Construction of new welcome centre advances as scaffolding takes over Centre Block

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Tourists gather at the Centennial Flame in front of Centre Block on July 13. The building's south façade is already roughly 75 per cent covered in scaffolding needed for masonry repairs and other work.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 22, 2026

Construction of the new Parliament Welcome Centre has reached its final, topmost floor, while excavations continue in Centre Block’s two interior courtyards and masonry work moves ahead, with only months left before scaffolding along the historic building’s iconic south ...

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