Heritage Designated Properties

Designation Process 

Under the Ontario Heritage Act, the Municipal Heritage Committee is tasked with identifying, protecting and promoting cultural heritage resources in the community.  There are many myths and misconceptions about designation, and the Committee makes every effort to ensure that the property owner is a key player in the designation process.  Designation provides owners with a way to express pride in their property and ensure that it is protected for the future.

There are six key steps in designating a property under section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act:

1.  Identifying the property as a candidate for designation

2. Researching and evaluating the property

These first two steps are completed by the Municipal Heritage Committee, and are followed by an advisory report to Council recommending designation.  Council considers the proposed designation and, upon Council approval, the next steps of the designation process are initiated:

3. Serving "Notice of Intention to Designate", with an opportunity for objection or appeal

4. Passing and registering the designation by-law

5. Listing the property on the City's register

6. Listing the property on the provincial register 

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List of Properties Designated by the City of Orillia

(pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, C.O.18)