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Our properties and plaques

This map contains featured Trust-owned properties, easement properties and our full roster of provincial plaques. Filter by location or keyword.
Or find properties and plaques that you can add to your own personalized travel itinerary.

Explore this timeless theatre complex — the world’s last operating stacked theatre

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.

Explore the theatres
Inside the Elgin Theatre (Photo: Ryan Raz)

Inside the Elgin Theatre

Photo: Ryan Raz

Discover the story behind every door

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.

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Commerce Court, Toronto (Photo: Greg David)

Commerce Court, Toronto

Photo: Greg David

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In the spotlight

What artifacts tell us

Bone button from the 19th century.

Bone button from the 19th century.

One of the most exciting parts of working on an excavation site is uncovering artifacts. Archaeologists rarely find objects intact. But even fragments of the past can be thrilling discoveries. The smallest sherds can tell us a lot about how people used the site and give us a glimpse into their lives.

What artifacts tell us

Restoration work

Fulford Place drawing room (Photo: Mark Wolfson)

In 2022, the Trust — in partnership with the Friends of Fulford Place — began the drawing room restoration project. Watch this video or click to learn more.

Historical background papers

Provincial plaque unveiling in Thamesville to commemorate the Battle of Moraviantown

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

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

Discover how a conservation easement works

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.

Discover how a conservation easement works

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