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Downtown Heritage Conservation District

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback throughout the project.

About the project

In 2021, Council approved the recommendations of the Cultural Heritage Action Plan which included: For Old Downtown, undertake a comprehensive strategy, including community consultation, to direct future cultural heritage conservation efforts and planned change.

The provincial government’s More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, significantly changed the structure of municipal heritage registers. As a result, all properties currently listed on the Municipal Register of Cultural Heritage Properties must be removed by January 1, 2025 (revised deadline January 1, 2027). About 1,700 properties will lose protections. 120 of these properties located in downtown Guelph.

Historical planning map of Guelph titled Plan of the Town of Guelf, Upper Canada, founded by the Canada Company 1827

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Who's Listening

Imogen Goldie

Imogen Goldie, Project Manager, Heritage

imogen.goldie@guelph.ca

Rebecca Sciarra, Project Manager, ASI

rsciarra@asiheritage.ca

Phases

Phases overview
Downtown Guelph Heritage focus group recruitment
Character mapping
Downtown heritage conservation survey
Community character map
Heritage feature prioritization
Potential HCD plan - Objectives values and attributes
Levels of support for an HCD in Downtown
Heritage Conservation District Forum
Downtown Heritage Conservation District Plan survey
Open house for HCD Plan
Downtown HCD Plan and Guidelines development
Draft Downtown HCD plan and guidelines review
Downtown HCD Statutory Public Meeting
Council Planning Meeting
Designation by-law in effect

Open house for HCD Plan

April 24, 2025 - May 10, 2025

Thank you for attending the Phase 2 open house on January 29th, 2025, or for joining us online to review the project information and taking the survey.

Please click through past phases of this project to learn how we got here through conversation with the community.

Thank you

Thank you for joining us at our open house on Wednesday May 7, 2025 at City Hall.

If you were not able to attend but you want to learn about the project and have questions please view the presentations below.

Downtown Guelph Heritage Conservation District – Public Meeting #2

Presentation 1: Introduction

Presentation 2: Conservation of Contributing Properties

Presentation 3: Guiding Intensification

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