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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.
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 elected component of the Canadian Parliament is the House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes), with each member chosen by a plurality of voters in each of the country's federal electoral districts, or ridings. To run for one of the 338 seats in the lower house, an individual must be at least 18 years old. Each member holds office ...
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 East Block as viewed from the observation platform of the Peace Tower. Designed by Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver, [2] the East Block is an asymmetrical structure built in the Victorian High Gothic style, with load bearing masonry walls— being nearly 0.9 m (3 ft) thick at the ground level, expanding to 2.1 m (7 ft) thick at the base of the main tower.
The Peace Tower (French: Tour de la Paix) is a focal bell and clock tower sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. The present incarnation replaced the 55-metre (180 ft) Victoria Tower , after the latter burned down in 1916 , along with most of the Centre Block; only the Library of ...