Government of Canada Building, North York


The Government of Canada Building, also known as the Joseph Shepard Federal Building, is a Government of Canada office complex at 4900 Yonge Street in North York. Built in 1977 to service residents of the former Metropolitan Toronto boroughs of North York and Etobicoke, it houses offices for passport services, Service Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Canadian Forces recruiting centre in addition to other federal departments. The building was designed by Macy DuBois and is a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
The building is named for Joseph Shepard, an early settler in North York whom acquired of land nearby and also the namesake of Sheppard Avenue.
It is one of several federal building around Toronto:
The structure, with its multi-layered design, stands out among the surrounding skyscrapers along Yonge Street, which were built during the office boom of the 1990s surrounding the diversification of downtown North York.
The building is within walking distance to Sheppard–Yonge subway station and short distance from Ontario Highway 401.

Stabbing

On March 14, 2016, two members of the Canadian Forces recruiting centre were stabbed by someone carrying a knife.