Heritage Toronto

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About Heritage Toronto

Overview

Heritage Toronto is a registered charity and City of Toronto agency dedicated to public engagement with local history and heritage. Founded in 1960 as the Toronto Historical Board and renamed in 1999, the organization is headquartered at Historic St. Lawrence Hall in downtown Toronto. It delivers a broad range of programs city-wide, including North America's most active historical plaque program, seasonal tours, digital exhibitions, the annual Heritage Toronto Awards, the Emerging Historians program, and the Equity Heritage Initiative. In its dual role as an independent charity and a City agency, Heritage Toronto also advocates for the protection of Toronto's heritage assets and publishes the periodic State of Heritage Report to inform municipal decision-makers.

Mission

Heritage Toronto exists to commemorate and celebrate Toronto's people, places, and events, and to build public understanding and appreciation of the city's cultural, architectural, archaeological, and natural heritage. It pursues this purpose through education, commemoration, and community engagement, delivering more than 80 public programs annually — including historical plaques, walking and cycling tours, digital exhibitions, and the Heritage Toronto Awards — while also providing heritage policy advice to the City of Toronto, civic organizations, and the public.

Vision

Heritage Toronto envisions a compassionate city that honours its diverse stories and ensures every resident feels reflected and has a voice in its future. The organization works toward a Toronto where heritage is accessible, relevant, and equitable — one in which the histories of under-represented and equity-deserving communities are actively surfaced, celebrated, and woven into the city's shared identity.

Unique value proposition

Heritage Toronto occupies a distinctive dual position as both an independent registered charity and an official City of Toronto agency, enabling it to combine community-driven programming with meaningful heritage policy influence. It operates North America's most active historical plaque program, producing over 100 plaques annually, and directs more than 70 percent of its commemorative and digital content toward equity-deserving histories. Through initiatives such as the Equity Heritage Initiative and the Emerging Historians program, Heritage Toronto actively empowers under-represented communities to shape how the city's past is told — making it a leader not only in heritage commemoration but in inclusive, equity-centred public history.

Financial overview

CRA T3010 · latest filing 2025

Revenue (2025): $1,407,942
Expenses (2025): $1,361,934
Total assets: $1,178,092
Liabilities: $1,163,797

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Program	Admin	Fundraising
2025	$1,407,942	$1,361,934	$821,236	$366,966	$173,732
2024	$1,327,362	$1,329,536	$756,477	$348,371	$224,687
2023	$1,237,761	$1,239,935	$714,443	$343,078	$182,414
2022	$997,775	$1,015,227	$714,865	$159,195	$141,167
2021	$900,254	$900,256	$586,375	$205,116	$108,765
2020	$897,077	$897,077	$677,978	$144,350	$74,749

Financial data sourced from the Canada Revenue Agency.

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Leadership team

Allison Bain

Executive Director

Chris Bateman

Manager, Plaques

Heather Corner

Manager, Development

Melissa Cortez

Programs Coordinator

Mitchie Ding

Public Programs Assistant

Lucy Di Pietro

Manager, Marketing and Digital Media

Van Gonzales

Public Programs Assistant

Light Naing

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Nadia Sule

Operations Coordinator

Meg Sutton

Plaques Coordinator

Liza Chalaidopoulos

Board Chair

Parthi Kandavel

Board Member, Mayor's Designate

Christopher Castellano

Board Member

Dilys Chan

Board Member

Stephen Holyday

Board Member

Peter Ignazi

Board Member

Jeff Junke

Board Member

Suzanne Kavanagh

Board Member

James Lane

Board Member

Harmeet Singh Sandhu

Board Member

Hana Syed

Board Member

Key information

Tax ID: 119266609RR0001
Country: Canada 🇨🇦
Website: WWW.HERITAGETORONTO.ORG

Impact areas

Policy Change · 3 Capacity Building · 1 Arts and Culture · 4 Community Development · 7 Human Rights · 1 Environment · 1 Poverty Alleviation · 1 Education · 6

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Contact

Mailing address

157 KING ST. E 3RD FLOOR
TORONTO, ON M5C1G9

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