Château Laurier is a railway hotel in Ottawa, Canada.[1] Wikidata describes it as “building in Ottawa, Canada”. It opened in 1912. It is operated by Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. It stands about 0.1 km from the centre of Ottawa.[3]

Overview

The Fairmont Château Laurier is a 660,000-square-foot (61,000 m2) hotel with 429 guest rooms in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located near the intersection of Rideau Street and Sussex Drive, it is designed in a French Gothic Revival Châteauesque style to complement the adjacent Parliament buildings. The hotel is above the Colonel By Valley, home of the Ottawa Locks of the Rideau Canal, and overlooks the Ottawa River.

From “Château Laurier” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The railway hotel opened in 1912. It was designed by Bradford Gilbert. It is listed as a national historic site of Canada and a designated heritage property (part IV). [1]

Location

2 km4 km

Measured in a straight line, the railway hotel is 0.1 km from the centre of Ottawa. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport (YRO), about 6 km from the centre of Ottawa.[4]

It is one of 59 hotels in and around Ottawa recorded in Wikidata, 7 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 4 with a recorded opening date, it is the earliest. See Hotels in Ottawa.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

  • Fairmont Chateau Laurier — 0.1 km
  • The Westin Ottawa — 0.2 km
  • Novotel Ottawa City Centre — 0.4 km
  • Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa Downtown — 0.4 km
  • Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market — 0.5 km
  • Les Suites Hotel — 0.5 km
  • Sheraton Ottawa Hotel — 0.5 km
  • Le Germain Hotel Ottawa — 0.5 km
  • Arc The Hotel — 0.6 km
  • ByWard Blue Inn — 0.6 km

See also

References

  1. ^ Château Laurier (Q2089212). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Château Laurier. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-22.
  3. ^ Ottawa (Q1930). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Ottawa. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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