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Laurier Avenue (French:Avenue Laurier;Ottawa Road #48) is a central east west street running throughOttawa,Ontario,Canada. Originally known as "Maria Street" (west of Waller) and "Theodore Street" (east of Waller), it was renamed in honour of CanadianPrime Minister SirWilfrid Laurier.Laurier House, the residence of Prime Ministers Laurier andWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King, is located at the corner of Laurier Avenue East and Chapel Street.
Laurier runs through the heart ofdowntown Ottawa. The south side of Laurier from Bronson east is almost all high-rises, starting with residential towers at Bronson, and commercial and government office buildings further to the east. Located on the south side of Laurier, between Bank Street and O'Connor is the main building of the CanadianDepartment of Finance. The main branch of theOttawa Public Library is located at the intersection of Laurier and Metcalfe, andOttawa City Hall is on the south side of Laurier betweenElgin Street andQueen Elizabeth Driveway. Next door to Ottawa City Hall is Cartier Square Drill Hall, from which the daily 'Changing of the Guard' procession begins. The north side of Laurier, across from City Hall, isConfederation Square. Laurier Avenue was selected in 2011 as the first street in Ottawa to feature a fully segregated bike lane.
The street crosses theRideau Canal over theLaurier Avenue Bridge and passes theDepartment of National Defence Headquarters before heading through the campus of theUniversity of Ottawa. It then goes through the neighbourhood ofSandy Hill, passing near many embassies. The embassy of Iraq (previously the embassy of Angola) is prominent on the corner of Laurier and King Edward. The street finally ends at Charlotte just before it meets theRideau River, atStrathcona Park, quite near to the Russian embassy.
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