Canadian Medical Association Demolition

  • CMA House

    Former automobile entrance from Alta Vista Drive

  • CMA House

    Hoarding signage highlighting the temporary relocation from the site

  • CMA House

    Looking east towards the automobile turnaround that used to provide access to the building's main entrance

  • CMA House

    Looking north across the empty site

  • CMA House

    Looking east across the southern portion of the empty site

The images included in this demolition gallery were taken after the completion of the demolition of the Canadian Medial Association’s National Headquarters (also known as CMA House) on April 30, 2017.  The demolition occurred primarily due to the lack of space within the building and its addition and the desire for the CMA to remain close to the Ottawa Hospital’s General campus and the collection of other medically-related organizations that are located in the area.

The building’s location makes it outside of the typical areas of the city that receive higher attention for heritage designations and lesser building protection, which is unfortunate as the building possessed a high degree of design quality, was a relatively unique example of a building clad in Corten steel and its exterior appeared to have aged well.

Buildings such as CMA House deserve greater attention from the heritage and architectural community as smaller, but very well detailed structures from the modern era.

For images of the original building, please check on the related link below.