Garden of the Provinces and Territories

Garden of the Provinces and Territories
The concrete slab structure representing the Great Lakes in the Garden of the Provinces and Territories
Type	Public garden
Location	Wellington Street at Bay Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	45°25′06″N 75°42′32″W / 45.418358°N 75.708858°W / 45.418358; -75.708858
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Opened	September 25, 1962 (1962-09-25)
Designer	Don W. Graham
Operated by	Government of Canada

The Garden of the Provinces and Territories (French: Jardins des provinces et des territoires) is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site along Confederation Boulevard in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital city. It is bounded by the Sparks Street escarpment on the south, Wellington Street on the west and north, and Bay Street to the east^[1] between Christ Church Cathedral and the Library and Archives Canada. It was officially opened on September 25, 1962, as a western gateway to the Parliament Buildings.^[1] The park was renamed from "Garden of the Provinces" on October 6, 2005 to recognize and include Canada's three territories.^[1] Scott Brison, then the Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, officially renamed the park.

In December 2015, the federal government requested that the National Capital Commission approve the garden as the site of the proposed Memorial to the Victims of Communism rather than its previously approved site, a plot of land by the Supreme Court of Canada building.^[2]