Imagine you could travel in time, who would you meet? What would life be like? Discover for yourself! Experience Canada’s history “on the ground” at a historic place.
On July 6, 2019, we invite you to time travel by visiting historic places across Canada. More than 400 sites are waiting to be discovered − find one near you.
Every place, a story: Choose yours.
Participating sites receive national exposure and access to resources for organizing events and attracting new audiences. If you own or operate a historic site and are interested in participating in 2019, subscribe to our newsletter and/or contact Sonja Kruitwagen, Manager, Marketing and Digital Strategy, National Trust for Canada, skruitwagen@nationaltrustcanada.ca, 613-237-1066 x 238
This project is made possible in part with support from Parks Canada Agency.
416-327-6997
106 Trinity Street, Toronto
Don’t be late for class! The Enoch Turner Schoolhouse is the oldest school still standing in Toronto. Originally a one-room school named Ward Street School, it was established in 1848 by Enoch Turner to educate the children in his neighborhood of Corktown. Ward Street School was the first free school in Toronto, and helped pave Read more »
416-397-1340
777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1P2
The gardens are designed to educate and inspire, spanning four acres within Toronto’s Don Valley Ravine. Admission to the gardens is free. Indoor and outdoor learning experiences are available for all ages including courses, garden tours and nature camps. During the summer enjoy dining at the garden café, a Thursday organic farmers’ market, free guided Read more »
519 – 752 – 3216
34 Myrtleville Dr, Brantford, ON N3V 1C2, Canada
Weekdays 9:00-16:00
Myrtleville House is a charming early 19th century homestead just outside Brantford, Ontario. A beautiful and substantial example of an historic farmstead built in the Georgian tradition with Classic Revival style influences, Myrtleville House is set atop a picturesque knoll on five acres of wooded parkland. Read more »
(905) 727-8991
15372 Yonge Street, Aurora, Ontario L4G 1N8, Canada
Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm
Built in 1862, Hillary House is recognized by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board as one of Canada’s best examples of Gothic Revival architecture. It contains a significant collection of medical instruments, books, papers, household furnishings, and equipment dating from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century and is open to the public Read more »
(905) 772-0560
243 Haldimand Hwy. #54, Box 610 Cayuga, Ontario Canada N0A 1E0
Open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily
Experience the 1,500-acre country estate and former home of five generations of the Thompson family located in southwestern Ontario in rural Haldimand County. Today the site is owned by The Lower Grand River Land Trust Inc., a non-government, not-for-profit volunteer based organization. Our purpose is to conserve the cultural and natural landscapes for the enjoyment Read more »
519-448-1130
359 Blue Lake Road St. George, Ontario N0E 1N0
Monday to Thursday 10AM to 4PM, Sunday 1PM to 4PM
Adelaide Hunter Hoodless has been called one of the most famous Canadian women yet one of the most obscure because she is known with such familiarity in some circles, yet completely unknown in others. From humble beginnings, Adelaide was born on February 27, 1857 and raised on this isolated farm in what was once known as Canada West. Her Read more »
519-352-4799
21975 A.D. Shadd Road, North Buxton, Ontario N0P 1Y0
July and August open daily, 10:00-16:30
The Elgin Settlement began in 1849 and “ceased” settlement status in 1872, when the Elgin Association (which was the corporation that secured the lands for the settlement) officially ended. The Buxton Settlement became North Buxton and South Buxton. Descendants of the original settlers remain in the area to this day. Read more »
519-863-3101
89 Stover St. N. RR.#3, Norwich ON. N0J 1P0
Summer Hours - 9:00am-5:00pm Tuesdays-Saturdays
The Norwich Museum is housed in a Quaker Meeting House. On our site, there is a Salt Box House, a dairy and implement barn, and an old church. Open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 9-5 during the summer on 89 Stover St. N., Norwich ON, N0J 1P0. 519-863-3101 or norwichdhs@execulink.com. Read more »
905-662-2691
552 Ridge Road, Stoney Creek, Ontario, L8J 2Y6
10:30-4:00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday or by appointment
Six generations of the Lee family lived in this board and batten Gothic Revival house perched atop the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek, from 1808 to 1971. Erland and his wife Janet resided here and in 1897 became two of the co-founders of the world's first Women's Institute, now a worldwide organization. Read more »
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