Heritage conservation in Canada
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Federal level
There are a number of heritage designations at the federal level for historic sites in Canada:
- Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance;[1]
- Heritage Railway Stations are train stations owned by federally licensed railway companies recommended for protection by the HSMBC;
- Heritage Lighthouses are lighthouses deemed to be historically significant; and
- Federal Heritage Buildings are buildings owned by the federal government which are determined to be of historical and/or architectural value.
The federal government also operates related programs for the recognition of historic persons (
Provinces
Each provincial government has distinct systems and approaches to heritage conservation. They may delegate the authority to preserve historic buildings to municipalities, and / or have a provincial
For example, in the province of
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Municipalities
Cities, towns, counties and other
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Government approach to policy
Two of the primary conservation tools in Canada are the Canadian Register of Historic Places and the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. This document was the result of a major collaborative effort among federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, heritage conservation professionals, heritage developers and many individual Canadians. A pan–Canadian collaboration, it is intended to reinforce the development of a culture of conservation in Canada, which will continue to find a unique expression in each of the jurisdictions and regions of the country. In the document, conservation approaches are broken down into three categories: Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Restoration. As published in the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada, these conservation approaches are defined as follows:[15]
Preservation: the action or process of protecting, maintaining, and/or stabilizing the existing materials, form, and integrity of a historic place or of an individual component, while protecting its heritage value. Preservation can include both short-term and interim measures to protect or stabilize the place, as well as long-term actions to retard deterioration or prevent damage so that the place can be kept serviceable through routine maintenance and minimal repair, rather than extensive replacement and new construction.
Rehabilitation: the action or process of making possible a continuing or compatible contemporary use of a historic place or an individual component, through repair, alterations, and/ or additions, while protecting its heritage value.
Restoration: the action or process of accurately revealing, recovering or representing the state of a historic place or of an individual component, as it appeared at a particular period in its history, while protecting its heritage value.
See also
- Maison Alcan, a notable example of private sector historic preservation in Montreal.[16]
References
- ^ "National Historic Sites of Canada System Plan - Introduction". Parks Canada. 2000. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
- ^ "Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Alberta's Historic Places Designation Program". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ "Alberta Queen's Printer". March 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ^ Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Alberta's Historic Places Designation Program - Municipal Historic Resource Designation Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Alberta Main Street Program Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Historic Resources Management - Historic Places Stewardship Section - Heritage Survey Program Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Québec". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
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- ^ "Le Conseil du patrimoine de Montréal". City of Montreal. Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ Gravenor, Kristian (October 23, 2003). "The museum that is Montreal Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine", Montreal Mirror 19 (19). Retrieved on 2009-02-11.
- ^ "Phyllis Lambert". Canadian Urban Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
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- ^ Standards and Guidelines - Definitions of Some Key Terms Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
- ISBN 978-1553653462.