Editing House of Commons of Canada (section)

=== Chamber design ===
The current and original Canadian House of Commons [[debating chamber|chamber]] was influenced by the [[British House of Commons]] [[debating chamber#rectangular|rectangular layout]] and that of the original [[St Stephen's Chapel]] in the [[Palace of Westminster]].<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/estatehistory/reformation-1834/shaping-the-commons-/ The Commons Chamber in the 16th Century – UK Parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122110858/http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/estatehistory/reformation-1834/shaping-the-commons-/ |date=November 22, 2011 }}. Parliament.uk (April 21, 2010). Retrieved on April 12, 2014.</ref> The difference from the British layout is with the use of individual chairs and tables for members, absent in the British Commons' design.

With the exception of the legislatures in [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Nunavut]] (circular seating), the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]] (circular seating), and [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba|Manitoba]] (U-shaped seating), all other Canadian provincial legislatures share the common design of the Canadian House of Commons.

[[File:Stripped House of Commons, December 2018.jpg|thumb|House of Commons Chamber after desks were removed for renovations, December 2018.]]

The [[Public Works and Government Services Canada|Department of Public Works and Government Services]] undertook work during the 41st Parliament to determine how the seating arrangement could be modified to accommodate the additional 30 seats added in the 2015 election. Ultimately, new "theatre" seats were designed, with five seats in a row at one desk, the seats pulling down for use. Such seat sets now form almost the entire length of the last two rows on each side of the chamber.<ref>{{cite web|last1=O'Mally|first1=Kady|title=House of Commons a no-go zone for tourists this summer|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.2689859|website=CBC.ca|access-date=July 25, 2014|archive-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122081606/http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/1.2689859|url-status=live}}</ref>