Heritage Canada

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The Heritage Canada Foundation (also known as Heritage Canada; in French, La fondation Héritage Canada also known as Héritage Canada) is a registered charity with the mandate to encourage the protection and promotion of the built, natural, historic and scenic heritage of Canada.

Heritage Canada was established in 1973. It has campaigned to update and fill gaps in Canadian heritage policies and laws, including support for legislation such as Bill S-220 An Act to Protect Heritage Lighthouses..^[1]

[edit] Properties

Heritage Canada oversees five properties:

• The Papineau Chapel

Located on the grounds of the Château Montebello hotel in Montebello, Quebec, this stone memorial chapel was built in 1851 by Louis-Joseph Papineau, who is buried there. Heritage Canada's first property, it was acquired in 1974.

• The Runciman House

Located in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, and built in 1817 for an Anglican rector, this property was purchased by George Runciman and his wife in 1822. Since that time, it has been home to six generations of the Runciman family. The building is essentially as it was in 1817. The Runciman family transferred the property to the Heritage Canada Foundation in 1978.

• Myrtleville House

Located in Brantford, Ontario, this two-storey structure was constructed in 1837–1838. Originally owned by Allen and Eliza Good, the house was occupied by four generations of their family. In 1978 the Good family donated the farmhouse, its contents and 5.5 acres of land to the nation. It is now held in trust by Heritage Canada.

• 11, rue de l'Ancien-Chantier

Located in the lower town of Quebec City, Quebec, this property dates from 1670 and consists of two adjacent buildings in a heritage row. Heritage Canada purchased it as one of its regional offices. It now acts as the offices of the Fondation Rues principales, a non-profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of the downtowns of large and small communities, primarily in Quebec.

• 5 Blackburn, The Heritage Canada Foundation Headquarters

Located in Ottawa, Ontario, this property was built in 1905 for William H.A. Fraser, owner of a wholesale lumber business. His family resided in the house until 1911. Since then, it has seen several inhabitants, including World War I flying ace Captain William Avery "Billy" Bishop and his family. From 1947 to 1956 the house served as the offices of the Italian embassy. During the mid-1950s, the house was bequeathed to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), who used it as their national headquarters until 2001 when they moved to larger offices. At that time the Heritage Canada Foundation purchased the house as their national headquarters.

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[edit] External links

• The Heritage Canada Foundation