Downtown St. John's

Downtown St. John's
Neighbourhood
Downtown St. John's seen from Signal Hill
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
City	St. John's
Ward	2
Government
• Administrative body	St. John's City Council
• Councillor	Frank Galgay
Population
• Total	10,025
Website	http://downtownstjohns.com/

Downtown St. John's is the historic core and central business district of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located north of St. John's harbour, it is the business, entertainment, and tourism centre with office buildings, hotels, restaurants, and other services.

The historic boundaries of downtown St. John's is usually thought to start at the harbour extend north to Duckworth Street and is bounded by Patrick Street in the west and Empire Avenue in the east. In recent years the boundaries of downtown have extended further north and usually take in Military Road and LeMarchant Road or as far Merrymeeting Road.

Downtown St. John's is the central business district for the city and is the centre of the oil and gas industry in Eastern Canada. ExxonMobil Canada has its headquarters in the Cabot Building on New Gower Street, as well Chevron, Statoil and Suncor Energy along with other oil and gas companies have major operations downtown.Fortis Inc. have their headquarters in the Fortis Building on Water Street and they own and operate several of the office buildings and hotels downtown. All of the Big Five Canadian banks have operations in the downtown core as well.

St. John's is the oldest city in North America, which has meant that many buildings throughout the city, specifically in the downtown core, have been designated by either the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada or the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador as Historic Places.

Downtown features some of the finest shopping in the city available with fashionable clothing boutiques for men and women, and unique specialty stores. Art galleries, bookstores and music stores featuring the work of local artists are scattered throughout the downtown area.