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Canadian silver dollar commemorating the 1939 royal tour and depicting the Parliament Buildings. The sculptural ornament is overseen by the Dominion Sculptor. [ 3 ] Five people have held the position since its creation in 1936: Cléophas Soucy (1936–50), William Oosterhoff (1949–62), Eleanor Milne (1962–93), Maurice Joanisse (1993–2006 ...
Old Parliament Building (Quebec), Quebec City, United Province of Canada (1853–1854) Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, federal Parliament (1916–19) [1] Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, United Province of Canada, (1841-1844)
The Centre Block (French: Édifice du Centre) is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the House of Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of members of parliament, senators, and senior administration for both legislative houses.
Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in a primeval forest of beech and hemlock. [1] For hundreds of years, the hill was a landmark on the Ottawa River for First Nations people and later for European traders, adventurers, and industrialists, marking their journeys to the interior of the continent. [1]
The Parliament of Canada's upper and lower houses are housed in Centre Block, the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex. In 2019, the House of Commons was temporarily relocated to the complex's West Block and the Senate to the Senate of Canada Building , to accommodate the rehabilitation of Centre Block , which began in the same year.
The burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal occurred on the night of April 25, 1849, in Montreal, the then-capital of the Province of Canada. The way the matter was handled by then co-prime ministers of the united Province of Canada, Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin, helped develop the Canadian democratic tradition.
This is a category for federal, provincial, and territorial legislative buildings of Canada Wikimedia Commons has media related to Legislative buildings in Canada . See also: Category:City and town halls in Canada
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The Speaker and the Sergeant-at-Arms are amongst those responsible for the legislative precinct , which by statute include the Parliament Buildings and grounds.