Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act

Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act
Parliament of Canada
Long title An Act to protect heritage railway stations
Citation	RSC 1985, c 52 (4th Supp)
Enacted by	Parliament of Canada
Royal assent	September 22, 1988
Bill citation	C-205, 33rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Introduced by	Gordon Taylor
Status: Current legislation

The Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act (French: Loi sur la protection des gares ferroviaires patrimoniales) is an act of the Parliament of Canada. The Act was enacted in 1988 in response to a long-standing and widespread concern that Canada’s heritage railway stations were not being protected. Bill C-205, An Act to protect heritage railway stations, was proposed by MP Gordon Taylor in a private member's bill^[1] which received support of all parties in the House of Commons.