Bank of Canada Museum and Confederation Building, Ottawa

The Bank of Canada Museum and the Confederation Building, in Ottawa

The Bank of Canada Museum and the Confederation Building face each other in Ottawa, blending ultramodern architecture and heritage. The Ottawa audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these two neighbouring buildings, near Parliament Hill.

Between ultramodern museum and federal heritage

Two buildings face each other at this place in Ottawa. On one side is the Bank of Canada Museum, located in 2017 in an ultramodern building, attached to the headquarters of the central bank of the country. This museum, playful and interactive, explains the role of money, the economy and the central bank, and presents a rich collection of coins and banknotes retracing the history of money in Canada. On the other side stands the Confederation Building, an imposing federal building in château style, with copper roofs and turrets, which shelters government offices. Together, they illustrate the contrast between the heritage and the modernity of the institutions of Ottawa.

What to see

Here you discover the Bank of Canada Museum, in an ultramodern building of 2017, which explains money and the economy in a playful way with its collection of coins and banknotes, facing the imposing Confederation Building in château style with copper roofs. The ensemble illustrates the heritage-modernity contrast of Ottawa. It is a stop for the curious, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Bank of Canada Museum and the Confederation Building lie near Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, reachable on foot and by public transport. The museum follows its own hours and conditions, which vary; the Confederation Building is an official building admired from outside. It is best to check the arrangements before coming.

What does the Bank of Canada Museum present in Ottawa?

The role of money, the economy and the central bank, in a playful and interactive way, with a rich collection of coins and banknotes retracing the history of money in Canada, in an ultramodern building of 2017.