Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament

E562842

parliamentary building

The Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament is the main building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa that houses the Senate, the House of Commons, and key ceremonial and administrative spaces of Canada’s federal legislature.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada	2
Centre Block (Parliament Hill)	1
Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament canonical	1
Centre Block or its temporary replacement on Parliament Hill	1
Centre Block, Parliament Hill	1
Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa (when in use)	1
Parliament Buildings of Canada	1
Parliament of Canada Centre Block reconstruction	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5821936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament
Context triple: [Hall of Honour, locatedInBuilding, Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament]

A. Senate of Canada Building
The Senate of Canada Building is a historic Beaux-Arts structure in downtown Ottawa that now serves as the temporary home of Canada’s Senate chamber and related parliamentary functions.
B. Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa City Hall is the main municipal government complex in Ottawa, Ontario, housing the city's administrative offices and council chambers.
C. Library of Parliament
The Library of Parliament is the iconic, domed research library of Canada’s federal legislature in Ottawa, renowned for its Victorian Gothic architecture and role in supporting parliamentary work.
D. J. S. Woodsworth Building, Ottawa
The J. S. Woodsworth Building in Ottawa is a federal government office building named in honor of Canadian social reformer and politician James Shaver Woodsworth.
E. Supreme Court of Canada Building
The Supreme Court of Canada Building is the historic Art Deco-style courthouse in Ottawa that houses Canada’s highest judicial body.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament
Target entity description: The Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament is the main building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa that houses the Senate, the House of Commons, and key ceremonial and administrative spaces of Canada’s federal legislature.

A. Senate of Canada Building
The Senate of Canada Building is a historic Beaux-Arts structure in downtown Ottawa that now serves as the temporary home of Canada’s Senate chamber and related parliamentary functions.
B. Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa City Hall is the main municipal government complex in Ottawa, Ontario, housing the city's administrative offices and council chambers.
C. Library of Parliament
The Library of Parliament is the iconic, domed research library of Canada’s federal legislature in Ottawa, renowned for its Victorian Gothic architecture and role in supporting parliamentary work.
D. J. S. Woodsworth Building, Ottawa
The J. S. Woodsworth Building in Ottawa is a federal government office building named in honor of Canadian social reformer and politician James Shaver Woodsworth.
E. Supreme Court of Canada Building
The Supreme Court of Canada Building is the historic Art Deco-style courthouse in Ottawa that houses Canada’s highest judicial body.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival ⓘ Perpendicular Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Ottawa ⓘ
closedFor	long-term restoration and modernization ⓘ
constructionStart	1916 ⓘ
contains	Confederation Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Hall of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of the Leader of the Opposition (ceremonial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliamentary Library entrance ⓘ Peace Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister’s Office suite (ceremonial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the House of Commons office ⓘ Speaker of the Senate office ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
destroyedPredecessorEvent	Great Fire of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	location of federal parliamentary debates ⓘ seat of Canada’s federal legislature ⓘ site of state ceremonies ⓘ
hasFeature	Memorial Chamber in Peace Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ central bell tower ⓘ chamber for House of Commons ⓘ chamber for Senate ⓘ copper-clad roof ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ stone carvings ⓘ
heritageStatus	Classified Federal Heritage Building ⓘ
houses	House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Canada chambers ⓘ Senate of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1927 ⓘ
locatedIn	National Capital Region of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Parliament Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Public Services and Procurement Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	Nepean sandstone NERFINISHED ⓘ limestone ⓘ
nationalHistoricSiteOf	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks	Ottawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Parliament Buildings of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament Hill National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	original Centre Block (1859–1916) NERFINISHED ⓘ
provinceOrTerritory	Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolOf	Canadian federal democracy ⓘ Canadian national identity ⓘ
undergoing	major rehabilitation project in 21st century ⓘ
usedBy	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hall of Honour → locatedInBuilding → Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament ⓘ

Statue of Queen Victoria (Parliament Hill, Ottawa) → locatedNear → Centre Block of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ

subject linked to: statue of Queen Victoria