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.Photo: Murckraker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 Library and Archives Canada.
Bank of Canada Museum
Museum
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.
Library and Archives Canada
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Library and Archives Canada is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada. Library and Archives Canada is situated 460 metres southwest of Confederation Building.
Parliament Hill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gatineau and Centretown.
Gatineau
Photo: Óðinn, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca.
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
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.4219° or 45° 25′ 19″ northLongitude
-75.70292° or 75° 42′ 11″ westLevels
10Open location code
87Q6C7CW+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 68588514OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
office=governmentWikidata 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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