The United States embassy in Ottawa is a building located in Ottawa which opened in 1999.
Before this date the mission occupied a 1930s era building directly across form Parliament Hill. The older building proved to be too small, however, and embassy employees were spread between eight other Ottawa buildings. Security concerns associated with this distribution necessitated centralization. The road to a new embassy was a long and difficult one, wi...
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The United States embassy in Ottawa is a building located in Ottawa which opened in 1999.
Before this date the mission occupied a 1930s era building directly across form Parliament Hill. The older building proved to be too small, however, and embassy employees were spread between eight other Ottawa buildings. Security concerns associated with this distribution necessitated centralization. The road to a new embassy was a long and difficult one, with attempts made at getting a new structure beginning in the 1960s. Finding an appropriate site and receiving acceptance from both governments proved to be difficult; one proposal to build the embassy in Rockcliffe Park, near the Canada Aviation Museum, was opposed by locals who worried about security threats and congestion.
The new embassy is located on what used to be a small hill and parking lot on the western edge of the Byward Market. Early in Ottawa's history it had been the site of a number of small homes and businesses, but the land...
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