The Mowat Block is an office building in Toronto, Ontario, home to Ontario's provincial Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education (Ontario)

The Ministry of Education is the agency of the Ontario government in the Canadian province of Ontario responsible for government policy, funding, curriculum planning and direction in all levels of public education, including elementary and secondary schools.This Ministry is responsible for...

, Training, Colleges and Universities, Public Infrastructure and the Ministry of Culture. It is part of a massive 24 storey government complex east of Queen's Park at College Street and University Avenue.

The international style office building was designed by Shore Tilbe Henschel Irwin Architecs and Engineers (now Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners

Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners

Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners , now Shore Tilbe Perkins+Will, is an architecture firm based in Toronto, Ontario. Since its founding as Shore and Moffat in 1945, STI&P completed numerous buildings, complexes, and master plans across Canada, as well as in locations in the United States and Bermuda...

), and built in the 1960s and named for former Premier and Father of Confederation Sir Oliver Mowat

Oliver Mowat

Sir Oliver Mowat, was a Canadian politician, and the third Premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896, making him the longest serving premier of that province and the 3rd longest in all of Canadian history...

. Mowat Block also home to other provincial offices. It is located at 900 Bay Street

Bay Street

Bay Street, originally known as Bear Street, is a major thoroughfare in Downtown Toronto. It is the centre of Toronto's Financial District and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada's financial industry since succeeding Montreal's St. James Street in that role in the 1970s...

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Other government buildings nearby include:

• Macdonald Block
• Ferguson Block
• Whitney Block
  Whitney Block
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• Ontario Power Building
  Ontario Power Building
  The Ontario Power Building is located in Toronto. It was built in 1975 for Ontario Hydro. Located at the intersection of University Avenue and College Street, the International Style building stands at 80.0 m and 19 floors with 113,898 square metres of space....
  
  
• Hearst Block