Embassy Row in
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada is generally considered the eastern part of the
Sandy Hill and
Lower Town neighbourhoods. These areas are sometimes home to buildings that serve as a
chancery
Chancery may refer to:
Offices and administration
* Chancery (diplomacy), the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy
* Chancery (medieval office), responsible for the production of official documents
* Chancery (Scotlan ...
(the administrative headquarters of a foreign mission) but more often they are
ambassadorial residences
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...
(where an ambassador or high commissioner lives). Sometimes the same building serves both purposes, but when they are separated the chancery tends to be located in a commercial or government district of the city, while the official residence is in a residential neighbourhood. Numerous foreign
embassies and
high commissions (some chanceries, some residences, some both) are found in the vicinity of
Strathcona Park. Many embassies are located on Range Road, Wilbrod Street, and parts of
Laurier Avenue and Charlotte Street.
See also
*
List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa
This is a list of the diplomatic missions (including embassies, high commissions and Apostolic Nunciatures) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Diplomatic missions in Ottawa
Countries without an embassy in Ottawa
* Andorra, U.N. Mission in New Yo ...
References
* "EMBASSY ROW; Time for second thoughts." ''
The Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The newsp ...
''; Ottawa, Ont.. 29 July 1989: B2.
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Neighbourhoods in Ottawa
Diplomatic districts