Canada Ottawa Is In My Heart
4.6 Ottawa Central Saturday July 26, 2025
4.6 Ottawa Central
Downtown Ottawa is dominated by government buildings, including Parliament Hill and the Supreme Court. Most prominent buildings are situated along Wellington, Sparks and Elgin streets. Most of the buildings are office towers containing the various government departments.
Parliament Hill
Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9
Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9
Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke the history of parliamentary democracy. Parliament Hill attracts approximately three million visitors each year.
The Parliament Buildings are three edifices arranged around three sides of Parliament Hill's central lawn. The speakers of each chamber of the legislature oversee the use and administration of the spaces within each building. The Centre Block has the Senate and Commons chambers, and is fronted by the Peace Tower on the south facade, and the Library of Parliament lies at the building's rear. The East Block contains ministers' and senators' offices, meeting rooms, and other administrative spaces. The West Block is serving as the temporary seat of the House of Commons. The buildings' unifying architectural style is Gothic Revival.
The Parliament Buildings are three edifices arranged around three sides of Parliament Hill's central lawn. The speakers of each chamber of the legislature oversee the use and administration of the spaces within each building. The Centre Block has the Senate and Commons chambers, and is fronted by the Peace Tower on the south facade, and the Library of Parliament lies at the building's rear. The East Block contains ministers' and senators' offices, meeting rooms, and other administrative spaces. The West Block is serving as the temporary seat of the House of Commons. The buildings' unifying architectural style is Gothic Revival.
Visitors can take free guided tours the Parliament Buildings. You can reserve tickets online for guided tours of the House of Commons and the Senate.
House of Commons (West Block on Parliament Hill)
From 2010 to 2018, traditional craftsmanship and cutting-edge technologies were used to create a greener, fully accessible and barrier-free West Block. One of the spectacular new spaces is the glass-roofed structure built into the courtyard. The new state-of-the-art, underground Visitor Welcome Centre (located between West Block and Centre Block) is the tour starting point, and also houses the Parliamentary Boutique.
Senate (Senate of Canada Building)
Senate (Senate of Canada Building)
This Beaux-Arts-style building has a storied past and beautiful architecture: Originally built as Ottawa’s train station in 1912 (the same year as the Fairmont Château Laurier which is located directly across the street), it later became the Government Conference Centre. It was rehabilitated to temporarily house the Senate in part due to its convenient location just one block from Parliament Hill.
Parliament - The Immersive Experience
Parliament - The Immersive Experience
This innovative experience allows you to explore the main Parliament Building, also known as Centre Block. This is a 360 degree multimedia self-guided exhibition that lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A4
The National War Memorial, titled The Response, is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa, Ontario, designed by Vernon March and first dedicated by King George VI in 1939.
Confederation Square war memorial with a 70-ft. arch & statue, built from granite & bronze.
30 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5B9
https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/
The Bank of Canada Museum is a cultural attraction located in downtown Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It is a part of Canada's central bank, mandated to educate Canadians about what the Bank of Canada does, how the economy works and the history of money.
The Museum is part of the Bank of Canada's head office complex, built beneath the Bank of Canada's plaza on the corner of Bank and Wellington Streets near the Canadian Parliament Buildings. It is an interactive museum, one with many gamified hands-on exhibits designed to promote the concept that “you are the economy.”
It is home to exhibits showing over 1,000 examples of Canadian and world currency, plus related items. The Museum's collection, the National Currency Collection, holds the most complete collection of Canadian coins, bank notes and tokens.
240 McLeod St, Ottawa, ON K2P 2R1
https://nature.ca/en/
The Canadian Museum of Nature is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, a 18,910-square-metre structure in Ottawa, Ontario.
The museum's collection contains over 14.6 million specimens of the natural world, several of which are displayed in its permanent exhibitions. The museum also hosts and organizes several travelling exhibitions and supports and conducts several research programs relating to natural history.
1 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1
https://nac-cna.ca/en/
The National Arts Centre is a performing arts organization in Ottawa, Ontario, along the Rideau Canal. It is based in the eponymous National Arts Centre building.
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