Definition: 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa is the address of the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada. The house is owned by the National Capital Commission. All prime ministers since Louis St. Laurent, except for Kim Campbell, have lived at 24 Sussex during their terms of office.
The house at 24 Sussex Drive was built in 1866 by Joseph Merrill Currier, a lumberman and member of parliament, for his wife Hannah.
The house has been in dire need of renovations for years, but the high cost and the need to make in uninhabitable for at least a year while the work is done never seem to fit in with the political optics of the prime minister of the day.
For a quick look at 24 Sussex, see the 24 Sussex Photo Gallery on the Prime Minister of Canada site.
