Many Doors Open Ontario 2012 events still to come into the fall

(News Release)

TORONTO - More than half of this year's Doors Open Ontario events are taking place this fall - many commemorating the theme of this year's program, "Defending a nation."

Ontario's architectural showpieces, community landmarks and natural wonders are waiting to be explored - all free of charge.

Four of this year's five new events are scheduled for September: Quinte West, Algonquin Highlands, Halton Hills and Lambton County.

The Doors Open Ontario 2012 program represents hundreds of communities and thousands of individual heritage sites. When events conclude in October, the program will have generated more than 4.5 million visits to 5,000 sites across the province since it began in 2002. Out-of-town visitors will have spent an estimated $23 million in Ontario's communities.

Upcoming Doors Open Ontario events:

September
Mississippi Mills-Carleton Place		September 8
Thunder Bay		September 8
Cornwall-Seaway Valley		September 8-9
Kawartha Lakes		September 9
Haldimand County		September 15
King Township		September 15
Quinte West     New!		September 15
Waterloo Region		September 15
Algonquin Highlands     New!		September 15-16
South Bruce Peninsula		September 15-16
Brant		September 22
Markham		September 22
East Elgin		September 22
Oshawa		September 22
Oxford		September 22
Walkerton and Area		September 22
Grimsby		September 22
Kenora		September 28-29
Ajax		September 29
Mississauga		September 29
Oakville		September 29
Parry Sound		September 29
Port Stanley-Sparta		September 29
Chatham-Kent		September 29-30
Gananoque		September 29-30
Halton Hills     New!		September 29-30
Lambton County     New!		September 29-30
London		September 29-30
Middlesex		September 29-30
St. Thomas		September 29-30
Vaughan		September 29-30
Windsor		September 29-30

October
Huron County	October 13-14

Visit the new Doors Open Ontario website - www.doorsopenontario.on.ca - for more information on this year's events.

Doors Open Ontario 2012 sponsors include: The Globe and Mail, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation, the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund and the participating communities.

Doors Open Ontario is a program of the Ontario Heritage Trust - an agency of the Government of Ontario dedicated to identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting Ontario's heritage for present and future generations.

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For more information:

Jennifer Jarvis
Marketing and Communications Specialist
Telephone: 416-325-5032
Email: jennifer.jarvis@heritagetrust.on.ca
www.heritagetrust.on.ca