Bill 23 – Heritage Designation Shortlist at City Council

At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Council considered staff’s recommendation to designate 22 of the 27 properties on the Bill 23 – Heritage Designation Shortlist. In summary, at their meeting, Council approved:

1) Refer 390 John St. and 2003 Lakeshore Road back to staff to review the heritage attributes that might be preserved as part of redevelopment in conversation with the property owner and Heritage Burlington, and report back to Committee of the Whole before January 1, 2027;

2) Direct the Director of Community Planning to conduct a peer review regarding the contextual heritage value of the following properties in light of the recommendation of the Heritage Burlington Advisory Committee and report back to Council by the end of Q2 2025:

  • 368 Brant St.
  • 458 Elizabeth St.
  • 513 Locust St.
  • 367 Torrance St.

3) State an intention to designate the following properties in Appendix B:

  • 1433 Baldwin St. (Burlington Central High School)
  • 5726 Cedar Springs Rd. (Dakota School House)
  • 550 Hurd Ave. (Hepton Weeks House)
  • 1134 Plains Rd. E. (David Homestead)
  • 451 Nelson Ave. (Thomas Rogers House)
  • 380 Brant St. (Hotel Raymond)
  • 2437 Dundas St. (Nelson United Church)
  • 451 Elizabeth St. (Iron Duke building)
  • 461 Elizabeth St. (Knox Presbyterian Church)
  • 482 Elizabeth St. (Laing-Speers House, former Burlington Public Library)
  • 490 Elizabeth St. (Laing Fisher House)
  • 2066 Kilbride St. (Kilbride United Church)
  • 1421 Lakeshore Rd. (Graham House)
  • 472 Locust St. (Paroisse St. Philippe)
  • 562 Maple Ave. (Robert Lindley House)
  • 242 Plains Rd. E. (Roelfson House)
  • 444 Plains Rd. E. (John Horne House)
  • 2280 No. 2 Side Rd. (Pitcher Homestead)
  • 2022 Victoria Ave. (Bell Orchards Farmhouse)
  • 6414 Walkers Ln. (Donald McGregor Farmhouse)

The meeting minutes, including the full wording of the motions moved by Council, can be found here.

More details are available in the staff report entitled Heritage Response to Bill 23 – Evaluation of Shortlist of Designation Candidates (DGM-10-25). The report is published on the meeting agenda at burlington.ca/meetings. For more background information, read the Cultural Heritage Evaluation Reports.


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