Portrait Gallery of Canada

The Portrait Gallery of Canada () was a proposed Canadian art collection specialising in portrait paintings.
History.
Since the 19th century, the Library and Archives Canada has gathered an extensive collection of paintings and portraits, stored at its archives in Gatineau, Quebec.
On January 23, 2001, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Sheila Copps announced the creation of the Gallery with a plan to permanently house the collection in a gallery in Ottawa, Ontario, across the street from Parliament Hill.
It was intended that the former Embassy of the United States, Ottawa at 100 Wellington Street would house the gallery's collection upon renovation. However, the project was put on hold in 2006 by the Conservative government, who considered locating the museum in Calgary and for it to be partially funded by EnCana (now Ovintiv). There were discussions with EnCana about including the museum in The Bow, then under construction in Calgary. Construction of additional gallery space was delayed in June 2006. In June 2007, EnCana announced that the gallery would not be moving into its new office tower in Calgary.
A competition for private sector corporations to house the collection attracted bids from Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa, but that competition was cancelled in November 2008. The idea of locating a gallery outside of Ottawa resulted in a motion before the Senate that would have made it illegal to move the gallery outside Ottawa.
The proposal was disbanded in 2009.
A group of citizens tried to resurrect the plan in November 2019.
Library and Archives Canada is instead partnering with museums, galleries and other institutions across the country to showcase the collection. Its "Portraits in the Streets" series brought portrait reproductions to urban areas of Canadian cities, including Ottawa, Quebec City, and, in 2010, Vancouver.