Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Rideau Hall" in English language version.
In 1868, the year after Confederation, the Government of Canada purchased the house and grounds for $82,000 and declared it the official residence for Canada's governors general......Rideau Hall has been the official residence of every governor general of Canada since 1867 and their workplace since 1940.
For more than 150 years, this heritage site has been the official residence of Canada's governors general.
The Rideau Hall Complex contains the official residence, the landscaped grounds and the outbuildings, which together constitute the vice-regal estate of the Governor General of Canada.
Her Majesty the Queen is spending the holiday with Prince Philip at her Canadian home: Government House in Ottawa." "The last time I spoke to you from this, my home in Ottawa [...]