| National Capital Commission | |||||||||||||
| Native Name: | Commission de la capitale nationale | ||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | fr | ||||||||||||
| Type: | Crown corporation | ||||||||||||
| Industry: | Property management, urban planning | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Federal District Commission | ||||||||||||
| Hq Location: | Central Chambers, 202–40 Elgin Street | ||||||||||||
| Hq Location City: | Ottawa, ON | ||||||||||||
| Hq Location Country: | Canada | ||||||||||||
| Area Served: | National Capital Region | ||||||||||||
| Profit: | --> | ||||||||||||
| Profit Year: | --> | ||||||||||||
| Num Employees: | 419 | ||||||||||||
| Num Employees Year: | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Owner: | Government of Canada | ||||||||||||
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| Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||||||
The National Capital Commission (NCC; French: Commission de la capitale nationale, CCN) is the Crown corporation responsible for development, urban planning, and conservation in Canada's Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec), including administering most lands and buildings owned by the Government of Canada in the region.
The NCC is the capital's largest property owner, owning and managing over 11% of all lands in the Capital Region. It also owns over 1,600 properties in its real estate portfolio, including the capital's six official residences; commercial, residential and heritage buildings; and agricultural facilities.
The NCC reports to the Parliament of Canada through whichever minister in the Cabinet of Canada is designated responsible for the National Capital Act, currently the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.
Through the 19th century, the character of what is known today as the National Capital Region was blemished and transformed by industrialization. According to then-Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, what became the City of Ottawa was "not a handsome city" by the 1880s. Laurier, together with Lady Aberdeen, the wife of the governor general, advanced the idea of planning for a better capital.[2]