Doors Open Guelph is the first event of the season on April 24th
TORONTO, April 8, 2010 /Canada NewsWire/ - Now entering its ninth season, Doors Open Ontario 2010 kicks off April 24 with an event in Guelph. This year, visitors will have the chance to explore heritage buildings, natural spaces, architectural showpieces and community landmarks at 55 community events across the province.
Seven of the events in 2010 are new. Ajax, Burlington, Clarington, Georgina, Haliburton, Pembroke, and South Bruce Peninsula have all joined the program. Another highlight to watch for again this season is the binational event in Niagara, featuring sites in both Ontario and Western New York.
Below is a Doors Open Ontario 2010 calendar, listing the participating communities and event dates. For more information, visit www.doorsopenontario.on.ca.
Each year, hundreds of historic buildings, places of worship, museums and heritage gardens - some of which are rarely accessible to the public - open free of charge as part of Doors Open Ontario. Since the program began in 2002, over three million visits have been made to heritage sites during community events.
Sponsors of Doors Open Ontario 2010 include: The Globe and Mail, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation and all the participating communities.
Doors Open Ontario is a program of the Ontario Heritage Trust. The Trust also coordinates Trails Open Ontario, with support from the Government of Ontario. Information on this year's Trails Open Ontario events will be available soon at www.heritagetrust.on.ca.
The Ontario Heritage Trust is an agency of the Government of Ontario dedicated to identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario's heritage for present and future generations.
Doors Open Ontario 2010 Calendar of Events
- Guelph April 24
MAY
- Whitby May 1
- Hamilton May 1-2
- Chatham-Kent May 8
- Brockville-Thousand Islands May 29
- Milton May 29
- Orillia May 29-30
- Toronto May 29-30
JUNE
- Whitchurch-Stouffville June 5
- Huronia June 5-6
- Ottawa June 5-6
- Owen Sound June 5-6
- Clarington (NEW) June 6
- Smiths Falls June 6
- Richmond Hill June 12
- Burlington (NEW) June 12-13
- Kingston June 19
- Haliburton (NEW) June 19-20
- Muskoka June 25-27
- Fergus-Elora June 26
- Oxford June 26
JULY
- Hills of Headwaters July 10
AUGUST
- Aurora August 21
- Markham August 28
SEPTEMBER
- Georgina (NEW) September 11
- Mississippi Mills September 11
- Thunder Bay September 11
- Timmins September 11
- Cornwall-Seaway Valley September 11-12
- Meaford September 11-12
- Kawartha Lakes September 12
- Ajax (NEW) September 18
- Greater Sudbury September 18
- Haldimand County September 18
- Mississauga September 18
- Newmarket September 18
- Pembroke (NEW) September 18
- Waterloo Region September 18
- London September 18-19
- South Bruce Peninsula (NEW) September 18-19
- Barrie September 19
- Brant September 25
- Peterborough September 25
- Walkerton and District September 25
- Oakville September 25-26
- Oshawa September 25-26
- Seaforth and District September 25-26
- Windsor September 26
OCTOBER
- Port Stanley-Sparta October 2
- Gananoque October 2-3
- St. Thomas October 2-3
- Vaughan October 2-3
- Kincardine October 16-17
- Niagara (Ontario and Western New York) October 16-17
- Huron County October 23-24
