The National Trust for Canada (; formerly known as the Heritage Canada Foundation) is a national registered charity in Canada with the mandate to inspire and lead action to save historic places, and promote the care and wise use of Canada's historic environment. Its sites, projects, and programs encourage Canadians to identify, conserve, use, celebrate, and value their heritage buildings,

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

s, natural areas, and communities for present and future generations. Established in 1973, the National Trust has campaigned to update and fill gaps in Canadian heritage policies and laws, including supporting legislation such as ''

Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act The ''Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act'' () is an Act of the Parliament of Canada (designated Bill S-215) for the designation and preservation of historically significant Canadian lighthouses. It was passed by the Canadian Parliament in May 2 ...

''. The National Trust for Canada also awards

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for their actions in preserving historical

built environment The term built environment refers to human-made conditions and is often used in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, public health, sociology, and anthropology, among others. These curated spaces provide the setting for human ac ...

s through the

Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership The Prince of Wales Prize for Municipal Heritage Leadership is an award presented annually to a Canadian municipality that has demonstrated a commitment to the conservation of its historic built environment, through regulation, policies, and fundi ...

. It is a member-based organization governed by a national

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of volunteer governors. Its Council of Advisors include

Pat Carney Patricia Dora Carney (May 26, 1935 – July 25, 2023) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of parliament from 1980 to 1988 and as a Senator from 1990 to 2008. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, she first r ...

Thomas H.B. Symons Thomas Henry Bull Symons (30 May 1929 – 1 January 2021) was a Canadian professor and author in the field of Canadian studies. Biography Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of writer Harry L. Symons, Harry Lutz Symons and Dorothy Sarah Bu ...

Douglas Cardinal Douglas Joseph Cardinal (born 7 March 1934) is a Canadian architect based in Ottawa, Ontario. His architecture is influenced by his Indigenous heritage, as well as European Expressionist architecture.

, John K.F. Irving, Glen MacDonald, Frederic L.R. Jackman, and

Alexander Reford Alexander Reford is a historian by training, with master's degrees in history from the University of Toronto and Oxford University. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1962, he was raised and educated in the Outaouais region of Québec. He held the positi ...

Properties

The National Trust for Canada oversees three properties. In

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, the organization holds two properties: One is the Papineau Chapel, a stone memorial chapel built in 1851 by

Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau (; October 7, 1786 – September 23, 1871), born in Montreal, Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the ''seigneurie de la Petite-Nation''. He was the leader of the reform ...

, on the grounds of the

Château Montebello The Fairmont Le Château Montebello, formerly and commonly known as the Château Montebello, is a historic hotel and resort complex in Montebello, Quebec, Montebello, Quebec, Canada. The resort complex includes a large game reserve and a large woo ...

in the town of Montebello. It is the National Trust's first property, having been acquired in 1974. The other is 11 ''ruelle de l'Ancien-Chantier'', two adjacent buildings erected in 1670, in the

Lower Town Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown" () is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest neighbourhood of the city, with construction beginning in 1826. It includes the comm ...

Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...

. It was purchased by Heritage Canada to act as one of its regional offices, but now houses the offices of the '. There is also a property in

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

. The Myrtleville House is a two-storey structure built in

Brantford Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully indep ...

between 1837 and 1838. Originally owned by Allen and Eliza Good, the house was occupied by four generations of their family until 1978, when the propertyincluding the house, its contents, and of landwas donated to

the Crown The Crown is a political concept used in Commonwealth realms. Depending on the context used, it generally refers to the entirety of the State (polity), state (or in federal realms, the relevant level of government in that state), the executive ...

, which then transferred it in trust to the National Trust.

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National Trust for CanadaCarleton University Archives and Research Collections

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Properties

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