National Trust for Canada

2016-2017 Annual Report

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2011 was the catalyst for places that matter to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Honorary Patron Bringing heritage to life. that brought together people. We are grateful to Lorna Crowshoe, a Piikani His Excellency the Right Honourable local residents and First Nations member from southern Alberta who joined Guild Park supporters, the National Trust’s board in 2015 and is helping the David Johnston, Governor General At the National Trust for Canada, we are on a mission to ultimately creating organization reflect and find its path. of Canada bring heritage to life – in more ways than one! We love a strong advocacy We know historic places are the cornerstone of a historic places, but we’re really in the people business: voice that couldn’t vibrant and sustainable future, essential to sustainable Board of Governors equipping people with tools and resources to save places be ignored. What a living, and a reflection of the cultural diversity of Canada. that matter to them, and inspiring with great privilege to play a role We invite you to get inspired by what you see in this Chair heritage places where they can live, learn, work, and play. in success stories that annual report, which features some of our activities and Richard Moorhouse Reaching people and being accessible are goals we engage Canadians, priorities over the past year. Or better yet, get in touch! take seriously, and this year we dramatically expanded our enhance local identity, We love to connect with our members and supporters to Vice-Chairs reach, thanks to Regeneration Works – a new web-based and bring heritage to hear your stories about places that matter, and we want Lorna Crowshoe portal with live webinars, remote coaching, and more made life! to thank you sincerely for making our work possible. Gregory Thomas possible by funding from the Government of Canada. Launched at our record-breaking 2016 conference in Governors Hamilton and helmed by a team of dedicated professionals, We love historic places, but we’re Hannah Bell Regeneration Works is now expanding on its initial really in the people business: Marion Beyea fundraising and revenue generation focus to make broader “ equipping people with tools and regeneration strategies and expertise widely available. David Hood resources to save places that matter Speaking of reach, our bespoke crowdfunding-and- James R.N. Ingold to them, and inspiring Canadians competition platform THIS PLACE MATTERS continued with great heritage places where Natalie Bull Richard Moorhouse Anne Leckie to make waves this year, racking up 296,000 votes and they can live, learn, work and play. Executive Director Board Chair Bruce McNiven, CM raising over Judy Oberlander $263,000 in -Natalie Bull, Executive Director Michael Seaman crowdfunded What a privilege to play Myriam St-Denis donations. a role in success stories ” Dr. Glenn Sutter Since its that engage Canadians, We also love connecting Canadians with diverse creation, “ WHO WE ARE Tom Urbaniak enhance local identity, people and cultures by offering special experiences at THIS PLACE and bring heritage to life! historic places. This year the National Trust launched The National Trust for Canada is MATTERS Vintage Destinations and Passport Places, expanding a national membership-based not-for- Council of Advisors has delivered the network of sites that our members can enjoy -Richard Moorhouse, Board Chair profit organization and registered charity The Honourable Pat Carney, PC, CM $1.4 million with special privileges. Thanks to mutually beneficial established in 1973. dollars to ” partnerships, our members are welcomed at places as Professor Thomas H.B. Symons, CC, OOnt Douglas Cardinal, OC 89 worthy diverse as T’ashii Paddle School in Tofino, BC, ’s projects at historic Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, and Calgary’s Lougheed John K.F. Irving places, and the House. For those looking to dine or stay in historic OUR MISSION Professor Glen MacDonald excitement has reached surroundings, we have begun to promote Vintage Frederic L.R. Jackman, CM, OOnt, CD The National Trust leads and inspires millions of Canadians Destinations, a curated list of iconic establishments action for places that matter. Alexander Reford through news stories including Québec’s Fairmont Château Montebello, Our sites, projects, and programs and social media. the largest log cabin in the world, and Grant Hall, a Programs like our Top reimagined railway-era hotel in Moose Jaw, SK. National engage Canadians, enhance local 10 Endangered Places Trust members enjoy free access or special discounts identity, and bring heritage to life. List take a very different at these and other places that tell the story of Canada approach, but can have better than any textbook. And we are proud to be part an equally powerful of a global brand that offers reciprocal visiting privileges OUR VISION impact for communities to our members when they visit National Trust properties 190 Bronson Ave. working to keep historic abroad. A world where people are empowered , Ont. K1R 6H4 places alive. Case in Relevance for all Canadians continues to be a priority to save and renew places that tell their 1-866-964-1066 point: in spring 2017, just as the once-dilapidated Guild Inn for the Trust. In October 2016, the Board passed a stories, and are inspired to use heritage as [email protected] was about to re-open after a $20 million transformation, resolution adopting the 10 Principles of Reconciliation – a building block for strong and sustainable Charitable Registration Number: the president of the Friends of Guild Park got in touch not only to signal its support but also to ensure that the communities. 119237477RR0001 to say that inclusion on the List by the National Trust in National Trust’s work will become increasingly relevant 04 Looking Back Looking Back 05

THE 2016 THIS PLACE MATTERS REGENERATION WORKS, LAUNCHED IN FALL 2016, IS CROWDFUNDING COMPETITION THE NATIONAL TRUST’S NEW ONE-STOP SHOP FOR TOOLS, HELPED COMMUNITIES RAISE MONEY TRAINING, AND COACHING TO IMPROVE THE VITALITY AND AWARENESS FOR THEIR MAIN STREETS OF HISTORIC PLACES

$80,000 in cash prizes │ $263,000 raised through crowdfunding

3,045 BENEFITED FROM REGENERATION WORKS LEARNING EVENTS AND TRAINING

We know that finding funding and achieving financial sustainability “ are real challenges facing heritage organizations and historic places. The National Trust team brought expertise, inspiration, Our new program and website and assistance to communities across Canada Lock One, located in the commercial core of Regeneration Works draws on the during the year. We delivered Main Street training in Port Dalhousie, pre-dates Confederation and most innovative success stories Saskatchewan, workshops on regenerating places of When the Friends of the Kentville Library (FoKL) heard about played a role in Canada’s emergence as a from across the country and faith in Peterborough and Ottawa, Main Street Boosts in the National Trust’s 2016 THIS PLACE MATTERS competition, nation. The Save Lock One project team saw and British Columbia, and launched a new multi- connects Canadian organizations they hoped their project in a former church would engage THIS PLACE MATTERS as a way to win funds year Main Street project in Sydney, Cape Breton. with creative tools and bold new hearts and pocketbooks. FoKL leaders Sarah Leslie and Kate and restore the lock as a community gathering strategies. Collins were watching the numbers as THIS PLACE MATTERS place. They started at the top, sharing get-out- -Alison Faulknor, Director, New Initiatives voting and donating neared an end. “We saw that another and-vote messages from the Mayor and Chief group had just raised a large donation,” says Sarah. They of Police on social media. Thanks to THIS ” jumped on their phones to call donors, clinching their $40,000 PLACE MATTERS, Port Dalhousie is $77,227 prize. That’s not all: they crowdfunded an additional $59,299! closer to saving Lock One!

DID YOU KNOW? 67 PLACES GIVEN DIRECT Since the launch of THIS PLACE MATTERS in 2015: ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

Founding Sponsor: Funding provided in part by: MILLIONS OF Nakusp, BC was one of several communities that signed up $1.4 MILLION WON 297+ LOCAL AND for the National Trust’s Main Street Boost, which features CANADIANS OR CROWDFUNDED NATIONAL EARNED an energizing event to spark the process of community-led BY COMMUNITIES MEDIA STORIES REACHED THROUGH regeneration for traditional downtowns. EARNED MEDIA 06 Looking Back Looking Back 07

LAUNCH PAD COACHING GRANTS OUR TOOLS FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ARE GETTING SHARPER The historic Glenaladale Estate in Tracadie Bay, PEI – the last intact Each year, the Top 10 Endangered Places List shines a national spotlight estate of one of the island’s earliest on historic places at risk due to neglect, lack of funding, inappropriate landowners – is up for sale. The development, or weak legislation. Glenaladale Heritage Trust turned to the National Trust’s Launch Pad volunteer program for help in Having Nottawasaga Lighthouse included on the Top 10 attracting partners and brainstorming Endangered Places List gave our campaign national sustainable new uses. “ exposure and credibility. Thanks to the support of -Robert Square, Director, Nottawasaga Lighthouse Preservation Society donors and partners, the We’re a volunteer organization. We don’t have the expertise or ” National Trust awarded experience that the National Trust brings to the table. Launch Pad This year we launched inaugural Launch Pad gave us our path forward. We’re underway and it just wouldn’t Locale, a magazine coaching grants to four “ have happened without Launch Pad. dedicated to the people communities in different -Aggie-Rose Reddin, Vice Chair of the Glenaladale Heritage Trust and the places that bring parts of the country. ” heritage to life. Locale shares success stories of great buildings, sites, and communities being regenerated and renewed, celebrates heritage champions and game changers, and features heritage destinations to visit and discover.

NATIONAL TRUST CONFERENCE 2016 – HAMILTON, ON

The National Trust’s 2016 conference, Heritage Rising in Hamilton, ON was a resounding success, with a record number of attendees that Your new National Trust magazine looks really included volunteers, heritage advocates, architects, engineers, developers, great. It gives us a different view of other areas and corporate partners. High points included the opening keynote on of Canada. Indigenous heritage and Reconciliation by Ry Moran, Director of the “ -John and Helen Edwards, National Trust Members National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba. ” Using social media, the National Trust engages and informs Canadians on important heritage issues, such as places endangered by demolition.

A RECORD 535 59 CORPORATE 100 ATTENDEES PARTICIPANTS SPONSORS AND AT SECOND GOVERNMENT INDIGENOUS PARTNERS ROUNDTABLE 2,508 FACEBOOK 10,470 TWITTER 528 INSTAGRAM PAGE LIKES FOLLOWERS FOLLOWERS National Trust Conference 2016 In association with the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals

Conference Program October 20­22, 2016 Hamilton Convention Centre, Ontario 08 Looking Back Looking Back 09

THIS YEAR WE LAUNCHED VINTAGE DESTINATIONS AND YOUNG CANADA WORKS PASSPORT PLACES, EXPANDING THE NETWORK OF SITES THAT Since 1997, the National Trust has administered the Young Canada Works program, distributing funds from the Department of Canadian OUR MEMBERS CAN EXPERIENCE WITH SPECIAL PRIVILEGES Heritage to heritage organizations nationwide. Canada is a treasure trove of unique and special places to visit and discover, and we are creating new ways for our members to do just that. Passport Places are a carefully curated collection of great historic sites across Canada that our members can visit at a discount.

I was so pleased to show my $344,440 DELIVERED 84 JOBS FOR YOUTH membership card and receive a TO ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED THROUGH “ complimentary visit at a National Trust ACROSS CANADA YOUNG CANADA WORKS property in London, England – 2 Willow T’ashii Paddle School Road – the 1939 family home of the A National Trust Passport Place influential modernist architect, Ernö Exploring the coast of Tofino, British Columbia with Goldfinger. Visiting National Trust T’ashii Paddle School is a trip unlike any other. In properties while travelling in the UK, addition to enjoying the pine- and salt-scented air, US, and Australia is a terrific bonus of Through Young Canada Works, the Kettle Valley Steam guests learn first-hand about the ancient philosophies being a member of the National Trust This project has been made possible by the of the people who call this region home and about their Railway was able to hire a summer student. Government of Canada. respect for the magnificient surroundings. for Canada. - Judy Oberlander, National Trust Member ” Revenue Sources How Resources Are Used For those looking to dine or stay in historic surroundings, the National Trust promotes Vintage Destinations: a set Your membership fees, donations, and gifts help Here’s how your investment in the National Trust of iconic establishments across the country that offer save places that matter. Here’s where our funding was put to work in 2016-2017. discounts on food, lodging, and experiences. came from in 2016-2017.

MORE VINTAGE DESTINATIONS PROMOTED BY THE NATIONAL TRUST 3% Investment Income 3% The Great George Hotel (Charlottetown, PEI) 3% Corporation, Government Delivering heritage Dalvay by the Sea (Dalvay, PEI) & Foundation Funding programs and funds to projects and 13% 22% West Point Lighthouse (West Point, PEI) Donations & Bequests organizations Anne’s Chocolates (Charlottetown, PEI) Management, Memberships Administration Fairmont Le Château Montebello Château Frontenac (Québec City, QC) 60% & Governance A National Trust Vintage Destination 18% Conference Hôtel Gault (Montreal, QC) Registrations 75% Fundraising Founded as a private wilderness retreat, Lumbertown Ale House (Arnprior, ON) Fee-for-service Contracts Château Montebello is now a hotel that Lord Elgin (Ottawa, ON) combines rustic charm with luxury. Completed Other by 3,500 workers in just four months, the The Grand Victorian (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON) property, which opened in 1930, is built from Rino’s Kitchen (Windsor, ON) 10,000 red-cedar logs that were transported by rail from British Columbia. It is the world’s Grant Hall (Moose Jaw, SK) For a complete set of the National Trust’s financial statements, visit nationaltrustcanada.ca/annualreport. largest log cabin. Six Mile Pub (Victoria, BC) For our charity return information, visit goo.gl/mRAzhP. 10 Honour Roll Honour Roll 11

2015-2017 Honour Roll Brian H. Morrison Donna M. Schwartzburg Joel Woodward Design Shopp Parks Canada Generous donors, funders, and partners help make the National Trust for Canada’s work possible. We extend Claire Mowat Anny Scoones Nhanci Wright International Inc. Agency our thanks to the following supporters who contributed to making a difference in communities over the past two Peter Murphy Michael Seaman Robin Yates Design Workshop Pier 21 Asset Rollo Myers Ida Seto Sherman L. Zavitz Architects Management Inc. years. Jason Nadon Malcolm Shantz Barbara Zimmerman Donald Luxton & Province of Ontario Roger Nainby Anthony Sheppard Associates Inc. QV Investors Inc. Catherine Nasmith & Deborah Shultz SPONSORS, FUNDERS E.R.A. Architects Inc. RBC Foundation HERITAGE PATRON Members of the Historic B. Cattle & L. 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