The actual site of Parliament shifted on a regular basis : From 1841 to 1844 , it sat in Kingston , where the present Kingston General Hospital now stands ; from 1844 until the 1849 fire that destroyed the building , the legislature was in Montreal ; and , after a few years of alternating between Toronto and Quebec City , the legislature was finally moved to Ottawa in 1856 , in 1857
1849 fire that destroyed the building
Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
Parliament of Canada