Tunney's Pasture

Tunney's Pasture as of 27 April 2008, looking north. Parkdale Avenue can be seen along the right edge of the photo; the Transitway (including the Tunney's Pasture Station) and Scott Street are along the bottom of the photo.

Tunney's Pasture is a 49 hectares (120 acres) area within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, that is exclusively developed for Canada's federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway to the north and Northwestern Avenue to the west. While strictly speaking it is confined to this area, people living in the vicinity of it will often call their neighbourhood Tunney's Pasture.

The complex, home to some 10,000 employees, is served by Tunney's Pasture Station on the transitway.

History

Before the development in the early 1950s, this area was officially known as Lot 35, Concession A, Township of Nepean, and, as the name still indicates, it was used as a farmer’s pasture and named after Anthony Tunney who pastured his cows on the empty land.

As a young man, Anthony Tunney emigrated from Ireland to Ottawa in 1867. He married and built a house at 201 Parkdale Avenue. The owner of the pasture, The Ottawa Lumber Merchants’ Association, hired Tunney to be the caretaker of the land and allowed him to graze his cattle in the field. Although Tunney was able to claim ownership because he had been paying the taxes on the property, he never did so and the land was eventually sold by the association to the government.^{[citation needed]}

In 1950, the property became part of the Greber Plan that envisioned it as a government employment centre within a quiet and secure park-like campus. From the 1950s to the 1960s, 18 low-rise buildings were constructed with modern, classical-inspired architecture and similar materials, massing and scale. Most of these combined research and office functionality under one roof. Starting in the 1970s however, new buildings and additions were built that deviatated from Gréber's vision, introducing high-rise office towers, new architectural styles, and cladding materials to the site.

Federal ministries and agencies

Below are the ministries and agencies that occupy offices, in whole or in part, in Tunney's Pasture.

Statistics Canada

Name	Building #	Address
R.H. Coats Building	Building 1	100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Main Building	Building 3	150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Jean Talon Building	Building 5	170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada

Name	Building #	Address
Brooke Claxton Building	Building 9	70 Columbine Blvd
Jeanne Mance Building	Building 19	200 Eglantine Driveway
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control	Building 6	100 Eglantine Driveway
Health Protection Building	Building 7	200 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Environmental Health Building	Building 8	200 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Animal Breeding Building	Building 12	100 Chardon Driveway
Sir Frederick G Banting Research Centre	Building 22	251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway
Some offices in Main Statistics Building	Building 3	150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Finance Building	Building 2	101 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

Library and Archives Canada

Name	Building #	Address
General Records Centre	Building 15	130 Goldenrod Driveway
Personnel Records Centre	Building 18	161 Goldenrod Driveway

Measurement Canada

Name	Building #	Address
Standards Building	Building 4	151 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

Department of National Defence (Canada)

Name	Building #	Address
National Defence Computer Centre	Building 16	101 Goldenrod Driveway

Other buildings

Name	Building #	Address
Finance Building	Building 2	101 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Finance Annex	Building 14	100 Yarrow Driveway
Central Heating and Cooling Plant	Building 13	101 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

Demolished buildings

• Virus Laboratory
• Atomic Energy of Canada Building
• Eldorado Nuclear Building

Gallery of selected buildings in Tunney's Pasture

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  R.H. Coats Building

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  Main Building

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  Jean Talon Building

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  Health Protection Building

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  Environmental Health Building

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  Brooke Claxton Building

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  Laboratory Centre for Disease Control

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  Jeanne Mance Building

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  Sir Frederick G. Banting Research Centre

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  Finance Building

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  Standards Building

References

Statistics Canada (1993). 75 Years and Counting: A History of Statistics Canada. Ottawa: Minister Responsible for Statistics Canada. (Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11-531). 

External links

• Ottawa K1Y Map - Tunney's Pasture, Mechanicsville, Hintonburgh, Companies, Organizations. Sorted by Streetname