Supreme Court of Canada Building

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Art Deco building courthouse government building heritage building

The Supreme Court of Canada Building is the historic Art Deco-style courthouse in Ottawa that houses Canada’s highest judicial body.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Senate of Canada Building 1
Supreme Court of Canada main courtroom 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Art Deco building ⓘ
courthouse ⓘ
government building ⓘ
heritage building ⓘ
architect Ernest Cormier ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
city Ottawa ⓘ
client Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
constructionStartDate 1939 ⓘ
coordinates 45.421°N 75.706°W ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
designatedNationalHistoricSiteOfCanada 1976 ⓘ
floorCount multiple above-ground floors and basement levels ⓘ
function federal courthouse ⓘ
hasCourtroom Federal Court ⓘ
surface form: Federal Court courtroom

Federal Court of Appeal courtroom ⓘ
Supreme Court of Canada Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Canada main courtroom
hasFeature Great Hall ⓘ
bronze fixtures ⓘ
central entrance pavilion ⓘ
grand staircase ⓘ
judges’ chambers ⓘ
law library ⓘ
main courtroom ⓘ
marble interior finishes ⓘ
twin copper-clad pitched roofs ⓘ
wood paneling ⓘ
hasStatue Statue of Justice ⓘ
Statue of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Statue of Truth
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1946 ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Parliament Hill ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Hill precinct
maintainedBy Public Services and Procurement Canada ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
nearbyLandmark Library of Parliament ⓘ
Ottawa River ⓘ
Parliament Buildings ⓘ
numberOfStoreys 7 ⓘ
occupant Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
openedForUse January 11, 1946 ⓘ
ownedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
purpose to house the Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
roofMaterial copper ⓘ
sculptorOfExteriorStatues Walter S. Allward ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

SCC → buildingName → Supreme Court of Canada Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada Building → hasCourtroom → Supreme Court of Canada Building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Canada main courtroom
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada → hasWorkplace → Supreme Court of Canada Building ⓘ
Supreme Court of Canada → headquarters → Supreme Court of Canada Building ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → meetsIn → Supreme Court of Canada Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Canada Building