Ontario Heritage Act notices

Notice of passing of by-laws to adopt Heritage Conservation District Plans for the ByWard Market and Lowertown West Heritage Conservation Districts under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act

Dated and published at the City of Ottawa on November 15, 2024

The City of Ottawa, on October 30, 2024, passed the following by-laws:

2024-458: A by-law of the City of Ottawa to adopt the Heritage Conservation District Plan for the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District

2024-459: A by-law of the City of Ottawa to adopt the Heritage Conservation District Plan for the Lowertown West Heritage Conservation District

Objection 

Please be advised that any person who wishes to appeal the passage of the by-law(s) may do so by giving notice of appeal outlining the objection to the by-law(s) to the Ontario Land Tribunal by giving the Tribunal and the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, within 30 days after the online publication of this notice. The notice of appeal must be accompanied by a fee charged by the Tribunal.  

The notice of appeal can be submitted to the City of Ottawa via email to:

CityClerk-HeritageObjections@ottawa.ca

The notice of appeal can also be submitted via registered mail or be delivered in person, by appointment, at the following coordinates: 

Caitlin Salter MacDonald, City Clerk 
c/o Mélanie Blais, Committee Coordinator 
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 1J1
mail code 01-71 
 
To make an appointment, please contact Mélanie Blais, Committee Coordinator at 613- 580-2424, extension 27005, or melanie.blais@ottawa.ca.  

If no appeals are filed, the by-laws will come into force and effect on December 16, 2024. Copies of the by-laws will be served on the Ontario Heritage Trust.     

For further information please contact:
MacKenzie Kimm at MacKenzie.Kimm@ottawa.ca

Notice of intention to designate the Campanile Campus, 1485 and 1495 Heron Road as a property of cultural heritage value or interest, pursuant to section 29 (3) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18

Dated and published at the City of Ottawa on November 13, 2024

Take notice that the City of Ottawa, on October 30, 2024 established its intention to designate the Campanile Campus, 1485 and 1495 Heron Road under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value.

Description of property

The Campanile Campus, also known as the Federal Study Centre is an educational and religious campus including 12 buildings and the associated landscape elements constructed between 1963 and 1966. The campus also includes St. Patrick’s Intermediate Catholic School which was constructed as part of the original campus and later severed. The property is located at 1485-1495 Heron Road, on the north side of Heron Road in Ottawa’s Alta Vista neighbourhood.

Statement of cultural heritage value or interest

Cultural heritage value

Design value

The Campanile Campus, 1485-1495 Heron Road, has design value as a rare and representative example of a campus designed in the Modern style. Popular in Canada from the 1940s until the 1970s, Modernism was a worldwide movement in architecture that reflected a break from the highly ornamented and decorative styles of the past. The Modernist style was employed widely in all building typologies, but educational and religious campuses such as the Campanile Campus provide particularly fine examples of the master planning often associated with large scale Modernist projects in the postwar period. Campanile reflects the Modern style through its visual cohesiveness and its architectural expression including the use of flat roofs, rectilinear forms, rough red brick, smooth concrete, copper details, clerestory windows and limited ornamentation.

The design value of the complex also extends to its Modern site design which creates a carefully articulated functional arrangement related to the elements of a pedestrianized educational campus. True to the Modern style, the design also reflects the original function as a religious complex through its arrangement of buildings and its contemplative spaces such as the monastic and novitiate courtyards. The arrangement of the 12 buildings around a raised central quadrangle highlights the importance of the Chapel (Building A) as the central feature of the campus.

The Modern style can also be seen in the landscape design through its use of concrete, limited decorative elements and the integration of landscape elements into the overall visual cohesion of the site design. The concrete colonnaded entrance to the campus is highlighted by the namesake campanile, a prominent concrete bell tower and the tallest structure on the site. The landscape design also includes four courtyards, large limestone boulders, built in benches, trees and shrubs, and concrete walkways and steps.

Campanile has design value as it displays a high degree of artistic merit, particularly in the use of a light well in the chapel (Building A) to reflect light and water patterns onto the sculpture of “Christ With Manna From Heaven” which was designed specifically for the space and emphasizes the building’s role in worship. Further, the use of dramatic copper roofs over Pavilions A and F, unique woven brick half walls in the courtyards, and concrete features such as the campanile, horizontal banding elements, and entrance colonnade help unify the architecture with a high degree of craftsmanship.

Historic or associative value

The Campanile Campus has cultural heritage value for its direct association with the Soeurs de la Congregation de Notre Dame and the growth of Roman Catholic education in Ottawa. The Soeurs de la Congregation de Notre Dame was North America’s first women’s religious community, established in Montreal in 1657. The Congregation sent teachers to Bytown in 1868 and by the 1950s their activity in Ottawa was substantial enough to warrant a larger campus, leading them to purchase the property in 1959. The Campanile Campus provided a home for the Soeurs de la Congregation de Notre Dame’s expanding presence in Ottawa as well as a new Roman Catholic school and its scale is symbolic of the organization’s important role in supporting a growing Catholic community in the region.

Campanile is also associated with the explosive growth in the federal public service in the post war period and the way in which training for these new public servants was addressed. The passage of the Official Languages Act of Canada in 1969 created a need for language training for federal public servants across the country and facilities were required to conduct this training. In 1973, the Campanile Campus closed due to financial struggles and the federal government purchased the complex from the Soeurs de la Congregation de Notre Dame with St. Patrick’s School (Building G) remaining as a school under separate ownership. Between 1973 and 2014, the campus served as the Federal Study Centre, providing a variety of training for public servants from across the country.

The Campanile Campus yields information that contributes to an understanding of reform in the Catholic Church in the 1960s, resulting from the Second Vatican Council. The objective of the reforms was to modernize the way parishioners participated in mass. The reforms were directly reflected in the modern design of the Campanile Campus, especially demonstrated through the Chapel’s simple decoration, open worship area, and emphasis of light on the altar which were intended to encourage the congregation to participate more fully in mass.

The Campanile Campus demonstrates the work of local firm of Murray and Murray Architects and Town Planning Consultants in collaboration with Landscape Architect Peter Coe and artist Gerald Trottier. The campus is an excellent example of founder Timothy Murray’s Modern institutional style found throughout several of his religious and educational commissions across Ottawa. The campus is one of Murray’s earlier works and his largest commission. Gerald Trottier was an Ottawa artist and friend of Murray’s who was responsible for the interior of the Chapel, including its integrated sculpture of “Christ With Manna From Heaven” above the alter. Trottier’s work is synonymous with Murray’s modern liturgical designs and was incorporated into many of Murray’s religious commissions in Ottawa including St. Maurice and St. Basil’s Churches. The early collaboration between the three local professionals helped achieve a campus that highlighted their individual strengths while achieving a cohesive design.

Contextual value

The Campanile Campus is historically linked to its surroundings as a representation of Ottawa’s dramatic suburban growth in the post war period. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the National Capital Commission implemented French urbanist Jacques Gréber’s Plan for the National Capital, accelerating Ottawa’s transformation from a compact, transit-dependent capital city into a decentralized, car-dependent capital region. While the land purchased by the Soeurs de la Congregation de Notre Dame from J.J. Heron for Campanile was on the outskirts of the city at the time, it soon became an area of significant suburban growth.

The campus has contextual value as it is important in supporting the character of the area. While it is a self-contained campus, its Modernist architectural character is compatible with the surrounding neighbourhood. The Herongate subdivision south of Campanile was constructed on the southside of Heron Road shortly after the campus was constructed. One of the subdivision’s main access roads, Baycrest Drive, was designed to align with Campanile’s entrance driveway, extending the axial views towards the Campus’ campanile tower and the chapel’s dominant copper roof.

Description of heritage attributes

Overall campus

Those attributes that reflect the Campanile Campus as a visually unified complex with a distinct sense of place reflecting Modern campus design:

• •Features typical of Modern architecture including: 
  • Strong horizontality balanced with vertical elements (towers, campanile and spire of the chapel) 
  • Clear exterior expression of the structural system expressed in the engaged pillars, pilotis, deep overhangs, horizontal floor plates and concrete cornices with waterspouts 
  • Highly textured exterior façades created by alternating solids and voids and combining smooth concrete and rough textured brick 
  • Minimal decoration 
  • Use of a common palette of high-quality materials including red mottled brick, smooth white concrete and copper
• The strong visual relationship between the buildings as well as the landscaped courtyards which creates a sense of a self-contained environment 
• Arrangement of the buildings around the courtyards, creating an interplay between indoor and outdoor spaces 
• Circulation routes including exterior pathways and at grade passageways. 
• Concrete campanile located in the central courtyard 
• Concrete canopied entrance to the campus 
• Arrangement of three quadrangles, connected by concrete walkways, ramps, walls and steps 
• Creation of a variety of spaces through open lawns and intimate screened courtyards using woven brick screen walls
• Variations in the landscape design created by changes in topography, areas of open lawn, a variety of trees, shrubs and ground cover and use of limestone boulders for visual interest 
• Integrated benches around light wells 
• Raised and sunken concrete planters 
• Primacy of the chapel around which all other buildings are arranged 
• Axial view from the campus entrance towards and terminating at the Chapel (Building A), creating an unimpeded view, including the silhouette of the roof. 

Building by building description of attributes

Building A (Chapel)

• Location at the centre of the site, reflecting its importance as the spiritual centre of the campus
• Massive, floating truncated offset pyramidal roof clad in copper 
• Rough textured, mottled red brick 
• Limited fenestration with narrow, vertically oriented irregularly spaced windows
• Entrances on the south, east and west sides, reflecting the different groups of users- sisters, novices and students. 
• Main entrance (south) including: 
  • Central double doors flanked by large windows
  • Copper clad flat roofed canopy
• East and west entrances including: 
  • Central doorway 
  • Wide concrete banding 
  • Flanking horizontally oriented window openings with spandrel panels separated by concrete buttresses 
• Clerestory windows which reflect light from water collected in the exterior trough
• Interior features including: 
  • The central plan, reflecting the theological and liturgical changes arising from the Second Vatican Council
  • The lantern above the altar that allows light to reflect on the water collected in a narrow trough at the roofline 
  • Exposed smooth concrete interior of the pyramidal roof 
  • Low brick walls creating a circulation route 
  • 1963 “Christ with Manna from Heaven” sculpture by Gerald Trottier 

Buildings B and L

• Location and arrangement as single storey wings, flanking the chapel to the east and west 
• Recessed, single storey glazed passageways with wooden fins linking the buildings to Buildings A, C, and K 
• Rough textured, mottled red brick cladding 
• Regularly spaced rectangular window openings 
• Flat, mansard-like corrugated metal roofs 

Buildings C and K

• Six storey rectangular massing composed of a recessed first storey topped by a narrow band of windows and a wide concrete band with five additional storeys appearing to float above
• Flat roofs
• Concrete base
• Rough textured, mottled red brick cladding 
• Smooth concrete banding between floors 
• Rectangular, evenly spaced, deeply recessed window openings 

Building D

• Single storey square massing with heavy, smooth concrete, overhanging flat roof 
• Clerestorey windows 
• Rough textured, mottled red brick cladding 
• Regularly placed brick pilasters 
• Lack of ornamentation and limited fenestration 

Building E

• Three storey rectangular massing with flat roof that narrows at the east and west ends of the building 
• Rough textured, mottled red brick cladding 
• Smooth concrete horizontal banding between storeys and wide concrete cornice 
• Vertically oriented, regularly spaces window openings 
• Main entrance facing the courtyard, recessed under the cantilevered upper storeys supported on pilotis 
• One storey passageways to the north and south, connecting to the gym and auditorium (Buildings D and F) 

Building F

• Location at the front of the property, visible from Heron Road, flanking the entrance to the campus 
• Octagonal form with heavy, corrugated copper roof 
• Rough textured, mottled red brick cladding with smooth concrete accents 
• Lack of fenestration on the south façades, facing Heron Road 
• High, well-lit foundation on the north, east and west allowing light into the interior and giving the appearance that the solid building is floating 
• Interior features reflecting its use as an auditorium including the rich, dark red brick walls and warm wood accents 

Buildings H and I

• Location and footprint, creating the western edge to the sunken courtyard 

Buildings G and J

• Three storey massing with flat roofs 
• Rough textured, mottled red brick cladding 
• Smooth concrete horizontal banding between storeys and heavy concrete cornice
• Vertically oriented, regularly spaces window openings
• Stepped entrance bays at the east and west ends, containing the stairwells 

Exclusions

All buildings at 1485 Heron Road with the exception of Building G (St. Patrick’s Intermediate School) are excluded from the designation. 

At 1495 Heron Road, Buildings M and N are excluded from the designation. With the exception of the attribute related to footprint and location outlined above, Buildings H and I are not contemplated for retention. 

All interiors are excluded from the designation with the exception of the interior attributes outlined for the Chapel, Building A.

Objections

Please be advised that any person wishing to object to this designation may do so under the objection process set out in Section 29 (5) of the Ontario Heritage Act by giving the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, within 30 days after the online publication of this notice, a notice of objection outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information.

The notice of objection can be submitted via email to:

CityClerk-HeritageObjections@ottawa.ca

The notice of objection can also be submitted via registered mail or be delivered in person, by appointment, at the following coordinates:

Caitlin Salter MacDonald, City Clerk
c/o Mélanie Blais, Committee Coordinator
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 1J1
mail code 01-71

When an objection has been received, City Council will consider the objection including all relevant information, within 90 days after the end of the objection period. After consideration of the objection, Council may decide to withdraw the Notice of Intention to Designate or to pass a by-law designating the property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
 
For further information please contact:

Lesley Collins
Program Manager
Heritage Planning Branch
613-580-2424, extension 21586
Lesley.Collins@ottawa.ca 

Notice of passage of By-law 2022-329 to designate the former Traders Bank of Canada, 1824 Farwel Street under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

Dated and published at the City of Ottawa on November 8, 2024

The City of Ottawa, on September 21, 2022, passed the following by-law:

2022-329:  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate the Former Traders Bank of Canada, 1824 Farwel Street to be of cultural heritage value or interest.

By-law 2022-329 will come into force by November 8, 2024 and be registered on title. A copy of the registered by-law will be served on the Ontario Heritage Trust.  

Notice of intention to designate The Sycamore, 178 Cambridge Street North as a property of cultural heritage value or interest, pursuant to section 29 (3) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18

Dated and published at the City of Ottawa on October 30, 2024

Take notice that the City of Ottawa, on October, 16, 2024 established its intention to designate 178 Cambridge Street North under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value.

Description of property

178 Cambridge Street North, known as The Sycamore, is a detached two-and-a-half storey brick-veneered Queen Anne Revival building in the Dalhousie neighbourhood in Somerset Ward. The property is located on the west side of Cambridge Street North, between Somerset Street West and Christie Street. The existing house is estimated to have been constructed between 1899 and 1901, when it replaced an earlier wood house from the 1870s.

Statement of cultural heritage value or interest

178 Cambridge Street North has design and physical value as a representative example of the Queen Anne Revival architectural style. Queen Anne Revival was a prominent residential architectural style during the Victorian period from the 1870s to the 1910s which was rooted in a rekindled interest in the vernacular architecture of the medieval and Elizabethan periods. Queen Anne Revival homes are "busy” and ornate, with lots of complexity in detail. They typically feature asymmetrical facades, multiple construction materials, decorative ornamentation, and turrets. The Queen Anne Revival style is exemplified in the house at 178 Cambridge Street North by its multiple construction materials, irregular massing, turret, and decorative ornamentation. 

178 Cambridge Street North has design and physical value as it displays a high degree of craftsmanship. This is demonstrated in the detailed architectural ornamentation including a turret, carved wood front door, and carved wood crest on the facade.
 
178 Cambridge Street North has contextual value as it supports the mixed architectural character of the area west of Bronson Avenue, which is defined by buildings constructed before and after the Great Fire of 1900. While the house was not damaged by the fire as the fire did not reach Cambridge Street North, the replacement of the original modest wood house with a more substantial and contemporary Queen Anne Revival house during this time coincided with the reconstruction of several lost buildings in the area, situating the property in the context of a neighbourhood in transition. There is a prevalence of Victorian and Edwardian era houses in this area from the late 19th and early 20th centuries built in vernacular or revival styles with varying degrees of decorative detail, including front-gable houses, flat roofed houses, worker’s cottages, and row housing, which together create a mixed residential streetscape. 
 
178 Cambridge Street North has contextual value because it is physically and historically linked to its location in the Dalhousie neighbourhood. The property shares a history with the surrounding properties on Cambridge Street North, which together formed the old Sherwood Estate until the lands were divided into smaller lots and sold for development by Honourable George Sherwood. Sherwood’s land auctions in the 1860s and 1870s sparked a wave of development, with most lots sold to players in the local lumber industry. Lumberyards and railyards first defined the area, which grew in the late 19th to early 20th centuries with an influx of labourers and tradespeople working in industrial areas around LeBreton Flats. The property’s proximity to Somerset Street and its walkable distance to the industrial activity at LeBreton Flats would have made its location attractive to workers seeking local employment opportunities. Like many properties in the Dalhousie neighbourhood, the early history of 178 Cambridge Street North is associated with builders and contractors. The original wood house was home to several labourers and tradespeople, including Herman Hayner, who built the existing Queen Anne Revival house on the property. Hayner was a contractor who built houses locally and was a founding member of the Carpenters’ Union, which met one block west from the property on the corner of Somerset and Arthur Streets.

Description of heritage attributes

Key exterior attributes that contribute to the heritage value of 178 Cambridge Street North as a representative example of a Queen Anne Revival building include: 

• Two-and-a-half storey rectangular massing with red brick cladding on the first storey and stucco on the second storey
• A front gable with two side gables on north façade 
• Octagonal turret on the south façade 
• Front porch with pediment, double classical-styled columns, and cedar shingle skirting
• Front gable end with scalloped shingles and a fan-shaped motif
• Dentilled wood cornice above the second storey 
• Cedar shingle skirting between first and second storey
• Crest on the front façade on the second storey with an oak leaf spray and acorn design inscribed with “The Sycamore”
• Wood front door with a circular window insert carved with a wreath, torches, and a flower motif
• Undulating brick stringcourse above the first storey windows
• Window openings, mostly rectangular, with flat brick voussoirs and stone sills on first storey
• Leaded and coloured glass windows on first and third storey
• Circular windows in gable ends on north façade
• Stone foundation 

The interior of the building and any additions or outbuildings are excluded in this designation.

Objections

Please be advised that any person wishing to object to this designation may do so under the objection process set out in Section 29 (5) of the Ontario Heritage Act by giving the Clerk of the City of Ottawa, within 30 days after the online publication of this notice, a notice of objection outlining the reasons for the objection and any other relevant information.

The notice of objection can be submitted via email to:

CityClerk-HeritageObjections@ottawa.ca

The notice of objection can also be submitted via registered mail or be delivered in person, by appointment, at the following coordinates:

Caitlin Salter MacDonald, City Clerk
c/o Mélanie Blais, Committee Coordinator
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario  K1P 1J1
mail code 01-71

When an objection has been received, City Council will consider the objection including all relevant information, within 90 days after the end of the objection period. After consideration of the objection, Council may decide to withdraw the Notice of Intention to Designate or to pass a by-law designating the property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
 
For further information please contact:

Sara Wehbi at Sara.Wehbi@ottawa.ca.