The Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications may lose UNESCO World Heritage designation...

if a hospital is built on the Farm in Ottawa. "On July 27, 2007, the Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. The site is made up of six elements: The Rideau Canal (lock stations and waterway), and the fortification sites in Kingston which consist of Fort Henry, Fort Frederick, Cathcart Tower, Shoal Tower and Murney Tower".

"The Rideau Canal is a large strategic canal constructed for military purposes which played a crucial contributory role in allowing British forces to defend the Colony of Canada against the United States of America."

UNESCO told the Canadian government that the waterway and fortifications would be negatively affected, by the following projects:

• The Ottawa hospital campus on the Experimental Farm
• The Chateau Laurier proposed expansion (Ottawa)
• The Rideau Marina redevelopment (Kingston)
• Highway 417 bridge rehabilitation (Ottawa)
• Rideau Canal Crossing pedestrian bridge (Ottawa)
• Third Bridge Crossing (Kingston)
• Former Davis Tannery Brownfield Site Redevelopment (Kingston)
• Various Federal Infrastructure Investment Program projects along the length of the Rideau Canal World Heritage property. (The information is from "State of Conservation Report, Rideau Canal, May 2018")

House of Commons Ottawa February 19, 2007 MP Gord Brown (Leeds-Grenville) CPC: "Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate that I am speaking about the Rideau Canal on Heritage Day. It encompasses many communities, all with unique heritage: Seeley's Bay, Newboro, Westport, Portland, Perth, Rideau Ferry, Smiths Falls, Merrickville, Kemptville and Manotick. It is a heritage river, a national historic site and hopefully, will soon be a World Heritage Site."

National Historic Sites of Canada and UNESCO  "The designation brings international attention to the need for the preservation and conservation of the site. It brings tourism. It can provide funds for restoration, preservation and training."