Heritage
Calendar of events
What’s going on in the City? Check the calendar of events(link is external).
History of Ottawa's French-speaking Community
Raconte-moi Ottawa(link is external) tells the history of our region’s Francophone community and is for students from grades 7 to 10. French-Canadians were among the first people to settle in Ottawa, this website focuses on the Francophone community’s role and contribution in the development of our national capital.
Find places of commemoration and conservation, historic buildings and cultural and heritage plans. See historical facts and key dates.
Raconte-moi Ottawa is a Vanier Museopark project and a collaboration of the Department of Canadian Heritage and the City of Ottawa.
Historical societies
Gloucester Historical Society(link is external)
4550 Bank Street (at Leitrim Road), Gloucester, Ontario, K1T 3W6
Tel: 613-822-2076
Email: english@gloucesterhistory.com(link opens email application)
Goulbourn Township Historical Society(link is external)
2064 Huntley Road, Stittsville, Ontario, K2S 1A7
Email: info@goulbournhistoricalsociety.org(link opens email application)
Historical Society of Ottawa(link is external)
P.O. Box 523 Station "B", Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5P6
Email: info@historicalsocietyottawa.ca(link opens email application)
Osgoode Township Historical Society(link is external)
7814 Rideau Street, P.O. Box 83, Vernon, Ontario, K0A 3J0
Email: oths@magma.ca(link opens email application)
Cumberland Township Historical Society(link is external)
Ottawa Public Library - Cumberland Branch
Local History Room
1599 Tenth Line Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1E 3E8
Tel.: 613-833-2245
Email: cths@cyberus.ca(link opens email application)
Rideau Township Historical Society(link is external)
Box 56, Ottawa, Ontario, K0A 2T0
Email: rths@manotick.org(link opens email application)
Fitzroy Township Historical Society
Contact: Jim Armstrong, 613-839-3061
Huntley Township Historical Society(link is external)
Tel.: 613-831-2490
Email: HuntleyHistory@gmx.net(link opens email application)
Torbolton Township Historical Society
Contact: Pauline Fulford 613-832-1737
March Township Historical Society
Contact: Michele LeBoldus 613-832-1249
Ottawa Jewish Historical Society(link is external)
21 Nadolny Sachs Private, Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 1R9
Tel.: 613-798-9818 ext. 264
Workers Heritage Centre(link is external)
500-280 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1R7
Email: info@ottawalabour.org(link opens email application)
Tel.: 613-233-7820
Société franco-ontarienne du patrimoine et de l’histoire d’Orléans(link is external)
Email: sfopho@gmail.com(link opens email application)
Tel.: 613-833-0657
Heritage organizations
The City of Ottawa works with a large and diverse group of community-based heritage organizations that preserve and promote local heritage through museums and archives and special programs.
- Heritage Ottawa(link is external)
- Capital Heritage Connexion (link is external)
- Pinhey's Point Foundation(link is external)
- Friends of the City of Ottawa Archives(link is external)
- Réseau du patrimoine franco-ontarien(link is external)