Legislature of the Province of Canada

Between 1850 and 1866, the capital of the Province of Canada alternated between Toronto and Québec. In 1852, Parliament met in the Legislative Chambers of Lower Canada on the site of the old Bishop’s Palace, now Montmorency Park. When these buildings burned in 1854, the legislators moved to temporary quarters in the Music Hall on St. Louis Street until 1856. While the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa were being completed, sessions were held in newly built quarters in Montmorency Park. This building was the site of the 1864 Quebec Conference and served as the Quebec legislative building from 1867 until it burned in 1883.

Quebec · Canada