Government Houses in Canada
Building name Residents ' positions Location Notes
Commissioner 's Residence Commissioner of Yukon ( 1898-1953 ) Dawson City Now a Parks Canada historic site
Chateau St. Louis Governor of Quebec ( 1760 - 1791 ) Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor-General of British North America ( 1791 - 1834 ) Quebec City Destroyed by fire , 1834 ; now site of Château Frontenac
Chateau de Ramezay Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor-General of British North America ( circa 1834 ) Montreal Now a museum
Government House Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada ( 1800 - 1813 ) York Destroyed by explosion , 1813 . Site is located with current day Fort York
Elmsley House Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada ( 1800 - 1813 ) Governor General of the Province of Canada ( 1849 - 1852 , 1856 - 1858 ) Toronto Destroyed by fire , 1862 . Now occupied by Metro Hall and Roy Thomson Hall
Alwington House Governor General of the Province of Canada ( 1841 - 1844 ) Kingston Damaged by fire , 1958 ; demolished , 1959 . Site now Alwington Place as well as retaining wall for Llynlea ( Arthur Davies home ) 1963
Government House Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario ( 1868 - 1912 ) Toronto Sold and demolished , 1912
Chorley Park Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario ( 1915 - 1937 ) Toronto Other uses , then demolished 1961 . Now site of city park
Spencerwood Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ( 1870 - 1966 ) Quebec City Destroyed by fire in 1966
Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories ( 1870 - 1876 ) Fort Garry Capital moved to Fort Livingstone
Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories ( 1876 - 1877 ) Fort Livingstone Capital moved to Battleford . Now site of Fort Livingstone National Historic Site
Cary Castle Governor of Vancouver Island ( 1865 - 1866 ) Governor of the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia ( 1868 - 1871 ) Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia ( 1871 - 1903 ) Victoria Destroyed by fire 1903
Governor of British Columbia ( 18 ? ? - 1866 ) Governor of the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia ( 1866 - 1868 ) New Westminster Capital moved to Victoria . Now Royal City Manor
Government House Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia ( 190 ? - 1957 ) Victoria Destroyed by fire 1957 . Government House rebuilt after fire
Government House Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories ( 1883 - 1889 ) Regina Replaced 1889 , demolished 1908 . Now site of Luther College
Government House Lieutenant Governor of Alberta ( 1913 - 1938 ) Edmonton Other uses 1948 - 1964 , now the Alberta Government Conference Centre
58 St. George 's Crescent Lieutenant Governor of Alberta ( 1966 - 2004 ) Edmonton Demolished 2005
Government House in Fort Townshend Governor of Newfoundland ( 1781 - 1831 ) St. John 's
The Monklands Governor General of the Province of Canada ( 1844 - 1849 ) Montreal Capital moved ( 1849 ) , now Catholic high school , Villa Maria
Government House Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories ( 1878 - 1883 ) Battleford Capital moved to Regina ( 1883 ) , building destroyed by fire 2003 . Still National historic site with archaeological remains of the destroyed structure
Former government houses
In Canada, Government House is a title given to the royal residences of the country's monarch and various viceroys (the governor general, the lieutenant governors, and territorial commissioners[a]). Though not universal, in most cases the title is also the building's sole name; for example, the sovereign's and governor general's principal residence in Ottawa is known as Government House only in formal contexts, being more generally referred to as Rideau Hall. The use of the term Government House is an inherited custom from the British Empire, where there were and are many government houses. There is currently no government house for the Lieutenant Governors of Ontario (repurposed in 1937 and demolished in 1961), Quebec (destroyed by fire in 1966), Alberta (closed in 1938 and repurchased and repurposed in 1964), or the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario has a suite within the Ontario Legislative Building.