Nominate or de-list a Historical Resource

An owner:

• After paying a fee, an owner may apply to the Director of the Planning, Property & Development Department to nominate their resource.
• The application must list the elements of the resource that the applicant is seeking to have protected.
• The Director must decide within 90 days whether or not to nominate the resource.
• If the Director decides to nominate, the resource must be reviewed by the Historical Buildings & Resources Committee (HBRC) within 12 months from the date the Director decides to nominate.
• If the Director does not nominate, the owner may appeal the Director's decision to the Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development

The Director of the Planning, Property & Development Department:

• The Director may nominate a resource if it is owned by the City or if it not a single-family residential building.
• The resource must be reviewed by the HBRC within 12 months from the date the Director decides to nominate.

The reason a place is architecturally or historically significant based on the following:

• importance in illustrating or interpreting the history of the city or a neighbourhood
• association with important individuals, groups, or events
• illustration of the architectural or design history of the city
• embodiment of distinct or unusual architectural or design characteristics or a particular style or method of construction
• location in an area of historical or architectural interest
• historical or architectural integrity

To help understand heritage value, use Winnipeg's thematic framework. It sets out key events in our development history.

Once a resource is nominated, heritage staff will prepare a historical report on the property. The Historical Buildings and Resources Committee and committees of Council will review the application within set time frames.

Nomination process for Historical Resources (PDF, 538KB)

The HBRC considers:

• Whether the resource has heritage value. This means its architectural and historical significance based on the following criteria:
  • importance in illustrating or interpreting the history of the city or a neighbourhood
  • association with important individuals, groups, or events
  • illustration of the architectural or design history of the city
  • embodiment of distinct or unusual architectural or design characteristics, or a particular style or method of construction
  • location in an area of historical or architectural interest
  • historical or architectural integrity
• The character defining elements that should be protected under the designation. These can be:
  • an element of a building or a landscape
  • on the exterior or interior of a building
  • examples include: stone façade, metal cornice, pressed tin ceiling, etc.

Committees of Council consider:

• The HBRC's recommendation
  • architectural or historic significance of the resource in the heritage values it embodies
• The economic viability of conserving the resource. This may include:
  • condition of the resource
  • costs of the continued repair and maintenance of the resource
  • importance and value derived from the conservation or continued conservation of the resource
  • efforts that have been made by the owner to conserve the resource
  • merits of alternative proposals for the resource or the site on which it is located, other than conserving the resource by adding it to the List

De-listing process for Listed Historical Resources (PDF, 1.4MB)

The de-listing application is reviewed by the Historical Buildings and Resources Committee (HBRC) and committees of Council.

The HBRC considers:

• Whether the resource still has heritage value
• Whether its character defining elements are still intact

Committees of Council consider:

• The HBRC's recommendation
  • architectural or historic significance of the resource in the heritage values it embodies
• The economic viability of conserving the resource. This may include:
  • condition of the resource
  •  costs of the continued repair and maintenance of the resource
  •  importance and value derived from the conservation or continued conservation of the resource
  • efforts that have been made by the owner to conserve the resource
  • merits of alternative proposals for the resource or the site on which it is located, other than conserving the resource by adding it to the List