Your donations at work

The original leaf ceiling at the Winter Garden Theatre was reaching the end of its useful life. In 2017, a project was undertaken to replicate the ceiling with new, fire-retardant materials. Work included updating the house lights and replacing the heat detection devices. Today, the ceiling is bright and colourful with vastly improved fire resiliency to serve the needs of the theatre for years to come ...

Not many people know that there is a manually operated elevator at the Ontario Heritage Centre in downtown Toronto. It is, in fact, the last of its kind in the city. In 2016, after numerous and often-lengthy breakdowns, a project was undertaken to restore the mechanicals, replicate an early 20th-century cab and make the mechanicals visible to the general public ...

Fulford Place is the former home of Mary and George Taylor Fulford, a businessman who became a millionaire selling Pink Pills for Pale People. The estate and its collection were donated to the Trust in 1991. Recent water damage required a major restoration of the Drawing Room: woodwork, plasterwork and replacement silk damask wall panels ...

One of the properties owned by the Trust is the Ellis Property in the Niagara Region. Following an assessment of the Twenty Valley Trail, which runs through the Ellis Property, the Trust has worked with funding partners and donors to design an optimal route that expands access to the trail while avoiding naturally sensitive areas. While the project is ongoing, the latest phase of work has seen the completion of boardwalks and connecting staircases ...