Ottawa, Ontario Canada Travel Wall Art

An Ottawa travel poster looking upstream at Parliament Hill: the Peace Tower and the green copper roofs of the Centre Block standing on the limestone cliff, the wooded bank falling to the water, and the Ottawa River sweeping across the foreground in hard cerulean.

About the artwork

Flat vector illustration with the detail concentrated in two places and the rest kept deliberately plain. The Gothic Revival roofline is drawn spire by spire in oxidised copper green over pale limestone; the river is cut with long white current streaks that pull the eye from the bottom left corner up to the Hill. Between them the escarpment is a dense mass of summer green. The sky is a single flat cerulean with no cloud at all, and low blue-green hills close the horizon behind the city. Title in white capitals, OTTAWA above CANADA. Portrait, 2:3.

Why you'll love it

• The view from the Quebec side. Parliament seen as a whole silhouette on its cliff, not cropped from Wellington Street.
• Copper green against cerulean. Two strong colours and almost nothing else, which is why it reads clearly from across a room.
• A civic print without stiffness. Government architecture handled as landscape, so it suits a home as easily as an office.
• For public service families. Anyone who worked on the Hill, studied at Ottawa U, or skated the canal has a version of this view.

Sizes and materials

• Paper — archival matte, rolled and unframed. Nine sizes from 8" x 12" to 30" x 40", plus A4-A1 for European frames.
• Matte canvas — stretched on a wooden bar, no glare, ready to hang.
• Framed canvas — solid wood floating frame in white, black, espresso or natural.
• Pigment-based archival inks, rated to resist fading for decades indoors.

Styling it at home

The flat cerulean is the loudest colour in the Canada set, so this one wants a plain wall and no competition: white, bone, pale grey. It is the strongest office print here — the desk scene above at 16" x 24" is close to ideal. Black frames keep it crisp; warm oak softens the blue slightly if the room is full of wood.

Shipping and care

Unframed prints ship rolled in a protective tube. Framed canvas arrives ready to hang. Keep prints out of direct sunlight to protect the colour, and dust canvas with a dry, soft cloth.

Questions people ask

What size should I get? Above a console or desk, 12" x 18" or 16" x 24". Above a sofa, bed or mantel, go 24" x 36" or larger so the print holds the wall.

Does it come framed? Paper and matte canvas ship unframed and fit standard frames. The framed canvas option arrives in a solid wood floating frame in white, black, espresso or natural.

What building is on the cliff? The Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament, with the Peace Tower at its centre, on the bluff above the Ottawa River.