USEFUL LINKS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Heritage Collingwood: Collingwood's historic places are now at your fingertips!

A comprehensive list of all the heritage buildings in Collingwood, their newsletter, event listing and more!
Doors Open Collingwood invites you to visit our architecturally significant buildings and heritage waterfront."Doors Open Ontario has become a cultural phenomenon," said the Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman of the Ontario Heritage Foundation. "It is a great educational experience for residents of the communities involved, as well as a great tourism draw that boosts local economies and builds civic pride."


The Official Town of Collingwood website.Our Mission: "To preserve and enhance our unique quality of life in a changing global environment through innovative and responsive government."


The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario was founded in 1933, by Professor Eric Arthur and citizens across Ontario, to advocate the protection and conservation of Ontario's architectural and landscape heritage.

The Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada is the first-ever pan-Canadian benchmark for heritage conservation practice in this country. It offers results-oriented guidance for sound decision making when planning for, intervening in and using historic places.


MISSION: to serve as a tool for the exchange of information about Ontario's culture, history, built and natural heritage, archaeology and the environment
MANDATE
-to provide a "first stop" for anyone seeking information on Ontario's heritage
-to serve as a tool for the exchange of Ontario's heritage news -to build a network of links to Ontario's heritage websites
-to raise public interest and awareness in Ontario's heritage


Community Heritage Ontario - Le Patrimoine Communautaire de L'Ontario
(CHO) was incorporated in 1991 to provide a non-profit provincial umbrella organization in support of municipally-appointed heritage advisory committees. These local volunteer committees are known as Municipal Heritage Committees (formerly called LACACs - Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committees) and exist to advise local municipal councils on heritage matters.
Craigleith Heritage Depot



The Ontario Heritage Trust – the province's lead heritage agency – is dedicated to identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario's rich and varied heritage for the benefit of present and future generations.
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