page_title: Senate of Canada Building
section_title: Temporary Senate of Canada building
hierarchical_section_title: Senate of Canada Building / History / Temporary Senate of Canada building
caption_attribution_description: English: Restored and painted coffered ceiling
context_page_description: The Senate of Canada Building is a building located at 2 Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that serves as the temporary seat of the Senate of Canada. The building includes the temporary Senate chamber, as well as some Senate offices and committee rooms. The building served as Ottawa's central railway station until 1966, and from 1966 to 2018 it was operated by the federal government as the Government Conference Centre.
  It is situated at the intersection of Wellington Street and the Rideau Canal, across the street from the Château Laurier hotel. It is 600 metres from Parliament Hill and Confederation Square.
context_section_description: In July 2013, it was announced by Public Works Canada that the building would be used to temporarily accommodate the Senate chamber (in the main concourse of the old train station) along with 21 Senate offices and three committee rooms (in the old general waiting room) while the Centre Block undergoes major rehabilitation work projected to take up to ten years.  It was decided that the need to rehabilitate this historical building presented a perfect opportunity to find an interim home for the Senate.  The works which are already well under way, will include:
  seismic reinforcement;
  restoration of the masonry;
  replacement of roofing materials including skylights, replacement of obsolete electrical, mechanical and life safety systems to meet current codes;
  renovation of the interior space;
  removal of outdated conference amenities added in the 1960s (i.e. translation booths);
  conformity to universal accessibility requirements;
  abatement of hazardous materials; and
  expansion of the loading dock, to improve serviceability limitations of the building.
  In February 2019, the Senate of Canada Building formally re-opened in its current role.
caption: Restored and painted coffered ceiling
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