Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament

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parliamentary building

The Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament is the main building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa that houses the Senate, the House of Commons, and key ceremonial and administrative spaces of Canada’s federal legislature.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada 2
Centre Block (Parliament Hill) 1
Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
Perpendicular Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ
city Ottawa ⓘ
closedFor long-term restoration and modernization ⓘ
constructionStart 1916 ⓘ
contains Confederation Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hall of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ
Office of the Leader of the Opposition (ceremonial) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliamentary Library entrance ⓘ
Peace Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prime Minister’s Office suite (ceremonial) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons office ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate office ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
destroyedPredecessorEvent Great Fire of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
function location of federal parliamentary debates ⓘ
seat of Canada’s federal legislature ⓘ
site of state ceremonies ⓘ
hasFeature Memorial Chamber in Peace Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
central bell tower ⓘ
chamber for House of Commons ⓘ
chamber for Senate ⓘ
copper-clad roof ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
stone carvings ⓘ
heritageStatus Classified Federal Heritage Building ⓘ
houses House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament of Canada chambers ⓘ
Senate of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1927 ⓘ
locatedIn National Capital Region of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Parliament Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Public Services and Procurement Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
material Nepean sandstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
nationalHistoricSiteOf Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks Ottawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Parliament Buildings of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament Hill National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy original Centre Block (1859–1916) NERFINISHED ⓘ
provinceOrTerritory Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolOf Canadian federal democracy ⓘ
Canadian national identity ⓘ
undergoing major rehabilitation project in 21st century ⓘ
usedBy Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hall of Honour → locatedInBuilding → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
statue of Queen Victoria → locatedNear → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Statue of Queen Victoria (Parliament Hill, Ottawa)
this entity surface form: Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada
Parliamentary Protective Service → operatesIn → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Block (Parliament Hill)
statue of William Lyon Mackenzie King → situatedNear → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada
John A. Pearson → notableWork → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Block, Parliament Hill
John A. Pearson → notableWork → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Canada Centre Block reconstruction
Elgin Street → near → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament Buildings of Canada
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada → worksAt → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa (when in use)
Dean of the House of Commons (Canada) → meetsAt → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Block or its temporary replacement on Parliament Hill