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National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa

During the Second World War, National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa was housed in temporary buildings like this one.

The rapid wartime expansion of the Royal Canadian Navy and the rest of the country's military forces led to the construction of temporary structures to house the dramatically increased numbers of military personnel and civilian staff in Ottawa. While many of these wartime "temps" remained in use during postwar years, only one of them is still standing today.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19840030-096

Found in:
Second World War /Battle of the Atlantic /Atlantic Battleground


Censored Photograph, HMCS Wentworth
Manufacturing Naval Guns and Mountings
Ditty Bags for Sailors
V-E Day, St. John's, Newfoundland
Bedford Magazine Explosion, 1945
MV Empire MacDermott, Halifax Drydock
Warships at St. John's, Newfoundland
The Harbour of New York
Corvette in Ice
Ice on Corvette
Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff Mission, August 1943
National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa
Plotting Room, Ottawa, 29 November 1943
Consolidated B-24 Liberators, Gander, Newfoundland
Escort Carrier, St. John's, Newfoundland
Cargo Ship in Convoy
HMCS Barrie
HMCS Clayoquot , Bangor class Minesweeper
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) at Sea
"Taking a ?Green One'"
John Doyle, HMCS Digby
U-190's Crew, September 1942
U-889's Forward Torpedo Compartment
U-889 Running at Periscope Depth