1909 – Canada Life / Saxe Building, Ottawa, Canada
Architect: Weekes & Keefer
“The building for the Canada Life Company is a fireproof structure with reinforced concrete columns and slabs. The ground floor is occupied by the business offices of the Canada Life Assurance Company, the upper floors being subdivided for private offices. The entrance hall is panelled in Missisquoi marble with marble mosaic covering the entire ground floor. The walls of the business office are panelled with African mahogany, the ceiling beams and cornice being richly modelled in plaster. The front of the building is finished in English semi-glazed terra cotta. and was one of the first high buildings to be erected on Sparks street.”
Construction, May 1913
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Published March 20, 2026
