Home- Planning Canada’s Capital Region
- Core Area
- Canada's Capital Core Area Sector Plan
- LeBreton Flats
- Public Programming and Activities Vision
- Confederation Boulevard
- Gatineau Park
- Greenbelt
- Urban Area
- Capital Pathways and Parkways
- Official Residences
- Transportation Studies
- Commemorations and Public Art
- Heritage and Capital Treasures
- Environmental Stewardship
- Current Development / Rehabilitation Projects
Confederation Boulevard expresses Canada through the rich array of institutions, monuments and national symbols that line its route, including:
- Important government institutions such as Parliament, the residences of the governor general and the prime minister, the Supreme Court, the Bank of Canada and the Royal Canadian Mint;
- National museums such as the Canadian Museum of Civilization and great cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, the National Arts Centre and Library and Archives Canada;
- Heritage sites such as the Rideau Canal National Historic Site, the Château Laurier and the Historic Central Station (now the National Conference Centre);
- Important commemorations and monuments such as the National War Memorial, Garden of the Provinces and Territories, the Canadian Human Rights Monument and more;
- Embassies and high commissions;
- Important government offices such as Foreign Affairs Canada and the Place du Portage Complex; and
- Capital parks and pathways and outstanding natural landscapes.
The NCC will address a potential audience of two million visitors annually through programs intended to make Confederation Boulevard an even stronger reflection of Canada. This will involve:
- providing a national context for the Boulevard by making sure that all Capital themes (political, cultural, international, green, heritage and representational) are expressed there
- developing interpretation programs to convey national and Capital messages
- developing programming to attract people to the Boulevard
- installing national commemorations at key sites
- using the Boulevard as a route for processions and as a stage for national events
- connecting the Boulevard visually and symbolically (with banners, etc.)
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