Government House, Official residence of the lieutenant governor in Victoria, Canada

Government House is a T-shaped, four-level steel-frame building clad in a Modern Tudor revival envelope, completed in 1959. Its walls are rusticated blue, grey and pink British Columbia granite with Haddington Island stone trim, and the two-storey roof has steeply pitched chalet-style gables and numerous dormer windows. The main entrance on the north facade sits beneath the original Tudor Revival porte cochère of the previous Government House, inspired by Rattenbury's Hatley Castle.

The first governor's residence here was Cary Castle, built in 1860 by George Hunter Cary and bought by the Crown five years later for Arthur Kennedy, governor of Vancouver Island. After the 1866 union of the colonies it served the united colony's governor, then the lieutenant governor from 1871. Fire destroyed it in May 1899; a Rattenbury and Maclure replacement opened in 1903, hosted King George VI in 1939, burned on 15 April 1957, and the present house by John Laing & Sons was completed on 19 May 1959.

The house is still used for vice-regal ceremonies: the lieutenant governor greets visiting dignitaries, bestows provincial awards and inducts members into the Order of British Columbia. The New Year's Day levée, held annually, is a well-attended Victoria tradition. Inside, oak-panelled walls of the entrance hall carry portraits of former lieutenant governors and their wives, with large portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

The grounds are open daily from early morning to dusk and can be visited casually without planning ahead. To see the interior of the building, visitors need to book a tour in advance and check opening times.

The main entrance keeps the Tudor Revival porte cochère of the previous Government House, which Francis Rattenbury modelled on his own Hatley Castle. Above the ballroom's south-facing bow window, a rendition of the Royal Arms of British Columbia looks out over Ross Bay toward the Olympic Mountains.