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

Revenue (2024)
$1,327,362
Expenses (2024)
$1,329,536
Total assets
$1,071,402
Liabilities
$1,057,106
Year Revenue Expenses Program Admin Fundraising
2024 $1,327,362.00 $1,329,536.00 $756,477.00 $348,371.00 $224,687.00
2023 $1,237,761.00 $1,239,935.00 $714,443.00 $343,078.00 $182,414.00
2022 $997,775.00 $1,015,227.00 $714,865.00 $159,195.00 $141,167.00
2021 $900,254.00 $900,256.00 $586,375.00 $205,116.00 $108,765.00
2020 $897,077.00 $897,077.00 $677,978.00 $144,350.00 $74,749.00

Financial data sourced from the Canada Revenue Agency.

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Leadership team

AB

Allison Bain

Executive Director

CB

Chris Bateman

Manager, Plaques

HC

Heather Corner

Manager, Development

MC

Melissa Cortez

Programs Coordinator

MD

Mitchie Ding

Public Programs Assistant

LP

Lucy Di Pietro

Manager, Marketing and Digital Media

VG

Van Gonzales

Public Programs Assistant

LN

Light Naing

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

NS

Nadia Sule

Operations Coordinator

MS

Meg Sutton

Plaques Coordinator

LC

Liza Chalaidopoulos

Board Chair

PK

Parthi Kandavel

Board Member, Mayor's Designate

CC

Christopher Castellano

Board Member

DC

Dilys Chan

Board Member

SH

Stephen Holyday

Board Member

PI

Peter Ignazi

Board Member

JJ

Jeff Junke

Board Member

SK

Suzanne Kavanagh

Board Member

JL

James Lane

Board Member

HS

Harmeet Singh Sandhu

Board Member

HS

Hana Syed

Board Member

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