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   National Gallery of Canada

   The National Gallery of Canada (French: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum.

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   Carleton University

   Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   Canadian Museum of History

   The Canadian Museum of History (French: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

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   Canadian Museum of Nature

   The Canadian Museum of Nature (French: Musée canadien de la nature; CMN) is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region.

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   Canadian War Museum

   The Canadian War Museum (CWM) (French: Musée canadien de la guerre) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   National War Memorial

   The National War Memorial (French: Monument commémoratif de guerre du Canada), titled The Response (French: La Réponse), is a tall, granite memorial arch with accreted bronze sculptures in Ottawa, Ontario, designed by Ve…

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   Rideau Hall

   Rideau Hall (officially Government House) is the official residence of the governor general of Canada, the representative of the monarch of Canada.

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   Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica

   The Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada located on 385 Sussex Drive in the Lower Town neighbourhood. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990.

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   Canada Aviation and Space Museum

   The Canada Aviation and Space Museum (French: Musée de l'Aviation et de l'Espace du Canada) (formerly the Canada Aviation Museum

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    Canada Science and Technology Museum

    The Canada Science and Technology Museum (abbreviated as CSTM; French: Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada) is a national museum of science and technology in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   Nepean

   Nepean ( nə-PEE-ən) is an area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   Rockcliffe

   Rockcliffe Park (French: Parc Rockcliffe) is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, close to the centre of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   Memorial to the Victims of Communism

   The Memorial to the Victims of Communism – Canada, a Land of Refuge (French: Monument aux victimes du communisme - Le Canada, une terre d'accueil) is a monument in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   Peace Tower

   The Peace Tower (French: Tour de la Paix) is a focal bell and clock tower sitting on the central axis of the Centre Block of the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.

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   Orléans

   Orleans (; French: [ɔʁleɑ̃]; officially and in French Orléans) is a satellite suburban community in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located along the Ottawa River about 16 km from Downtown Ottawa.

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   Barrhaven

   Barrhaven is a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about 17 km southwest of the city's downtown core.

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   LeBreton Flats

   LeBreton Flats (also spelled Lebreton Flats) (French: Plaines Lebreton), known colloquially as The Flats or LeBreton, is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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   Beechwood Cemetery

   Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery of Canada, located in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario.

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   Centretown

   Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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    New Edinburgh

    New Edinburgh is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the northeast of the downtown core.

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