Justice Annex

Justice Annex

The Justice Annex is a building just north of the Supreme Court of Canada and west of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. Built in 1940 it is the last surviving representative of many similar temporary buildings erected during the Second World War to house the rapidly growing number of government employees. This building was built to house Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers. It later became the headquarters of C.D. Howe's Department of Munitions and Supply. After the war it was given to the Justice Department and named the Justice Annex.

All these buildings were extremely basic as the main concern was building them quickly and cheaply. The aged and unairconditioned heritage structure is no longer suitable as office space, and today it is thus used as a storage facility. The government has long desired to replace the building with a more modern one. Some also consider it to be something of an eyesore. As a heritage building it cannot be demolished and attempts have thus been made to move it to another site, so far no one is interested in giving it a home.

The exterior of the Justice Annex was repainted in the summer of 2006.

External links

* [http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2004/december/13/building/&c=1 The Hill Times - Parliament Hill's Little Orphan Annex]


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