Community and civic

Self guided visit

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Parliamentary Education Office13 min by bus · 1.1 km

✓ Fits your group

A large domed stone building at the end of a straight paved path across a lawn, with two round clipped trees and flower beds in the foreground.

Cost

Free

no cost at all

Ages & size

Ages not published

Capacity not published

Duration

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Year round

Weekdays

Book by

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Plan this trip

Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Parliamentary Education Office's website

Our note

Useful when you cannot get a tour slot or you want a short stop rather than a whole morning. You still go through security screening at the main entrance, so leave a few extra minutes with a group. A big group turning up unannounced is worth phoning about first.

What the children do

Visitors are welcome to walk the public parts of the Parliament Buildings on their own at any time between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday excluding holidays, all year round. Self guided tour books are available in a variety of languages at the Tour Desk. No booking is needed. On summer weekends, when the buildings are also open, visitors must join a guided tour instead.

Walk through the public rooms at their own pace, following a printed tour book picked up at the Tour Desk.

Good to know

Free, weekdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm all year, and no booking needed. No group size limit is published for this, and there is no parking on site.

Sources disagree. Three of their pages give three different phone numbers for tour enquiries. They are 250 387 9243 on the school tours page, 250 387 1771 on the Little Legislators page and 250 387 6668 on the general tour information page. Email tours@leg.bc.ca is given consistently on all three, so that is the safer first try.

Washrooms

If possible, plan to use washrooms prior to your arrival as the public washrooms in the Parliament Buildings are not well suited to large groups. If it is not possible, please let your guide know that you would like a washroom break included as part of the tour.

Lunch space

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Rain backup

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Strollers

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Wheelchair access

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Bus parking

There is no public parking for visitors on the property. Public parking is available on surrounding streets and in nearby lots. Their school entrance map shows a bus drop off location on Belleville Street.

Nearby park

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Restrictions

Please arrive at the school entrance at the back of the Parliament Buildings 10 minutes before the time of your tour.. Tours may be cancelled at any time due to events on the Legislative Precinct.. Tour times, tour routes and the Parliamentary sitting schedule are subject to change without notice.

Getting there

501 Belleville Street, Victoria BC V8V 1X4

On foot

14 min

By bus

13 min

includes a 9 min wait

Driving

6 min

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