The Farm, Official residence in Gatineau Park, Canada

The Farm is a two-storey white clapboard house with a steep dark shingled roof, two brick chimneys and two gabled dormers. A central rounded entry portico with glass-panelled doors and sidelights faces the drive; a single-storey wing with a flat-roofed porch on four columns extends to the left. The residence and its 1.74 hectares of grounds stand in Gatineau Park at Kingsmere.

The house began as part of a farmstead built by settler Henry Fleury in the mid-19th century. William Lyon Mackenzie King, the 10th prime minister, bought the farmstead in 1927 for his Kingsmere Lake estate and renovated it in 1935 as a summer home, adding two wings, heating and indoor plumbing. King died there on July 22, 1950, and in 1955 the house was designated the Speaker of the House of Commons' residence.

The house is named simply The Farm, or La Ferme in French, recalling its origins as Henry Fleury's farmstead. Since 1955 it has served as the Speaker of the House of Commons' official residence, while the Speaker also keeps a two-room apartment in Centre Block on Parliament Hill. The 1.74-hectare grounds are closed to the public.

The residence and its 1.74 hectares of grounds are not open to the public, so the house and gardens cannot be visited. The Speaker of the House of Commons also has a two-room apartment in Centre Block on Parliament Hill. The National Capital Commission has managed and maintained the property since 1986.

King's will left his entire Kingsmere estate "to the government and people of Canada" and asked that the house serve future prime ministers. Because 24 Sussex Drive was already the prime minister's residence, the Farm was assigned to the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1955 instead.