East Block
The East Block is one of the three buildings on Canada's Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing offices for parliamentarians, as well as some preserved pre-Confederation spaces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parliament Hill and National War Memorial.
Parliament Hill
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Parliament 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.
National War Memorial
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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. National War Memorial is situated 170 metres east of East Block.
Centre Block
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The Centre Block 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. Centre Block is situated 190 metres west of East Block.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ByWard Market and Ottawa.
ByWard Market
Neighborhood
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The ByWard Market, is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.
Ottawa
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Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Across the Ottawa River is Gatineau, Quebec.
Centretown
Suburb
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Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.
East Block
- Type: Building
- Description: office building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
- Category: edifice
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to French—“East Block” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Edifici de l’Est”
- French: “édifice de l’Est”
- French: “Édifice de l’Est”
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