Queen's Gates, Ceremonial entrance gates at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada

The Queen's Gates are two cast iron doors set within a stone fence along Wellington Street, with decorative stone pillars flanking either side. The structure displays Victorian architecture with gothic details that mark the main access point to the parliamentary grounds.

Built in 1872, the Queen's Gates were set into the Wellington Wall between piers designed in the Victorian High Gothic style then fashionable in Canada. By the early 1990s the piers and ironwork had never been properly renovated: road salt, freeze-thaw cycles and pollution had damaged the grout and stone faces. In 1992 Public Works and Government Services Canada began a $5 million restoration of the whole Wellington fence, repointing and stabilising the piers and their foundations and having a blacksmith restore and partly rebuild the gates.

The gates bear the name of the reigning monarch and serve as a symbolic starting point for visitors entering the parliamentary grounds. They mark a threshold between the street and the seat of Canadian government.

The gates are located at street level along Wellington Street, where visitors can view and photograph them from the sidewalk at any time. The area gets busier during peak visiting times, so visiting early in the day often gives a more peaceful experience.

The gates stand on the central axis of the hill's landscaping, lined up with the Centennial Flame and the Peace Tower beyond, so a visitor looking through the ironwork sees the whole ceremonial line of Parliament Hill. The 1992 restoration of the Wellington Wall cost $5 million and included repointing the piers and their foundations.