Sir_Leonard_Tilley_Building

Sir Leonard Tilley Building

Sir Leonard Tilley Building

Canadian government office in Ontario, Canada

The Sir Leonard Tilley Building and Annex (French: Édifice Sir-Leonard-Tilley), is a Government of Canada office building property consisting of two buildings and operated by the Public Works and Government Services Canada and located at 719 Heron Road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] It was designed by architect Jean-Serge Le Fort. The floor space covers 23,832 square metres and the land area covers 4.527 hectares. Until 2015, the building housed the headquarters of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). This building was named in honour of Samuel Leonard Tilley, federal Finance Minister in 1873–1878.

Quick Facts General information, Type ...

The completion of a new headquarters building on Ogilvie Road led the CSE to vacate the building by 2016. Public Works Canada is preparing the buildings to allow other government departments to take their place. The Department of National Defence determined the facilities did not meet their needs but Corrections Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canada Border Services Agency were indicated as ´possible future tenants. The entry of new tenants is planned to be phased in over 2018–9. The cost of refurbishing the buildings to meet new standards, or Workplace 2.0, will cost about $400 million.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Clyde H. Farnsworth (December 28, 1995). "Canadian Agency Is Accused of Spying on Citizens and Allies". New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Pugliese, David (1 July 2015). "Federal departments jockey to take over former e-spy headquarters". The Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

45.37847°N 75.687223°W / 45.37847; -75.687223


Stub icon

This Canadian government–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Sir_Leonard_Tilley_Building, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.