Kent Street is a major street

Street

A street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...

 in downtown Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada

Canada

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. One block west of Bank Street

Bank Street (Ottawa)

Bank Street is the major north-south road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa, south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown, The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Alta Vista, Hunt Club, and then through the villages of Blossom Park, Leitrim, South...

, Kent is one way running north. It begins at the Queensway

Queensway (Ottawa)

The Queensway is a major controlled-access freeway running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from Kanata in the west to Orleans in the east. It is the primary east-west transportation artery in the Ottawa-Gatineau area....

 at the south and ends at Wellington Street

Wellington Street (Ottawa)

Wellington Street is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in 1826 Wellington Street (French: Rue Wellington) is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in...

. The street has fewer storefronts than Bank Street. South of downtown it is mainly small and medium sized office buildings, with some restaurants and residences. The northern part of the street is home to several large office towers, mainly governmental. It was originally known as Hugh Street.

Some of the buildings or other key sites located along Kent Street (although the address is not necessarily registered on it) includes:

• Supreme Court of Canada
  Supreme Court of Canada
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  , located north of Wellington Street
  Wellington Street (Ottawa)
  Wellington Street is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in 1826 Wellington Street (French: Rue Wellington) is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in...
  
  
• East Memorial Building
• Sparks Street Mall, although not the commercial core
• C.D. Howe Building (at Queen Street)
• Place de Ville
  Place de Ville
  Place de Ville is a complex of office towers in downtown Ottawa. It currently consists of four buildings, Place de Ville A, B, and C, and the 'Podium' building, two large hotels, and the city's largest underground parking garage. The buildings are linked by an underground shopping complex...
  
   (towers A & B)
• Ottawa Marriott
  Marriott International
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   Hotel
• Minto Place (last tower
• Jean Edmonds Towers (east side between Slater and Laurier)
• Constitution Square
  Constitution Square (Ottawa)
  Constitution Square is a three-tower office complex, located in downtown Ottawa, Ontario at 340-360 Albert Street. It is home to a variety of businesses, organizations and embassies....
  
   (west side between Albert and Slater)
• St. Patrick's Basilica,
• Ottawa Central Bus Station, located near Highway 417
  Highway 417 (Ontario)
  King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...