P559 - Canada - British Columbia Parliament Buildings

British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada

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P485 - Canada - Centre Block on Parliament Hill,Ottawa

Centre Block, the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Centre Block is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of Members of Parliament and Senators, as well as senior administration for both legislative houses. It is also the location of several ceremonial spaces, such as the Hall of Honour, the Memorial Chamber, and Confederation Hall.

Built in the Gothic Revival style, the present Centre Block is the second incarnation of the building, after the first was destroyed by fire in 1916; all that remains of the original building is the Library of Parliament, at the rear of the Centre Block. Though construction began immediately after the blaze, sculpting work on the interior continued through the 1970s. One of the most recognizable buildings in Canada, the Centre Block is depicted on the Canadian $10 bill (the Library of Parliament), $20 bill (the main entrance), and the $50 bill (the Peace Tower).

渥太华（Ottawa）是加拿大的首都，全国第四大城市，面积4,662平方公里，位于安大略省东南部，渥太华河南岸，多伦多以东400公里，蒙特利尔以西190公里。现有100多万人口，大概有3万多华人。渥太华亦被华人简称为渥京。

加拿大与美国、澳大利亚等国不同，没有将首都城市设为联邦直辖的行政区，但是渥太华的土地管理和城市规划是由国家首都委员会负责。

雄伟的国会大厦(Parliament Building)位于加拿大首都渥太华的国会山上(Parliament Hill),是渥太华乃至整个加拿大的象征。国会大厦由三栋哥特式的建筑组成，分中央区、东区与西区，是目前加拿大政府及参议院的所在地。

国会大厦初期建于1859年，但不幸这栋壮观的大厦毁于1916年的一场大火中。之后新的国会大厦又在原地按照同样的样式重建，并于1922年完工。

国会大厦中央耸立着著名的和平塔(Peace Tower),和平塔高达90米，被誉为世界上最精致的哥特式建筑，也是国会大厦中最高的建筑。和平塔包括一座4.88米的四面钟以及53个铃铛组成的定期演奏的钟琴。

References sources : wikipedia

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P365 - Canada - Chateau Frontenac during winter

The Saint Lawrence River and the Chateau Frontenac during winter, Quebec City, Canada

The Château Frontenac grand hotel is a popular attraction in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

it was designed by architect Bruce Price, the Château Frontenac was one of a series of "château" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. It opened in 1893, five years after its sister-hotel the Banff Springs. The railway company sought to encourage luxury tourism and bring wealthy travelers to its trains.

The Château Frontenac was named in honour of Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was governor of the colony of New France from 1672 to 1682 and 1689 to 1698. The Château was built not too far from the historic Citadelle, whose construction Frontenac had begun at the end of the 17th century. The Quebec Conference of 1943, at which Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed strategy for The Second World War, was held at the Citadelle while much of the staff stayed nearby in the Château Frontenac.

Although several of Quebec City's buildings stand taller, the hotel is perched atop a tall cape overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, thus giving a spectacular view for several kilometres. The building is the most prominent feature of the Quebec City skyline as seen from across the St. Lawrence, and is a symbol of the city. The hotel is built near the Plains of Abraham.

The hotel is managed and operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts of Toronto, a firm that manages numerous prestigious hotels around the world. The hotel was sold by Fairmont on October 31, 2000 to the Legacy Hotels REIT for CAD $185 million. However, Fairmont has a long-term management agreement with Legacy Hotels, and as of August 2005, held an 11.14% ownership in the REIT.

In 1953 this hotel was used as filming location for the Alfred Hitchcock's drama I Confess, with Montgomery Clift and Ann Baxter as main stars.

Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was home to the Chateau Haldimand, residence of the British colonial governors of Quebec/Lower Canada.

芳堤娜城堡（Château Frontenac）也稱芳堤娜古堡酒店，座落於加拿大魁北克市聖勞倫斯河北岸，是加拿大太平洋鐵路公司建於19世紀末的一系列古堡大飯店之一，用作招倈旅客。芳堤娜城堡是由建築師布魯斯·派爾斯（Bruce Price）設計，於1893年落成。芳堤娜古堡酒店的姐妹酒店包括魁北克省里西廬古堡酒店、亞伯達省的班夫溫泉酒店和路易斯湖城堡酒店。

17世紀時加拿大東部曾是法國在北美洲的殖民地新法蘭西的一部分。1672年至1682年，及1689年至1698年，新法蘭西殖民地的總督是法國芳堤娜伯爵路易斯·包德（Louis Buade）。芳堤娜城堡以芳堤娜伯爵命名為記念。

二次大戰時，1943年英國首相溫斯頓·丘吉爾和美國總統富蘭克林·德拉諾·羅斯福舉行的魁北克會議，就是在芳堤娜古堡酒店召開的。

芳堤娜古堡酒店是魁北克市古城旅遊區的中心，巍然聳立在聖勞倫斯河岸，終年遊客如雲，連冬天也不例外，因為每年入冬魁北克市都舉辦冰雕節。

芳堤娜城堡酒店由加拿大多倫多市費爾蒙特酒店集團（Fairmont Hotel）經營，因此全名是「費爾蒙特芳堤娜古堡酒店」。而芳堤娜古堡酒店是於2000年10月31日，以1億8500萬加拿大元售賣予費爾蒙特酒店集團的。

References sources : Wikipedia

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P325, 326 - Canada - Olympic Stadium in Montreal

Olympic Stadium at night in winter, Montreal, Canada

Olympic Stadium and Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada

The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics. It subsequently became the home of Montreal's professional baseball and Canadian football teams. Since 2004, when the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington, D.C., the stadium has no main tenant, and with a history of financial and structural problems, is largely seen as a white elephant. It currently serves as a 56,040-seat multipurpose facility for special events (e.g. concerts, trade shows) during non-winter months, and continues to serve as a 66,308-seat venue for late-season, playoff and Grey Cup games hosted by the Montreal Alouettes. La tour de Montréal, the tower incorporated into the base of the stadium, is the tallest inclined tower in the world at 175 metres, and is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. The stadium's nickname The Big O is a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof.

位於加拿大魁北克蒙特婁的奧林匹克體育場是1976年夏季奧林匹克運動會的主場地，可容納5萬6040人。也曾經是職棒大聯盟球隊蒙特婁博覽會隊（Montreal Expos，2004年後遷往美國華盛頓）的主場。擁有一座高175公尺的高塔，為世界上最高的傾斜建築物。

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P324 - Canada - The Montreal City Hall

The Montreal City Hall, Place Jacques- Cartier, Old Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The five-storey Montreal City Hall is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, and was built between 1872 and 1878 in the Second Empire style. It is located in Old Montreal, between Place Jacques-Cartier and the Champ de Mars, at 275 Notre-Dame Street East. The closest metro station is Champ-de-Mars.

Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The building was gutted by fire in March 1922, leaving only the outer wall and destroying much of the city's historic records. The architect Louis Parant was commissioned for the reconstruction, who decided to build an entirely new building with a self-supporting steel structure built inside the shell of the ruins. This new building was modelled after the city hall of the French city of Tours. Other changes included a remodelling of the Mansard roof into a new Beaux-Arts inspired model, with a copper roof instead of the original slate tiles.

In 1967, from this building's balcony Charles de Gaulle, then president of France, gave his Vive le Québec libre speech. The building has been designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.

蒙特利爾大會堂（Montreal City Hall），由建築師亨利-莫里斯佩勞爾特（Henri-Maurice Perrault）和 Alexander Cowper Hutchison , 建造於1872年與1878年之間。

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P314 - Canada - Chateau Frontenac in Quebec

The Chateau Frontenac in Autumn, Quebec City, Canada

The Château Frontenac grand hotel is a popular attraction in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

it was designed by architect Bruce Price, the Château Frontenac was one of a series of "château" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company at the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th century. It opened in 1893, five years after its sister-hotel the Banff Springs. The railway company sought to encourage luxury tourism and bring wealthy travelers to its trains.

The Château Frontenac was named in honour of Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was governor of the colony of New France from 1672 to 1682 and 1689 to 1698. The Château was built not too far from the historic Citadelle, whose construction Frontenac had begun at the end of the 17th century. The Quebec Conference of 1943, at which Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed strategy for The Second World War, was held at the Citadelle while much of the staff stayed nearby in the Château Frontenac.

Although several of Quebec City's buildings stand taller, the hotel is perched atop a tall cape overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, thus giving a spectacular view for several kilometres. The building is the most prominent feature of the Quebec City skyline as seen from across the St. Lawrence, and is a symbol of the city. The hotel is built near the Plains of Abraham.

The hotel is managed and operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts of Toronto, a firm that manages numerous prestigious hotels around the world. The hotel was sold by Fairmont on October 31, 2000 to the Legacy Hotels REIT for CAD $185 million. However, Fairmont has a long-term management agreement with Legacy Hotels, and as of August 2005, held an 11.14% ownership in the REIT.

In 1953 this hotel was used as filming location for the Alfred Hitchcock's drama I Confess, with Montgomery Clift and Ann Baxter as main stars.

Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was home to the Chateau Haldimand, residence of the British colonial governors of Quebec/Lower Canada.

芳堤娜城堡（Château Frontenac）也稱芳堤娜古堡酒店，座落於加拿大魁北克市聖勞倫斯河北岸，是加拿大太平洋鐵路公司建於19世紀末的一系列古堡大飯店之一，用作招倈旅客。芳堤娜城堡是由建築師布魯斯·派爾斯（Bruce Price）設計，於1893年落成。芳堤娜古堡酒店的姐妹酒店包括魁北克省里西廬古堡酒店、亞伯達省的班夫溫泉酒店和路易斯湖城堡酒店。

17世紀時加拿大東部曾是法國在北美洲的殖民地新法蘭西的一部分。1672年至1682年，及1689年至1698年，新法蘭西殖民地的總督是法國芳堤娜伯爵路易斯·包德（Louis Buade）。芳堤娜城堡以芳堤娜伯爵命名為記念。

二次大戰時，1943年英國首相溫斯頓·丘吉爾和美國總統富蘭克林·德拉諾·羅斯福舉行的魁北克會議，就是在芳堤娜古堡酒店召開的。

芳堤娜古堡酒店是魁北克市古城旅遊區的中心，巍然聳立在聖勞倫斯河岸，終年遊客如雲，連冬天也不例外，因為每年入冬魁北克市都舉辦冰雕節。

芳堤娜城堡酒店由加拿大多倫多市費爾蒙特酒店集團（Fairmont Hotel）經營，因此全名是「費爾蒙特芳堤娜古堡酒店」。而芳堤娜古堡酒店是於2000年10月31日，以1億8500萬加拿大元售賣予費爾蒙特酒店集團的。

References sources : Wikipedia

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P280- Canada- Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls, Canada

The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.

Niagara Falls is composed of two major sections separated by Goat Island: Horseshoe Falls, the majority of which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls on the American side. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also located on the American side, separated from the main falls by Luna Island.

Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly-formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m³) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow, and almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m³) on average. It is the most powerful waterfall in North America.

The Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 1800s.

尼亚加拉瀑布（英文：Niagara Falls，法语：les Chutes du Niagara，源自印第安语，意为“雷神之水”）是一座位于北美洲五大湖区尼亚加拉河上的瀑布，平均流量5,720立方米／秒，与伊瓜苏瀑布、维多利亚瀑布并称为世界三大跨国瀑布。尼亚加拉瀑布以美丽的景色，巨大的水利发电能力和极具挑战性的环境保护工程而闻名于世，是非常受游客欢迎的旅游景点。

尼亚加拉河连接伊利湖和安大略湖并分隔美国纽约州和加拿大安大略省，在流经宽约350米的美国戈特岛（Goat Island）时跌入断崖，并一分为二，形成两个瀑布。
* 美国瀑布（American Falls）为小瀑布，在东侧美国境内，占6%的水量，河水呈蓝色。瀑布宽323米，落差52米。
* 马蹄瀑布（Horseshoe Falls）为大瀑布，也称加拿大瀑布（Canadian Falls），横跨美加两国，占94%的水量，河水呈青色。瀑布呈半环型，宽792米，落差50米。

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P279 - Canada - Jasper National Park, Maligne Lake

Jasper National Park, Maligne Lake and Spirit Island, Canada (UNESCO WHS)

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, spanning 10,878 km² (4200 mi²). It is located in the province of Alberta, to the north of Banff National Park and west of the city of Edmonton. The park includes the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls and, of course, mountains. Wildlife in the park includes elk, caribou, moose, mule deer, white-tailed deer, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, black bear, beaver, Rocky Mountain pika, hoary marmot, gray wolf, mountain lion, and wolverine.

This park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, together with the other national and provincial parks that form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, for the mountain landscapes containing mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves as well as fossils found here.

贾斯珀国家公园是加拿大著名高山国家公园之一，也是加拿大洛矶山脉最大型的的国家公园。位于艾伯塔省落基山脉最北边，在班芙国家公园的北面及艾德蒙顿的西面。风景秀丽，环境优美，有多种野生动植物生长其中。占地面积10878平方公里。各种野生动物像北美红鹿（英文Elk）、小鹿、山羊、驼鹿、大角野绵羊、亚洲黑熊、美洲黑熊、海狸、落基山鼠兔、土拨鼠和驯鹿数量众多。贾斯珀国家公园内，有佩投湖、弓湖、巫药湖、派翠西亚湖、金字塔山、玛琳湖及玛琳峡谷，景色非常秀丽。这里还有哥伦比亚冰原冰川，温暖的春天，湖泊，和瀑布。当然有美丽的山川。

这个公园在1984年被联合国科教文组织宣布为世界遗产。一起成为世界遗产的还有加拿大落基山脉的国家公园和一些省立公园。当选原因是美丽的山地景观，包括山峰、冰川、湖泊、瀑布、峡谷和石灰岩溶洞，而且在这里还找到了化石。

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P111,112,113,114 - Canada - Toronto

The CN Tower ,Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Winter aglow in Nathan Philip's Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Old City Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, which is home to 8.1 million residents and has approximately 25% of Canada's population. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149, and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.

As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city and is one of the top financial centres in the world. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.

Toronto's population is cosmopolitan and international, reflecting its role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. Toronto is one of the world's most diverse cities by percentage of non-native-born residents, as about 49% of the population were born outside of Canada.Because of the city's low crime rates, clean environment, high standard of living, and friendlier attitudes to diversity, Toronto is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Mercer Quality of Living Survey. In addition, Toronto was ranked as the most expensive Canadian city in which to live in 2006[update]. Residents of Toronto are called Torontonians.

The CN Tower, located in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and observation tower standing 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) tall. It surpassed the height of the Ostankino Tower while still under construction in 1975, becoming the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world. On September 12, 2007, after holding the record for 31 years, the CN Tower was surpassed in height by the still-under-construction Burj Dubai. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Americas and the signature icon of Toronto's skyline, attracting more than two million international visitors annually.

Despite the loss of its title as the world's tallest freestanding structure, the CN Tower remains a symbol of Canada.

CN originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995 it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. Since local residents wished to retain the name CN Tower, the abbreviation is now said to expand to Canada's National Tower rather than the original Canadian National Tower; however, neither of these are commonly used.

In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers.

Nathan Phillips Square is an urban plaza that forms the forecourt to Toronto City Hall, or New City Hall, at the intersection of Queen Street West and Bay Street, and named for Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. The square opened in 1965, and, as with the City Hall, the square was designed by architect Viljo Revell. The square is the site of concerts, art displays, a weekly farmers' market, the winter festival of lights, and other public events, including demonstrations.

The Ontario Legislative Building (also known informally as Queen's Park, or the Ontario Legislature) is a structure in central Toronto, Ontario, that houses the viceregal suite of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and offices for members of the provincial parliament (MPPs). The building is surrounded by Queen's Park, sitting on that part south of Wellesley Street, which is the former site of King's College (later the University of Toronto), and which is leased from the university by the provincial Crown for a peppercorn payment of CAD$1 per annum on a 999 year term.

Toronto's Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1899 to 1966 and remains one of the city's most prominent structures. It is at the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, opposite the new City Hall in the centre of downtown Toronto. It has a distinctive clock tower which heads the length of Bay Street from Front to Queen. The tower stands 104m tall (340 ft).

Work on the Romanesque Revival building designed by E.J. Lennox began in 1889. Lennox "signed" his name in scrollwork around the first floor exterior. When it opened on September 18, 1899 it was the largest building in Toronto, and the largest municipal building in North America.

The clock face stands at 6 metres.

Toronto City Council moved to the new city hall in 1965, and soon after plans were made to start construction of the Toronto Eaton Centre. The original plans called for old City Hall to be knocked down and replaced by a number of skyscrapers, leaving only the cenotaph (or in one plan, the clock tower) in the front. Public outcry forced authorities to abandon these plans. Currently the building is leased by the provincial government and is used as a court house for the Ontario Court of Justice.

An annex to this building, Manning Chambers, was demolished to make way for the current Toronto City Hall.

The building is sometimes used to film movies and television shows, such as This is Wonderland, Flashpoint and Dirty Pictures. The building features prominently in the novel Old City Hall, by Robert Rotenberg.

多伦多（Toronto）是加拿大安大略省的首府。多伦多市的人口超过250万，是加拿大最大的城市，亦是北美第五大城市。多伦多市坐落于安大略湖西北岸，是大多伦多地区的心脏地区，也是安大略省南部人口稠密区（称作“金马蹄地区”，有810万人口）的一部分。城市区有5,113,149位居民。在2006年人口普查中，大多伦多区有5,555,912位居民。

作为加拿大的经济中心，多伦多是一个世界级城市，也是世界上最大的金融中心之一。多伦多在经济上的领先地位在于金融、商业服务、电信、宇航、交通运输、媒体、艺术、电影、电视制作、出版、软件、医药研究、教育、旅游、体育等产业。多伦多证券交易所是世界第七大交易所，总部设于市内，有多数加拿大公司在这里上市。

多伦多的国际性人口体现出它是前往加拿大移民的重要落脚点。 而市内49%的人口是在加拿大以外诞生，也造就多伦多成为世上种族最多样化的城市之一。目前多伦多的低犯罪率、洁净的环境、高生活水准、以及对多样文化的包容性，令该市被多个经济学智囊团列为世界上最宜居的城市之一。另一方面，多伦多于2006年被列为加拿大生活成本最高的城市。
大约1/3的加拿大人居住在距多伦多两小时车程的郊区。加拿大大约1/6的就业机会在该市。

多伦多当地的华侨及华裔人口多达四十万，相当于加拿大全国约百分之一的人口。

西恩塔（英語：CN Tower），正式名稱為加拿大國家電視塔或加拿大國家塔，是一座電視塔與地標建築，「CN」最初是Canadian National首字母的縮寫，現在則是Canada's National的縮寫，但兩個名稱皆不常使用。地點位於加拿大安大略省的多倫多。塔高553.33米，是世界上第二高的自立式建築物。該塔被認為是多倫多市的標誌性建築，每年吸引超過200萬人次參觀。自從在1976年落成後，該塔一直被健力士世界紀錄大全紀錄為最高的建築物。但從專業角度看，加拿大國家電視塔並不是一個建築物。

加拿大國家電視塔由加拿大國家鐵路公司（Canadian National Railway）於1976年建造，目的是顯示加拿大強大的工業。最初只是被設計為傳送廣播電視信號的天線，305米高度處有用於傳送預告信號的微波接收器。而廣播天線位於塔的最頂端。電視塔內建有高447米的金屬階梯，有1,776級，是世界上最高的金屬階梯。這些階梯用於緊急用途。

1995年，加拿大國家電視塔被美國土木工程協會（American Society of Civil Engineers）收入現代世界七大奇迹。同時是世界高塔聯盟（World Federation of Great Towers）的成員之一。

第二年，健力士世界紀錄將加拿大國家電視塔的分類更改為「世界最高的建築」和「世界最高的自立構造」。

安省省級議會（即 安大略省立法會）是加拿大安省的立法部門。它位於安省多倫多的皇后公園內的立法會大樓。

老市政厅,由多伦多著名建筑师爱德华詹姆士尼洛克斯 Edward James Lennox 设计，他的作品包括卡萨罗玛城堡 (Casa Loma) 和爱德华王酒店 (King Edward Hotel)。老市政厅耗资250万元，历时近十年才建成，当它在1899年9月由当时的市长萧约翰 (John Shaw) 揭幕时，不仅是当时市内最大的建筑，也是北美最大的市政厅。

市政厅门前的弥敦菲腊广场是市民喜爱的娱乐场所，这里经常举行免费音乐会，巨大的浅水池在夏季可纳凉，冬季就变成溜冰场，每年的新年晚会也在广场上举行。

References sources : Wikipedia, 多伦多旅游局

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