About Government of Canada Building, North York

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The Government of Canada Building, also known as the Joseph Shepard Federal Building, is a Government of Canada office complex at 4900 Yonge Street in North York. Built in 1977 to service residents of the former Metropolitan Toronto boroughs of North York and Etobicoke, it houses a branch of the Passport Office in addition to other federal departments. The building was designed by Macy DuBois and is a Classified Federal Heritage Building.

The building is named for Joseph Shepard, an early settler in North York whom acquired 400 acres (160 ha) of land nearby and also the namesake of Sheppard Avenue.

It is one of several federal building around Toronto:

Source From: Wikipedia
4900, Lansing, Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N 3C8

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