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West Block

The West Block is one of the three buildings on , in , Ontario. Since 28 January 2019, it has housed the interim House of Commons Chamber, installed to accommodate the House while the is closed.
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Photo: Montrealais, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Office building
  • Description: One of the three buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Address: Wellington Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parliament Hill and Centre Block.

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is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the 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.

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The is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on , in , , 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. is situated 210 metres north of West Block.

Museum
Photo: Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada, CC BY 2.0.
The , formerly known as the Currency Museum. The is a cultural attraction located in downtown , Canada's capital city. is situated 220 metres southwest of West Block.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include ByWard Market and Ottawa.

Neighborhood
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The , is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of , Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.

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is 's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Across the River is , .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in , in central , 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 , on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the , while was everything to the east.

West Block

Latitude
45.42327° or 45° 25′ 24″ north
Longitude
-75.70066° or 75° 42′ 2″ west
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Inception
1865
Levels
6
Open location code
87Q6C7FX+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68588556
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Geo­Names ID
8014958
Wiki­data ID
Q7984482
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“West Block” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Edifici de l’Oest”
  • Chinese: “西区大楼”
  • Chinese: “西區大樓”
  • French: “édifice de l’Ouest”
  • French: “Édifice de l’Ouest”
  • German: “West Block”
  • Korean: “웨스트 블럭”
  • Russian: “Западный Блок”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний блок”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Block”. Photo: Montrealais, CC BY-SA 3.0.