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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.
The Library of Parliament, situated behind Centre Block.All the parliament buildings are designed in a Gothic Revival style. This collection is one of the world's most important examples of the Gothic Revival style; while the buildings' manner and design are unquestionably Gothic, they resemble no building constructed during the Middle Ages.
Dominion Day was a day commemorating the granting of certain countries Dominion status — that is, "autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations". [1]
The collection of portraits of Canada's monarchs originated with the acquiring of a state portrait of Queen Victoria for the parliament buildings of the Province of Canada in Montreal in 1849. [1] As successive monarchs came to the throne, their portraits were added to the gallery.
Colonial Building, St. John's, Colony of Newfoundland (1850–1907), Dominion of Newfoundland (1907–1949), Province of Newfoundland (1949–1959) First Ontario Parliament Buildings , Toronto, Upper Canada (1832–1841), United Province of Canada (intermittently 1849–1859), Ontario (1867–1893)
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It wasn’t until 1982 that Dominion Day officially became Canada Day. Historian Hayday says there were dozens of half-hearted and more serious attempts to change the name over the years, dating ...
It was designed by the Chief Dominion Architect Thomas Fuller, who also designed the original Parliament Buildings. In 2000, it was named by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium. [4] The building is connected by a bridge to an office building at 13 Metcalfe Street.