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Government Houses in Canada

Government Houses in Canada

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In Canada, Government House is a title given to the official residences of the country's monarch, various viceroys (the governor general, the lieutenant governors), and territorial commissioners.[lower-alpha 1] Though not universal, in most cases the title is also the building's sole name; for example, the sovereign's and governor general's principal residence in Ottawa is known as Government House only in formal contexts, being more generally referred to as Rideau Hall. The use of the term Government House is an inherited custom from the British Empire, where there were and are many government houses.

There is currently no government house for the lieutenant governors of Ontario (repurposed in 1937 and demolished in 1961), Quebec (destroyed by fire in 1966), Alberta (closed in 1938 and repurchased and repurposed in 1964), or the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. The lieutenant governor of Ontario has a suite within the Ontario Legislative Building, as does the lieutenant governor of Quebec in the Édifice André-Laurendeau.

Present government houses

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Former government houses

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Commissioner's Residence - Commissioner of Yukon". Archived from the original on 2009-10-09.
  2. [2]
    Aylmer
  3. [3]
    "Archived copy". www2.canada.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Notes

  1. Though not technically viceroys, the Commissioners of the Canadian territories fill a similar role and their residences are listed here for completion

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