Laurier Avenue

Located on the south side of Laurier, between Bank Street and O'Connor is the main building of the Canadian Department of Finance.

The main branch of the Ottawa Public Library is located at the intersection of Laurier and Metcalfe, and Ottawa City Hall is on the south side of Laurier between Elgin Street and Queen Elizabeth Driveway.

Laurier Avenue was selected in 2011 as the first street in Ottawa to feature a fully segregated bike lane.

The street crosses the Rideau Canal over the Laurier Avenue Bridge and passes the Department of National Defence Headquarters before heading through the campus of the University of Ottawa.

The street finally ends at Charlotte just before it meets the Rideau River, at Strathcona Park, quite near to the Russian embassy.

Laurier Avenue, facing west, as seen from the bridge
A similar view of Laurier Avenue in 1910.
The Arena is on the right.