A possible college or university course entitled "Heritage Properties in Canada."

 Curriculum. Federal laws that do not protect heritage properties: The National Capital Act; Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act; Canada Post Corporation Act; Broadcasting Act; Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act.

Historic buildings and infrastructure that faced wrecking crews: Toronto's Union Station; Ottawa's Union Station; Summerhill Station in Northern Toronto; the Rideau Canal from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario; the Don Jail, Toronto; the Old Court House, 60 Queen Street West,Toronto; Ottawa Teacher's College, 195 Elgin Street;Royal Canadian Mint, 320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa; more than 70 % of the properties on the Experimental Farm, including the Booth Barn and Dominion Observatory;

Politicians who saved or tried to save Crown property: 1.) Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau:

1.) Created Harbourfront to preserve the Toronto waterfront as a green space. 2.) Refused to sell the Canadian National Railway hotels to the Hilton Corporation. The hotels are now owned by the multinational Fairmont. 3.)Expropriated properties on Wellington Street opposite Parliament Hill and the northern half of the Sparks Street Mall, to prevent the construction of residential towers and to preserve the buildings. 4.) Stopped the National Capital Commission from taking over 600 acres of the Central Experimental Farm for housing during the 1970's. 5.) Signed the UNESCO treaty to safeguard endangered buildings and landscapes. 6.) Promised that Canadians would always own the national parks:

House of Commons Ottawa  March 15, 1972. Hon. Martin O'Connell (Minister of Labour) Liberal: "There is a 50 percent increase in the area set aside in perpetuity for national parks. Canada leads all nations in the world in land set aside for future generations."

2.) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney - refused to transfer Stanley Park ownership from the federal government to the city of Vancouver, February 4, 1986, House of Commons. Created the designation "National Interest Land Mass" to keep Gatineau Park, the Greenbelt, Lebreton Flats, the Greenbelt Farm, Commissioner's Park, land beside the scenic parkways and Rideau Canal, etc. out of the hands of developers and the city. The prime minister halted the in-progress demolition of the Royal Canadian Mint, 320 Sussex Drive. Ottawa. (Susan Delacourt article.)

3.) Agriculture Minister John Wise never wanted the National Capital Commission to sell 91 acres of Agriculture Canada land, May 13, 1988, House of Commons Ottawa. 

4.)Toronto City Councillor Jack Layton-Tried to stop the demolition of the Spadina Roundhouse owned by the CNR. The Skydome was built on the grounds of the roundhouse.

5.) Toronto City Councillor Mike Layton prevented Larco from building residential towers on the Dominion Public Building on Front Street beside Union Station.The district is a Heritage Conservation Area protected by Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. 

Kingston Penitentiary- Member of Parliament Ted Hsu; Kingston City Councillor Bridget Doherty; Kingston City Councillor Peter Glover.

Moffat Farm near Hog's Back and Mooney's Bay-Senator Anne Cools; Speaker of the Senate Noel Kinsella; Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli and the council wanted to save the 88-acre Veteran's Affairs property as a parkland.

Architectural terms. infill; facadism; Gothic; Art Deco;Chateau; Baronial; Greek Revival.

Why is the Greber Report of 1950 so significant?

Name the Dominion Architects and the buildings they designed. The Dominion Architects were Thomas Scott; David Ewart; Thomas Fuller; Thomas W. Fuller; Edward Lewis Horwood; Richard Cotsman Wright; Charles D. Sutherland; Joseph Charles Brault; Edward Alexander Gardner; James Alfred Langford and Frederick Rebridge.

David Ewart designed the Connaught Building and Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa; Sinclair Centre, Vancouver, BC; Dominion Observatory, Chief Astronomers Residence and Geodetic Survey Building on the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, and the Kingston Drill Hall, 100 Montreal Street,the Limestone City:

Princess Diana visiting the Kingston Drill Hall, 100 Montreal Street, Kingston, Ontario, 1991.

Heritage Preservation terms. Classified Federal Heritage Building; Recognized Federal Heritage Building; National Historic Site of Canada; UNESCO World Heritage Site; Ontario Heritage Act; Provincial Heritage Conservation District.

Describe the following terms and the importance of the Parliamentary Precinct; Confederation Square; Mile of History.

What is the National Interest Land Mass and why was it created in 1988? Name the NILM holdings.

Books pertaining to the architecture of Kingston, Ontario:

The definition of historic sites in Canada:

"...battlefields, forts and citadels, shipwrecks, archeological sites, cultural landscapes, bridges, houses, cemeteries, railway stations, historic districts, ruins, engineering marvels, schools, canals, courthouses, theatres and markets." (The Hon. Bryon Wilfert (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment, Liberal, House of Commons, October 26, 2004.) I would add-- aircraft hangars; the de Havilland Building in Toronto; the former Jarvis Street Toronto Headquarters of the CBC; correctional facilities in The Limestone City including Disneyland North, the Collins Bay Institution; the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Richmond, BC and Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa.---savecfbrockcliffe.