Confederation Building

The Confederation Building is an office building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located just west of the Parliament Buildings at Bank Street and Wellington Street, it is generally considered part of Parliament Hill.

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Type: Commercial building
Description: Office building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
Address: 229 Wellington Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bank of Canada Museum and Parliament Hill.

Bank of Canada Museum

Museum

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The Bank of Canada Museum, formerly known as the Currency Museum. The Bank of Canada Museum is a cultural attraction located in downtown Ottawa, Canada's capital city.

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.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Church

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is the oldest Presbyterian church in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is situated 180 metres southwest of Confederation Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gatineau and Centretown.

Gatineau

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Gatineau is a city in the Outaouais region of Quebec, on the north shore of the Ottawa River, across from Canada's capital, Ottawa. It is part of the official National Capital Region which constitutes the fourth largest urban area in the country, after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

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.

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. Visitors often come to Ottawa to see Parliament Hill and Canada's national museums, but the city also has much shopping, many restaurants, and lively nightlife.

Confederation Building

Categories: government building, government office, building, and office
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.4219° or 45° 25′ 19″ north

Longitude

-75.70292° or 75° 42′ 11″ west

Levels

Open location code

87Q6C7CW+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 68588514

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

Wikidata ID

Q5159777

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Confederation Building” goes by many names.

Chinese: “聯邦大廈 (渥太華)”
Chinese: “聯邦大廈”
French: “édifice de la Confédération”
French: “Édifice de la Confédération”
Russian: “Здание Конфедерации”
Russian: “Конфедерейшн-билдинг”

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