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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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175 participants

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

Community character map

February 4, 2024 - February 10, 2024

Please use this map to identify heritage attributes (features, characteristics, context or appearance) that you feel defines the cultural heritage value of the district. We included individually designated heritage properties (Part IV) and the protected public view corridor on the map to encourage you to think outside the box and explore other areas! What should be highlighted or sustained in Downtown as we grow as a City? Are there any buildings, sites, or spaces that you feel are missing from the heritage attributes previously mentioned?

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135 Wyndham St N

127 - 135 Wyndham St N

133 Wyndham St N

127 - 131 Wyndham St N

147 Wyndham St N

147-159 Wyndham St N

128 Woolwich St

116-122 Woolwich St

32 Gordon St

138 Wyndham St N

74 Woolwich St - Jail and Governor's House

74 Woolwich St - Courthouse and Offices

IODE Fountain - Yarmouth St

IODE Fountain - Yarmouth

1 Quebec St

99 Norfolk St

12 Wyndham St N

48-52 Macdonell St

1 Carden St

59 Carden St

79 Carden St

72 Farquhar St - Drill Hall

81 Farquhar St

140 Macdonell St - Blacksmith Fountain

66-70 Macdonell St

11 Wyndham St N

15 Wyndham St N

65 Wyndham St N

67 Wyndham St N

1-7 Douglas St

9 Douglas St

15 Douglas St

25-27 Douglas St

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