List of Prime Ministers of Canada by residence

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 - now High Commission of Brunei, Ottawa
    4. 1883-1891 - Earnscliffe - now home of the British High Commissioner to Canada
  2. Alexander Mackenzie - A house in the area that is now the site of the Confederation Building
  3. John Abbott - ?; house likely in Ottawa and 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 - ?; likely rented a dwelling in Ottawa
  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 Street - likely site of apartment next to Turkish Embassy, Ottawa
  9. Arthur Meighen - A house at 21 Cooper Street (near McLaren Street and Driveway?)
  10. William Lyon Mackenzie King - Laurier House in Sandy Hill and Kingsmere in Quebec
  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

24 Sussex was acquired by the Government of Canada via an eviction.

  1. Louis St. Laurent
    1. 1951-1957 - 24 Sussex Drive
  2. John Diefenbaker - 24 Sussex Drive
  3. Lester Pearson - 24 Sussex Drive
  4. Pierre Trudeau - 24 Sussex Drive
  5. Joe Clark - 24 Sussex Drive
  6. John Turner - 24 Sussex Drive
  7. Brian Mulroney - 24 Sussex Drive
  8. Kim Campbell - Harrington Lake - first PM since 1951 to not have lived at 24 Sussex
  9. Jean Chrétien - 24 Sussex Drive
  10. Paul Martin - 24 Sussex Drive
  11. Stephen Harper - 24 Sussex Drive