The Main Building, or Main Statistics Canada Building, is a four-storey federal government office building located in the

Tunney's Pasture Tunney's Pasture is a campus in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario that is exclusively developed for federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway t ...

area of

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. It is connected on the north side by the

Jean Talon Building The Jean Talon Building is a federal government office building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It forms part of the complex of three buildings, including the R. H. Coats Building and the Main Building, that houses the headquarters of Statistic ...

and on the south side by the R. H. Coats Building. Most of its 1,700 occupants work for

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

. Other tenants include

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, and

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. The building was completed in 1952 to accommodate the growing staff of the

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. At that time the Main Building was only one of two buildings in Tunney’s Pasture - the other being a heating plant. In recent years, the building has experienced structural and environmental problems such as water leakage and power failures.

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