Figure G: Location and use of caucus rooms — February to June 1999

Building	Room	Area	Caucus	Number of caucuses held	Comments
Centre Block	112-N	100m2 (1,100 sq.ft.)	Liberal Rural	25	Room shut down for 2 years during the construction of CBUS, explaining low occupancy. Prime location and good size are key advantages of room.
	237-C	250m2 (2,700 sq.ft)	National Liberal	19	One of the largest rooms with best location. Considered to be prime caucus space.
	238-S	100m2 (1,100 sq.ft.)	National Liberal	*	Opens up into 237-C and acts as antechamber to the caucus meeting. A number of telephones are installed in that room for MPs to use during National Caucus meetings (requirement particular to this caucus).
			Liberal Manitoba	15
			Liberal National Capital Region	15
			Liberal National Children	15
	253-D	250m2 (2,700 sq.ft)	Liberal Ontario	19	One of the largest rooms, not used by a national caucus as adjacent room (256-S) does not belong to the HoC.
	340-S	100m2 (1,100 sq.ft.)	Bloc Québécois Planning	47	Under jurisdiction of the Privy Council.
			Liberal South Western	15
	160-S	N/A	Liberal Quebec	14	Belongs to the Senate, used by a regional caucus.
	172-E	N/A	Liberal Hamilton Niagara	14	Belongs to the Senate, used by a regional caucus.
	356-S	N/A	Liberal North Western	14	Belongs to the Senate, used by a regional caucus.
	263-S	N/A	Liberal Atlantic	13	Belongs to the Senate, used by a regional caucus.
	256-S	N/A	National Progressive Conservative	15	Belongs to the Senate, used by a regional caucus.
West Block	208, 209, 269		National Bloc Québécois	17	The rooms 208, 209, and 269 are used together to create a space large enough to hold all members because a single large room is not available.
	208	70 m2 (775 sq.ft.)	Liberal Greater Toronto	19
	209	175m2 (1,900 sq.ft.)
	269	150m2 (1,600 sq.ft.)	Liberal Economic Development	16
	306, 307, 308		National Reform	23	The rooms 306, 307, and 308 are used together to create a space large enough to hold all members because a single large room is not available.
	306	60m2 (650 sq.ft)	Liberal Northern Ontario	19
	307	70m2 (785 sq.ft)	Liberal Ontario Executive	19
	308	175m2 (1,900 sq.ft)
	371	150m2 (1,600 sq.ft)	National NDP	21
			NDP Nova Scotia	20
East Block	362	150m2 (1,600 sq.ft)	Progressive Conservative Staff	19
Confederation Building	300	40m2 (460 sq.ft.)	Liberal Atlantic	5	This room has recently been allocated to for use by the HoC and is considered to be a small meeting room.
Total	19 Rooms			418	19 rooms are used for caucuses — only 12 are under jurisdiction of the House of Commons.

Note: N/A = data not available.

* Used as antechamber