Events and activities
The Ontario Heritage Trust and its partners host events throughout the year. Find out what's happening in your community. See what's on at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre ...
Media releases and announcements
Our media releases and announcements chronicle heritage-related events and activities. Check out what's new and what's happening at the Trust.
Speeches
Our Chairman and Executive Director attend events where they give speeches that highlight heritage in Ontario. Read some of those speeches here.
| Dec. 15 | Heritage lands protected in Durham Region
TORONTO Today, The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust, Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources, and Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture, announced four natural heritage conservation easement agreements to protect significant heritage lands in Durham Region ... | | Dec. 15 | Heritage lands protected in Bruce and Grey counties
TORONTO Today, The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust, Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources, and Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture, announced two property acquisitions to protect significant heritage lands in Bruce and Grey counties ... | | Dec. 6 | EVENT - Make your own Christmas ornaments at Fulford Place
Come to Fulford Place for an enjoyable morning making ornaments with instructor Elizabeth Masters ... | | Nov. 27 | Provincial plaques celebrate black history in Chatham
CHATHAM Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society unveiled two provincial plaques commemorating Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837-1913) and the Provincial Freeman newspaper both significant in Ontario's black history ... | | Nov. 25 | EVENT Celebrate the holidays at Fulford Place
This holiday season, Fulford Place is offering two-for-one admission, a festive menu in the Tearoom and tours of the decorated mansion ... | | Nov. 22 | EVENT Enjoy an Edwardian Christmas Tea at Fulford Place
Join us as we celebrate the 14th annual Edwardian Christmas Tea at Fulford Place. This delicious holiday tradition includes an elegant afternoon tea, a self-guided tour of the mansion and musical entertainment ... | | Nov. 13 | John Sandfield Macdonald honoured as Ontario Heritage Trust launches Premiers' Gravesites Program
St. ANDREWS WEST Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust launched the Premiers' Gravesites Program in Eastern Ontario with a ceremony honouring The Honourable John Sandfield Macdonald, Ontario's first premier ... | | Nov. 13 | EVENT - Enjoy a redwork embroidery workshop at Fulford Place
Join instructor Jennifer Hodge from Picket Fence Fabrics and learn the craft of redwork embroidery, a popular pastime of women that began in the 19th century ... | | Oct. 28 | Provincial plaque memorializes francophone teacher Jeanne Lajoie
PEMBROKE Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the City of Pembroke and the Centre culturel francophone de Pembroke unveiled a provincial plaque commemorating Jeanne Lajoie (1899-1930) ... | | Oct. 27 | Provincial plaque commemorates French-Canadian settlement and the CPR in the Mattawa area
MATTAWA Today, at the Mattawa and District Museum, the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Mattawa Bonfield Economic Development Corporation unveiled a provincial plaque commemorating the French-Canadian settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the Mattawa area... | | Oct. 16 | Ontario Heritage Trust commemorates entrepreneur George Weston with provincial plaque
TORONTO Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust and George Weston Limited unveiled a provincial plaque to commemorate bakery entrepreneur George Weston ... | | Oct. 11 | EVENT Celebrate Thanksgiving at Fulford Place
Celebrate Thanksgiving at Fulford Place with a delicious lunch at the Tearoom. Then take a tour of the special exhibit, Passionate Collectors: Selections from the Fulford Family Art Collection ... | | Sep. 28 | EVENT Fulford Place welcomes guest speaker Laurier Lacroix
In conjunction with the special exhibition Passionate Collectors: Selections from the Fulford Family Art Collection, Fulford Place is presenting a lecture by Laurier Lacroix, professor of art history and museology at the Universitι du Quιbec ΰ Montreal ... | | Sep. 27 | Discover the province's trails during Ontario Hiking Week
MISSISSAUGA Today's Trails Open Ontario event on the Glassford Trail is one of many events across the province planned for Ontario Hiking Week, which officially begins on September 29 and runs through October 5 ... | | Sep. 20 | Grocery giant Theodore P. Loblaw commemorated by provincial plaque
ALLISTON Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the Simcoe County Historical Association, Stevenson Farms and the Essa Historical Society unveiled a provincial plaque to commemorate Theodore P. Loblaw ... | | Sep. 12 | Significant natural heritage lands to be conserved
TORONTO Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust announced the approval of four more funding applications to acquire significant natural heritage lands through its Natural Spaces Land Acquisition and Stewardship Program ... | | Sep. 8 | Call for nominations to Young Heritage Leaders program
TORONTO The Ontario Heritage Trust is seeking nominations of youth aged 18 and under for its 2008 Young Heritage Leaders program. The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 31, 2008 ... | | Sep. 7 | EVENT Discover "painted ladies" at Fulford Place
Are you a fan of "painted ladies" those glorious Edwardian and Victorian homes painted in more than one colour to enhance their architectural features? If so, come to Fulford Place for an illustrated presentation by restoration architect Louise McGugan ... | | Aug. 25 | Many Doors Open Ontario events still to come this season!
TORONTO - More than half of this year's Doors Open Ontario events are happening in September and October. Take this opportunity to explore the province and visit heritage buildings, architectural showpieces and community landmarks all free of charge ... | | Aug. 24 | EVENT Make a rug this summer at Homewood Museum
Join this popular one-day workshop, hosted by the Homewood Museum, and discover the art of making rugs. Rug-maker Francine Slippert will lead the workshop ... | | Aug. 20 | EVENT Solve a mystery this summer at Fulford Place
Join us this summer for "Mystery at the Mansion: The Case of the Sly Thief and the Fatal Wink" at Fulford Place. Participants will enjoy two fun-filled mornings of mystery-theme activities, including games, a scavenger hunt, crafts and a surprise treat on the last day ... | | Aug. 6 | EVENT Enjoy spooky thrills this summer at Fulford Place
Looking for something different this summer? Come to Fulford Place and experience the spine-tingling thrills of an evening of ghost stories and a guided lantern tour ... | | Aug. 2 | Provincial plaque commemorates Queen's Bush Settlement, 1820-1867
GLEN ALLAN Today, the Ontario Heritage Trust, the Wellington County Historical Society and the Township of Mapleton Historical Society unveiled a provincial plaque commemorating the Queen's Bush Settlement. The plaque was unveiled by The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Trust ... | |
