Tunney's Pasture is an area within the City of Ottawa

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, Ontario

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, that is exclusively developed for Canada

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's federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Ottawa River Parkway

Ottawa River Parkway

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 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 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.

Federal ministries and agencies

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

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada

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Name	Building #	Address
R.H. Coats Building	Building 1	100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Main Building Main Building (Statistics Canada) The Main Building, or Main Statistics Canada Building, is a four storey federal government office building located at 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway in the Tunney's Pasture area of Ottawa, Canada. It is connected on the north side by the Jean Talon Building and on the south side by the R. H. Coats...	Building 3	150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Jean Talon Building Jean Talon Building The Jean Talon Building is a federal government office building in Ottawa, Canada. It forms part of the complex of three buildings, including the R. H. Coats Building and the Main Building, that houses the headquarters of Statistics Canada...	Building 5	170 Tunney's Pasture Driveway

Health Canada

Health Canada

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 and the Public Health Agency of Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada

The Public Health Agency of Canada is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness, and response and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention...

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

Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada is a national memory institution dedicated to providing the best possible account of Canadian life through acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage accessible for use in the 21st century and beyond...

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

Measurement Canada

Measurement Canada

Measurement Canada is a Canadian government agency of Industry Canada whose mission is "to ensure equity and accuracy where goods and services are bought and sold on the basis of measurement, in order to contribute to a fair and competitive marketplace for Canadians." The agency is headed by a...

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

Department of National Defence (Canada)

Department of National Defence (Canada)

The Department of National Defence , frequently referred to by its acronym DND, is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for all matters concerning the defence of 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

External links

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