Chat with City of Kitchener about our cultural heritage landscapes

Across Kitchener, you’ll find heritage buildings, neighbourhoods and landscapes that have stood the test of time. It’s our collective responsibility to conserve and protect them.

City staff have developed the Kitchener Cultural Heritage Landscape Study, an inventory of the historic places that blend the built, cultural and natural environment and provide us with valuable insight into the events, people and activities that help shape our city.

As we work on our new official plan, Kitchener 2051, we’re reviewing our Cultural Heritage Landscape (CHL) policies.

Join us at the Rockway Golf Course, on Monday, September 15 from 5-8 p.m. for an open house to give feedback on boundaries, heritage attributes and conservation tools to protect our cultural heritage landscapes. These updates include policy development, mapping, and other tools for the 27 CHLs within Kitchener, and more. We’re focusing on four neighborhoods that have been recognized as CHLs: Caryndale, Pandora, Queen's Boulevard and Rockway. We will develop site-specific policies to protect their heritage attributes.

We’re also holding “walkshops” through these four neighbourhoods. These are great opportunities to tour these neighbourhoods and engage in a discussion about what makes them special and how they can be conserved.

Caryndale Neighbourhood CHL Walkshop

Find out more on our cultural heritage webpage. For more information about the overall work we’re engaging on with Kitchener 2051, visit the project’s Engage Kitchener page.