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The Peace Tower, at a height of over 90 meters, was originally built and named in honor of the armistice of 1918 and the sacrifice of Canadians during the First World War. On September 1, 1919, the Prince of Wales laid the cornerstone of the tower and designated it the Victory Tower. The name Peace Tower was used during the 1927 celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Confederation. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was keen on giving this important memorial a name that would match its role as a symbol of the principles for which Canada fought in the Great War, as well as the high aspirations of the Canadian people.

The present center block was designed by John A. Pearson and J.O. Marchand in an austere version of the Gothic style. When it was rebuilt a few years after the fire of 1916, the Gothic style was retained by the architects Pearson & Marchand, although updated to a Beaux-Arts axial plan with Gothic details.

Completed in 1928, the Peace Tower houses a 53-bell carillon, dedicated in remembrance of the sacrifice and service of Canadians in the First World War. The inauguration of the Peace Tower and its Carillon took place on July 1, 1927, by Governor General Viscount Willingdon.

Inside the Peace Tower is the Memorial Chamber, a space dedicated to the memory of those who gave their lives in service to Canada. 

This memorial was erected by the Ottawa Branch, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association and unveiled on 6 October 1974 by R.D. Whitmore, Regimental Number 1005, an original of the regiment. It was dedicated to the founding of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at this location in August 1914.

It was constructed by Robert Brown Memorials of Laurentian Pink granite at approximately four feet high by two feet square with a bird-bath at the top.  Engraved on the right side of the memorial is the present-day cap badge, and on the left is the original or “Marguerite” cap badge.

The monument was originally below the grandstand at Lansdowne Park. As part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, it was relocated to its current location and rededicated by the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Colonel-in-Chief and the Mayor of Ottawa on September 18, 2014. The original pink granite memorial now tops a black granite block.

This trophy was established in 1973 by the Royal Canadian Air Force Association to commemorate Gordon R. McGregor, who served in the Second World War and made outstanding achievements in the field of air transportation in Canada.

McGregor earned his private pilot’s license in 1932 and won the Webster Trophy in 1935, ‘36 and ‘38, awarded to the best amateur pilot in Canada. At 39, McGregor became the oldest fighter pilot and the top-scoring Royal Canadian Air Force ace to serve in the Battle of Britain, with six German aircrafts destroyed, seven probables and eight damaged.

In April 1941, he was promoted from Squadron Leader to Wing Commander. Noticed for his leadership and managing skills, McGregor was given various command posts in the Pacific zone following the Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor, Alaska. In 1944, he was recalled to England to prepare for the invasion of Normandy. Led by McGregor, No. 216 Wing was the first unit to base itself permanently on the continent after D-Day. In the months that followed until the final victory, his wing was the most successful. 

The South African War Memorial is set in Confederation Park in downtown Ottawa. Thirty thousand school children donated pennies to pay for this monument to Canadian volunteers who died in the South African War (Boer War) of 1899–1902.

The monument is comprised of a bronze statue on a stone pedestal. The bronze statue depicts a man dressed in the uniform used during the South African War. He is holding a rifle and has his hat raised above his head. On the pedestal, there are two plaques. The plaques honour sixteen Ottawa volunteers who died in the South African War, in which 267 Canadians lost their lives. The monument was created by the sculptor Hamilton MacCarthy in 1902. It was previously erected in Confederation Square near the National War Memorial, 1967-68.

In 2012, the Animals in War Dedication was unveiled next to the South African War Memorial. The location is symbolic because Canada supplied 50,000 horses for the South African War.

Hamilton P. MacCarthy was born on 28 July 1846 in London, England. He studied with his father, sculptor Hamilton Wright MacCarthy and at the Royal Academy Schools. MacCarthy moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1885. Thirteen years later he moved to Ottawa and studied at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. MacCarthy had 15 children and his son Coeur de Lion MacCarthy was a sculptor who produced numerous commemorative works after the First World War.

Other memorials by Hamilton MacCarthy include: South African War Memorial and Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden Memorial in Nova Scotia; Soldiers Monument in Prince Edward Island; General Isaac Brock Monument and Boer War Memorial in Ontario; Boer War Memorial in Quebec.

During the first World War, a committee headed by Lord Beaverbrook commissioned a vast collection of documentary art to commemorate Canada's participation in the war. Given as a gift to Canada in 1920, the Canadian War Memorial collection includes the marble relief entitled "The Canadian Phalanx" by the Yugoslavian sculptor, Ivan Mestrovic. The granite architecture frame in which it was set was designed by D.A. Topolski in 1972. (City of Ottawa Archives)

The three and one-half tonne stone panel is almost three metres long and two metres high. The National Capital Region architect B.A. Topolski designed the relief's grey granite frame, reminiscent of the towering pylons of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge.

The Canadian Phalanx is located at the Memorial Buildings and Arch.

Erected by the church, this memorial is dedicated to the members of the congregation who were killed or served during the Second World War.

The Brantwood Place Stone Gates, built about 1912, were made of local field stone set in a concrete and capped by stone balls. Originally built by Robert Sibbitt, the focal point ultimately became a war memorial. Led by long-time residents E. P. Nunn, Art Humphries and many others, in 1948 residents negotiated with the city to designate the gates as a war memorial. The dedication took place on Remembrance Day of that year.

In 1885, the Civil Service Rifle Regiment sent a company to Northwest Canada to help quell the Northwest Rebellion. All members of the company were selected because they were expert shots and as a result they were known at “The Sharpshooters”. They formed part of Colonel Otter’s column that relieved the town of Battleford on April 24. Members of the Regiment came under fire on May 2 for the first time at the Battle of Cut Knife Hill. It was here that the Regiment suffered its first fatalities - Privates William Osgoode and John Rogers.

The citizens of Ottawa erected a memorial in Major's Hill Park to the memory of Privates William Osgoode and John Rogers. It was unveiled on the afternoon of November 1, 1888, by Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada. The bronze monument, sculpted by British sculptor Percy Guy Wood, is of a guardsman standing in mournful repose with his hands clasped on the butt of a rifle. The sculpture is set on a ten-foot granite pedestal with bronze medallion portraits of Rogers and Osgoode located on each side.

The unveiling was not without controversy. The plaque on the memorial referred to the two men as members of the Guards Company of Sharpshooters. There was no mention of the 43rd Battalion to which Private Osgoode had belonged. Feeling that the Guards had been unduly favoured, the men of the 43rd Battalion initially refused to attend the memorial’s unveiling. In the end the Battalion was well represented when their commanding officer ordered them to join the ceremony.

This memorial, a Second-World War era Sherman tank nicknamed "Forceful III", is dedicated to the memory of the member of the Governor General's Foot Guards killed during the Second World War while operating as an armoured regiment.

The American -made M4 Sherman tank was the workhorse of the Canadian Armoured Corps from 1943."Forceful III", an M4A4 Sherman tank of the Governor General's Foot Guards, landed in France in July 1944. Although damaged on several occasions, it was the regiment's only tank, of the 69 issued before D-Day, to fight through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany without being put out of action. It was brought back to Canada in 1946.

The Forceful III Tank was placed in front of Cartier Square Drill Hall as a memorial shortly after its return from Europe in 1946. It remained in this location until about 2004 when the area in front of the drill hall was renovated and the tank relocated to the Canadian War Museum. The Forcefull III Plaque  is located at the drill hall within the armoury.

This memorial, erected by the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen's Association of Canada, is dedicated to the memory of Canadian airmen who flew with the Polish Home Army while flying support missions during the Second World War. The stele was unveiled in 1964, and the small additional plaque in 1995.

The large plaque has four symbols on the left edge: Maple leaf, Polish eagle, Royal Canadian Air Force crest and Polish Home Army crest. Items were added on the right edge of the plaque in 1995 when the airmen were posthumously awarded a Polish decoration: a bronze replica of the Polish Home Army Cross and a small plaque with inscription.