• See the Windsor Municipal Heritage Register (Updated January 2012)

Background

The identification, listing, evaluation and protection of built heritage resources is an ongoing process. The first step towards heritage preservation is generally making a list of those properties in the community that are of architectural and/or historic interest.  Even before the Windsor Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (now the Windsor Heritage Committee) was established in 1975, volunteers were developing a list of important heritage buildings in the city.

This list became known as the Windsor Heritage Properties Inventory (WHPI).  It was used as an in-house planning tool that identified buildings of interest.  The changes to the Ontario Heritage Act in 2005 have caused municipalities all over Ontario to review their listing of heritage properties and to officially approve a "heritage register."

The most recent changes to the Windsor Municipal Heritage Register were approved by City Council, January 23, 2012 (see link above). 

Reading the Register Document 

• The properties in the document (linked above) are listed by street address. 
• The first column indicates the status of the property – and is reflected in the colour of the row.  Those properties with a "D" in the first column are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. City Council has passed by-laws identifying their heritage features that are to be kept.  Council has the power to prohibit demolition and unsympathetic alteration of those properties. 
• Those properties with a "R" in the first column are on the "register" as called for under the Ontario Heritage Act. Owners of properties on the register must give the City 60 days notice of their intent to demolish in order to give the City time to decide whether to pursue designation to protect the property
• Those properties with an "H" are in a Heritage Conservation District, also protected with a City by-law.

For general information or call 311.  For detailed inquiries, contact:

Planning Department
Suite 404, 400 City Hall Square East
Windsor, Ontario N9A 7K6
Telephone: (519) 255-6543, ext. 6179
E-mail: planningdept@city.windsor.on.ca
Fax: (519) 255-6544