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Guided tours of this National Historic Site — the last operating stacked theatre in the world — are 90 minutes long and recount the history and restoration of the complex. Visit the whimsical Winter Garden Theatre, and view samples from the world’s largest collection of vaudeville scenery.
Inside the Elgin Theatre
Photo: Ryan Raz
The Ontario Heritage Trust works with communities across the province to open the doors, gates and courtyards of their unique and most fascinating cultural sites so you can explore the stories inside.
Commerce Court, Toronto
Photo: Greg David
RandomizeMilestones in Ontario's history
A map of the Province of Upper Canada by David William Smyth, 1800.
Photo: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
This timeline includes events that have shaped the people of Ontario — where we live, our rights and our government. It isn’t complete, but it sparks the question: What events in Ontario’s past have shaped you?
Milestones in Ontario's history
Heritage Matters magazine
Living Room (detail), by Amanda McCavour, 2010-11
Photo: Agata Piskunowicz
Read articles from Heritage Matters magazine.
Heritage Matters magazine
Historical background papers
Provincial plaque unveiling in Thamesville to commemorate the Battle of Moraviantown
When the Ontario Heritage Trust produces a provincial plaque, it engages a historian with subject-matter expertise to prepare a detailed historical background paper. For some of these topics, these papers are one of the few public records available.
Historical background papers
Learn about our collections
Dressing room at the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres
The Trust's collections include over 25,000 cultural artifacts and nearly one million archaeological artifacts associated with its provincially significant heritage properties. These collections reveal the layers of history at our sites and tell us about the people and communities that came before us.
Learn about our collections
At its most basic, an easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a property owner and
the easement holder that protects a property’s heritage features from being torn down, damaged or destroyed.
