Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Properties that will be owned by the citizens of Canada forever.

1.) National Historic Sites of Canada

Ottawa

  • The Parliament Buildings
  • Public Grounds of the Parliament Buildings
  • Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds
  • Rideau Canal
  • Aberdeen Pavilion
  • Beechwood Cemetery
  • Billings House
  • Central Chambers at the corner of Elgin Street and Queen Street  
  • Central Experimental Farm
  • Chateau Laurier
  • Confederation Square
  • Connaught Building
  • Diefenbunker
  • Earnscliffe
  • Former Archives Building on Sussex Drive
  • Former Geological Survey of Canada Building
  • Former Ottawa Teachers' College
  • Hart Massey House
  • John R. Booth Residence
  • Langevin Block
  • Laurier House
  • Maplelawn & Gardens
  • National Arts Centre
  • Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica
  • Royal Canadian Mint
  • Victoria Memorial Museum
(Historic Sites and Monuments Act of 1985.)
1998

Kingston, Ontario 
  • Anne Baillie Building
  • Bellevue House
  • Cataraqui Cemetery
  • Elizabeth Cottage
  • Frontenac County Courthouse
  • Kingston City Hall and Market Square
  • Kingston Customs House
  • Kingston Dry Dock
  • Kingston Fortifications
  • Kingston General Hospital
  • Kingston Navy Yard
  • Kingston Penitentiary
  • Old Kingston Post Office
  • Point Frederick Buildings
  • Rideau Canal
  • Roselawn
  • Sir John A. Macdonald Gravesite
  • War of 1812 Shipwrecks
2.) The National Interest Land Mass
  • Quebec - Gatineau Park, 32,000 ha approximately
  • 3 parcels, Ottawa River shoreline at Portage Bridge & land beside Eddy street
  • Parts of Laurier St in front of Place du Portage
  • Ottawa River shoreline at the Alexandra Bridge approach
  • Hull Wharf Ottawa River water lot only
  • Museum site Laurier Ave
  • Ottawa River shoreline south of Brewery Creek
  • 4 parcels, Jacques Cartier Park
  • Ottawa River shoreline, proposed Voyageur Parkway
  • Leamy Lake and part of the Philemon Wright Corridor
Ottawa National Interest Land Mass
  • The Greenbelt "The Greenbelt occupies an area of approximately 20,000 hectares (51,397 acres)" (Beyond Ottawa---White Paper on Development in the Greenbelt, May 27, 2008.)
  • GG's residence (Rideau Hall)
  • PM's residence 24 Sussex Drive 
  • Rideau Gate (Guest House)
  • Central Experimental Farm
  • Greenbelt Research Farm
  • shoreline behind Parliament Hill
  • Chambers Building
  • Confederation Square
  • Part of Lebreton Flats N of Transitway
  • Victoria Island
  • Pts of Wellington in front of Chateau Laurier and Conference Centre and land to the E of the Conference Centre. Also lands N of Wellington between Rideau Canal Locks & the Chateau Laurier & Major Hill Park. And the approach to the Alexandra Bridge & the new Art Gallery site.
  • Lady Grey Drive and the Ottawa River W of Sussex Drive.
  • Daly Building corner of Rideau & Sussex
  • 8 parcels of land E of Sussex (Mile of History) from Rideau Street to MacDonald Cartier Bridge
  • Pt of the Mint property W of Sussex Drive  S of Macdonald Cartier Bridge
  • Small park on W side of Sussex Drive S of Macdonald Cartier Bridge
  • Parking lot at Earnscliffe and water lot
  • 4 parcels on the Rideau River around City Hall
  • 4 parcels E of Sussex Drive between Stanley Ave & Rideau Gate
  • Ottawa River Parkway, Wellington to Carling
  • Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive
  • Rideau Canal lands from downtown to Hog's Back Road - 222 acres
  • Rideau River lands from Green Island to Revelstoke Dr
  • Airport Parkway
  • Eastern Parkway Hemlock Rd to Hwy 417
  • Eastern Driveway & Rockcliffe Park from Sussex Drive to Greenbelt
  • Lower Duck Island Ottawa River
"Land forming part of the National Interest Land Mass will be retained by the National Capital Commission on behalf of the government in perpetuity." (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC Land Holdings.)

3.) Confederation Square National Historic Site of Canada in Ottawa
  • The National War Memorial
  • Langevin Block - Office of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council
  • Senate of Canada - The Conference Centre, 2 Rideau Street
  • Chateau Laurier
  • National Arts Centre
  • Central Chambers
  • East Block
  • The Central Post Office
4.) National Parks and historic sites Parks Canada Act of 1998  "This Act establishes the Agency for the purpose of ensuring that Canada's national parks, national historic sites and related heritage areas are protected  and presented for current and future generations."

5.) National museums The Museums Act of 1990 - National Gallery of Canada; Canadian Museum of History; Canadian Museum of Nature; Canadian War Museum; National Museum of Science and Technology; Canadian Museum for Human Rights; Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax; Canadian Aviation and Space Museum.

6)  UNESCO World Heritage Sites UNESCO is a UN agency
  • Historic District of Old Quebec
  •  Rideau Canal
  • Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
  • Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks---Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay
  • Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump, Alberta
  • Gros Morne National Park---Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Landscape of Grande Pre---Nova Scotia
  • Red Bay Basque Whaling Station---Newfoundland and Labrador
  • SGang Gwaay---British Columbia
  • Waterton National Park, Alberta
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs---Nova Scotia
  • The Kingston Fortifications
  • Kluane/Wannell - St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatcheshini Alsek---Yukon
  • Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
  • Wood Buffalo National Park---Alberta and the Northwest Territories
  • Nahanni National Park---Northwest Territories
  • Mistaken Point---Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Anticosti---Quebec
  • Writing on Stone/Aisinai' pi---Alberta
  • Tr'ondek---Klondike, Yukon
  • Miguasha National Park---Quebec
  • L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site---Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Pimachiowin Aki---Manitoba and Ontario
7.)  The Parliamentary Precinct in the Nation's Capital
  • The Parliament Buildings and the Hill
  • Library of Parliament
  • Supreme Court of Canada
  • Senate of Canada - 2 Rideau Street
  • Library and Archives Canada
  • Buildings and land on Wellington Street opposite Parliament
  • The northern half of the Sparks Street Mall
8.) Parliament Hill Legal Title House of Commons Ottawa December 21, 1963 With the exception of the years 1802--1823, Parliament Hill has been owned by the Crown---successively by the Crown Imperial, the Crown Provincial and the Crown Federal. Since 1823 the Crown has always held these lands for public purposes---either of defence or generally.

9.) Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity. (The Greber Report of 1950, page 228/395.) Parkland in the National Capital Region:
  • Confederation
  • Jacques Cartier
  • Rockcliffe
  • Rideau Falls
  • Major's Hill
  • Commissioners
  • Hog's Back/Vincent Massey
  • Leamy Lake
  • Brebuef
  • Lebreton
  • Gatineau
  • the Greenbelt
10.)  900 square miles in the National Capital Region Privy Council of Canada Document No. 6721 "The Privy Council have had before them a report, dated 25th October 1945, from the Minister of Public Works, stating: 'That under the authority of Order in Council No. 5635 of August 16, 1945, an area comprising some 900 square miles, more or less, adjoining the City has been defined as the National Capital district and it has been decided to re-engage Mr. Greber to make a study of that area with a view of preparing plans for a suitable long-term development of such area as a National War Memorial.' (The Greber Report of 1950, page 15/395 pages.)

9.)  The Ottawa Greenbelt is part of the National War Memorial---"The Greenbelt is like an Emerald Necklace and exists as a memorial to the Canadians who gave their lives in the Second World War. It consists of over 20,000 hectares of greenspace. The Greenbelt reaches a distance of 45 kilometers and ranges over a distance from two to 10 kilometers." (From: "The Greenbelt---Have your say about the Greenbelt's future" by the National Capital Commission, June 10, 2009.) Housing developments and hotels are banned.
  • Mer Bleue Conservation Area
  • Commissioners Park near Dow's Lake
  • Green's Creek Conservation Area
  • Stony Swamp Conservation Area
  • Hornets Nest soccer fields
  • Greenbelt Research Farm
  • Pine View Golf Course
  • Hylands Golf Club
  • The Log Farm
  • Shirley's Bay
  • Bruce Pit
  • Conroy Pit
  • Lime Kiln Trail
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Wesley Clover Park
  • Pinhey Forest
  • The 19th Tee Driving Range
  • The Connaught National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • The Southern Farm
  • Airport land
 1992 Directory of Federal Real Property

 




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