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High Commission of Canada in London
The High Commission to Canada in London is housed in Canada House, a building located in
Trafalgar Square
,
London
. Canada House was built between
1824
and
1827
to designs by Sir
Robert Smirke
, the architect of the
British Museum
. It was originally used by the Union Club and the
Royal College of Physicians
. The
Canadian
government acquired the building in 1923. The building underwent restoration work in 1993, and was officially reopened by
Queen Elizabeth II
, as
Queen of Canada
, in 1996. To commemorate the re-opening, a detachment from the 3rd Battalion,
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
came to London in
1998
mounted the
Queen's Guard
at Buckingham Palace.
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