List of Canadian Prime Ministers by residence

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Before 1951 the Prime Minister of Canada had no official residence and they lived in a variety of structures around Ottawa:

  1. John A. Macdonald
    1. 1867-1870 - A now demolished house at 63 Daly Street in Sandy Hill
    2. 1872-1873 - A now demolished house 195 Chapel St. in Sandy Hill
    3. 1878-1883 - Stadacona Hall
    4. 1883-1891 - Earnscliffe
  2. Alexander Mackenzie - A house in the area that is now the site of the Confederation Building
  3. John Abbott - ?; lived at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue in Montreal after retiring
  4. John Thompson - A house at 237 Metcalfe; 3 other houses around Metcalfe and Lisgar from 1891-1894
  5. Mackenzie Bowell - ?
  6. Charles Tupper - ?; likely a rent house in Ottawa as he had spent most of his time before in rented houses or hotels
  7. Wilfrid Laurier - Laurier House
  8. Robert Borden - 201 Wurtemburg
  9. Arthur Meighen - A house at 21 Cooper St.
  10. William Lyon Mackenzie King - Laurier House, Kingsmere
  11. R.B. Bennett - A suite in the Chateau Laurier
  12. Louis St. Laurent
    1. 1948-1951 - An apartment in the Roxborough, today the site of Confederation Park
    2. 1951-1957 - 24 Sussex Drive
  13. John Diefenbaker - 24 Sussex Drive
  14. Lester Pearson - 24 Sussex Drive
  15. Pierre Trudeau - 24 Sussex Drive
  16. Joe Clark - 24 Sussex Drive
  17. John Turner - 24 Sussex Drive
  18. Brian Mulroney - 24 Sussex Drive
  19. Kim Campbell - Harrington Lake
  20. Jean Chrétien - 24 Sussex Drive
  21. Paul Martin - 24 Sussex Drive
  22. Stephen Harper - 24 Sussex Drive