Canada's History as Told by the Architecture on Wellington Street
The former Union Station (and later the Government of Canada Conference Centre) will serve for the next few years as the Senate of Canada.
You can trace the development of the country by seeing how government has expanded from the original parliament buildings ( the centre block of which burned down in 1916) to the extended parliamentary sector and the ancillary private-sector buildings that have been built up. The different styles of architecture reflect the times in which they were built. And each tells a story of how Canada has evolved and how it has changed the City of Ottawa. There are also many statues of important figures in Canada’s history both on the hill and around it.
While it isn’t a very long walk across the Parliamentary precinct, it is one chock full of meaning, art, and history.
