Built Heritage Inventory Strategy

• PED20133: Built Heritage Inventory Strategy Update
  • PED20133 - Appendix A
  • PED20133 - Appendix B
  • PED20133 - Appendix C
  • PED20133 - Appendix D
  • PED20133 - Appendix E

The Beasley Heritage Inventory Project is a community initiative underway by the Beasley Neighbourhood Association to inventory properties in the neighbourhood. The project team will present their findings in batches to the Inventory and Research Working Group for review and support before the recommendations proceed to the Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee (HMHC). The HMHC provides advice to City Council on all matters related to the Ontario Heritage Act. Following HMHC’s consideration, the recommendations may then be forwarded to Planning Committee for their consideration and Council for final decision.

To view the draft listing recommendations, visit www.map.hamilton.ca/heritagemap

For more information on the Beasley Heritage Inventory Project, visit www.ourbna.com/heritage

If you have any questions or comments about this process, contact staff listed below.

The Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee’s Places of Worship Inventory Review project began in 2018. Led by the Inventory and Research Working Group (IRWG) of the HMHC, the project involves conducting updated surveys and preparing preliminary evaluations across the City of Hamilton working from the existing Places of Worship inventories, including:

• Inventory of Places of Worship (PDF, 4 MB): Listings of all known buildings used as places of worship built prior to 1967 throughout the former municipalities of Ancaster, Beverly, Binbrook, Dundas, East Flamborough, Glanford, Saltfleet, and West Flamborough
• Inventory of Places of Worship in Hamilton (PDF, 8 MB): An inventory of significant places of worship in the former municipality of Hamilton from 1801 to 2001

The goal of the project is to proactively screen the places of worship to identify candidates for listing on the Municipal Heritage Register and potential designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the City’s Built Heritage Inventory Strategy. The IRWG has been reviewing the properties by community and ward (pre-2018 boundaries).

• Ancaster Draft Recommendations (PDF, 1 MB)
• Dundas Draft Recommendations (PDF, 698 KB)
• Flamborough Draft Recommendations – Pending Review
• Glanbrook Draft Recommendations (PDF, 542 KB)
• Hamilton Draft Recommendations
  • Old Ward 1 – Pending Review
  • Old Ward 2 – Pending Review
  • Old Ward 3 – Pending Review
  • Old Ward 4 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  • Old Ward 6 (PDF, 460 KB)
  • Old Ward 7 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
  • Old Ward 8 (PDF, 484 KB)
• Stoney Creek Draft Recommendations – Pending Review

The Ancaster Pre-Confederation Inventory project was a community initiative led by the Ancaster Village Heritage Community group to inventory pre-1867 buildings in the community of Ancaster. The project concluded in February 2021 and resulted in the addition of 56 properties to the Municipal Heritage Register and 8 properties to the City's designation work plan.

January 29, 2021 - Staff Report and Presentation to Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee (HMHC)

• Staff Report PED21031: Ancaster Pre-Confederation Inventory (PDF, 6 MB)
• HMHC Report 21-001 (PDF, 715 KB)
• Planning Committee Report 21-002

December 7, 2020 - Presentation to Inventory and Research Working Group (IRWG)

• AVHC Letter to IRWG (PDF, 281 KB)
• Summary of Draft Recommendations to IRWG (PDF, 97 KB)
• Register Candidates (PDF, 3 MB)
• Designation Candidates (PDF, 914 KB)

The Durand Neighbourhood Built Heritage Inventory Project (DNBHI) was completed in June 2017. The Council-approved recommendations included:

• The addition of 736 addresses to the Municipal Heritage Register (PDF, 503 KB)
• The addition of 52 candidates for designation to staff’s work plan (PDF, 856 KB)
• Amendments to the Council-approved designation work plan (PDF, 90 KB)

The final recommendations were considered and approved by the Planning Committee as part of HMHC Report 17-004. Planning Committee Report 17-010 (PDF, 226 KB)

• Staff Report PED17092: Durand Neighbourhood Built Heritage Inventory (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Information panels from the DNBHI Open House held December 14, 2016 (PDF, 12 MB)

Note: Staff will be reporting back to Planning Committee and Council on the following items related to the Durand Inventory:

• The feasibility of conducting a heritage conservation district study of Ravenscliffe Avenue;
• The addition of 6, 12, 19 and 26 Ravenscliffe Avenue, Hamilton to staff’s designation work plan (Deferred); and,
• The addition of 75 Bold Street, 93 Bold Street, 90 Duke Street, 4 Ravenscliffe Avenue and 12 Ravenscliffe Avenue, Hamilton to the Municipal Heritage Register (Deferred).

The project concluded in the fall of 2014 and resulted in Council approving the addition of over 660 non-designated properties to the Municipal Heritage Register and the identification of 30 candidates for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act.

• Staff Report PED14039: Downtown Built Heritage Inventory
• Information panels from the DBHI Open House held June 3, 2014 (PDF, 171 KB)
• Staff Report PED14191: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Downtown Built Heritage Inventory Project (as amended in Revised Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee Report 14-0099(a)) (PDF, 1 MB)

Note: Staff will be reporting back to Planning Committee and Council on the following items related to the Downtown Hamilton Inventory:

• The addition of 206-210 King Street East, Hamilton to the Municipal Heritage Register and staff’s designation work plan (Deferred).

The Waterdown Inventory was an initiative to update the City of Hamilton’s database of information on heritage buildings in the village. The Waterdown Inventory was conducted in parallel with the Waterdown Community Node Secondary Plan and helped inform the Plan policies and the development of urban design guidelines that will guide future change and development in the village.

View a story map outlining the history of the Village of Waterdown

February 25, 2022 - Staff Reports and Presentations to HMHC

• Staff Report - Register Listing Objections in Waterdown Village (PED21201(a))
  • Appendix A - Notices of Objection
  • Appendix B - Preliminary Heritage Evaluations
  • Appendix C - Photo-documentation of 19 Flamboro Street, Flamborough
• Staff Presentation Slides
• Staff Presentation Video (starting at the 46:00 mark)
• Staff Report - Recommendations for Designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in Waterdown Village (PED21201(b))
  • Appendix A - SCHVI for 289 Dundas Street East, Flamborough (Carson-Smith House)
  • Appendix B - SCVHI for 292 Dundas Street East, Flamborough (Maple Lawn)
  • Appendix C - SCVHI for 298 Dundas Street East, Flamborough (Former New Connexion Church)
  • Appendix D - SCHVI for 299 Dundas Street East, Flamborough (Crooker House)
  • Appendix E - SCVHI for 1 Main Street North, Flamborough (Royal Coachman/Former Kirk Hotel)
  • Appendix F - SCVHI for 134 Main Street South, Flamborough (Former Wesleyan Methodist Parsonage)
  • Appendix G - SCVHI for 8 Margaret Street, Flamborough (Reid House)
• Staff Presentation Slides
• Staff Presentation Video (starting at the 57:23 mark)
• HMHC Report 22-002
• Planning Committee Report 22-004

October 29, 2021 - Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee Meeting 

• Staff Report - Waterdown Village Built Heritage Inventory Project Recommendations (PED21201)
  • Appendix A - Register Recommendations
  • Appendix B - Historic Context Statement
  • Appendix C - Public Engagement and Consultation Activities
  • Appendix D - Owner Oppositions
• Staff Presentation Slides
• Staff Presentation Video (starting at the 40:16 mark)
• HMHC Report 21-008
• Planning Committee Report 21-017