. Patrick’s Church
A LANDMARK IN LIMBO The church’s predicament underscores the pressures exerted on places of worship by declining numbers of congregants,…
Alexander Bridge House
STRUGGLING AGAINST A TIDE OF DECAY All too often, local preservation and historical societies which are mostly run by volunteers…
Old St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church
HISTORIC PIONEER CHURCH LEFT TO VANDALS The future of the church is dependent upon finding adequate restoration funding, the willingness…
Town of Tilting
Why it’s important: The Fogo Island town of Tilting has been identified by Parks Canada as one of the country’s…
Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine House
Why It Matters: This three-storey Georgian mansion, located on prime real estate below René Levesque Boulevard, was built between 1844…
Creston Downtown Grain Elevators
Background: In the southern B.C. interior town of Creston, two wooden grain elevators are up for sale and facing an…
Vogue Theatre
Background: The Vogue Theatre, a landmark on downtown Vancouver’s Granville Street and a magnificent example of the Art Deco style,…
Bell Barn
Why it matters: Built by Major William Bell in 1882, the round fieldstone Bell Barn is one of Saskatchewan’s oldest…
Lister Block
Update: This endangered site was successfully rehabilitated thanks to a team of creative and dedicated people. Inclusion on the list helped…
Burrard Bridge
Why It Matters: Completed in 1932 to provide a high-level crossing to western Vancouver neighbourhoods, the bridge is considered a…
“Twisted Sisters” Citadel Views
Background: United Gulf Development Ltd. has applied for a development agreement to permit the construction of two 27-storey towers on…
York Street Train Station
Background: Once a busy transportation hub, today Fredericton’s York Street railway station stands abandoned and dilapidated. Its windows are boarded…
E & N Railway Roundhouse
Background: The 10-stall roundhouse on the Esquimalt to Nanaimo (E&N) Railway dates from 1912, is municipally designated and, with several…
5 Place Ville Marie
Background: Part of an outstanding example of modern heritage in Quebec and an urban landmark in Montréal, 5 Place Ville-Marie…
Immigration Hall
Background: Edmonton’s Immigration Hall sits abandoned and decaying. Located at 10534 100th Street, the handsome brick building could well be…
St. Joachim Church
Background: After four long years and one significant legal victory the members of Save Our Sanctuaries (SOS), a mostly francophone…
South House, Rothesay Netherwood School
Why it matters: The 135-year-old South House is not only the oldest building on the campus of Rothesay Netherwood School…
Wright-Scott House
Background: Built in 1852 for Philemon Wright, the founder of Hull, this historic stone residence is one of the last…
Harding House
Background: Designated under the provincial Heritage Property Act in 1980, Harding House is one of five Collegiate Gothic-style heritage buildings located on…