"Canada's Farm" cannot not be encroached upon by a hospital.

 The entire Experimental Farm is a National Historic Site of Canada and a National Interest Land Mass. Also, Dominion Observatory is part of the Parliamentary Precinct:

 "The popularity of the Observatory occurred when it opened in 1905, due to the support of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Laurier's advocation reinforced the idea that this Observatory was 0to be considered an arm of the parliamentary precinct. At the time it was recognized as a national achievement, where the nation's time would be kept, and it would be a symbol of Canada's progress in astronomical science." (From: 'Journal of the Study of Architecture in Canada' and 'Astronomer Mary Grey and the Architecture of Canada's Dominion Observatory'. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada-Sharon Odell, page 10/67.)

"The Central Experimental Farm should remain an open area in perpetuity". From a March 19, 1954 Privy Council Order in Council signed by Canadian Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent.

House of Commons June 18, 1958 Hon. George James McIlraith (Ottawa West): "Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the Minister is now prepared to make the statement he said he would make concerning the policy of the government with respect to building on the central experimental farm?"

Hon. Howard Charles Green (Minister of Public Works): "The policy is that no buildings will be built on the central experimental farm except buildings for the Department of Agriculture."

Mr. Mcilraith: "If I may pursue the first question a bit further, has the minister come to any conclusion as to what will be done with the land on the experimental farm now occupied by the temporary buildings when they are removed?"

Mr. Green: "I take it that the hon. member for Ottawa West refers to temporary buildings Nos. 5 and 8. For some years the policy has been that when these temporary buildings are torn down nothing will be constructed on the site."

After Building No.5 was demolished the land became the Dow's Lake parking lot. No.8 became Queen Juliana Park. Photo is from Eric Darwin. 

The 14-acre Queen Juliana Park was a gift to Canadians in 1976.

Ottawa Research and Development Centre

• Property Number: 08625
• Use (s): Agricultural Research and Management
• Interest: Crown Owned
• Address: 960 Carling Ave,
• Municipality: Ottawa, ON
• Land Area: (ha) 409.8200 or 1,012.68727 acres
• Buildings: 87
• Floor Area: (sq. m.) 100,214,0200
• Record Created On: July 18th 1990
• Record Last Modified On: November 10th 2021

Heritage buildings that were protected in 2021

• K.W. Neatby #20
• Laboratory Services #22
• Michelle Comeau Learning Centre-Nutrition Building #59
• Arboretum Building---CEF Horticulture #74
• Swine Barn-Swine Showcase #91
• Engineering Research #94
• Carpenter Shop #98

Not Protected and Facing Imminent Demolition

• The Dominion Observatory
• South Azimuth
• William Saunders Building

Landscapes that are endangered

The Arboretum "...A huge section of the Arboretum was rezoned, without public input or consent, for the new Civic Hospital, cutting down 700 trees in the process." (The Glebe Report, page 5, September 13 2024.)

The William Saunders Garden, where hundreds of historic trees will be uprooted for a Civic Hospital parking lot.

Commissioners Park may be converted to a parking lot. 

Trees beside Prince of Wales Drive, including Isabella Preston's crabapple trees and cherry blossom trees.

The Dominion Observatory

South Azimuth