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The Diefenbunker is a once-top secret, four-storey underground bunker, now a museum and national historic site. Tours, exhibitions, escape rooms, and more!
The Diefenbunker, formerly known by its military designation, Canadian Forces Station Carp (CFS Carp), is a large underground four-storey reinforced concrete bunker and nuclear fallout shelter located in the rural area of Carp, Ontario approximately 30 km (19 mi) west of downtown Ottawa.
Learn more about the Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum and its role during a critical period in recent world history.
Plan your visit to the Diefenbunker with information on hours, admission, booking tours, directions, and parking.
Diefenbunker, Canada's Cold War Museum. The "Diefenbunker" is an underground bunker designed to withstand the force of a nuclear blast. It was built in Carp, Ontario, during a peak in Cold War tensions between 1959 and 1961, and named after then-Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
Jan 22, 2021 · The Diefenbunker was built between 1959 and 1961 "to protect key Canadian officials in the event of a nuclear war," according to its website. It was nicknamed for John Diefenbaker, the Canadian...
When you visit the Diefenbunker, you are stepping into history. The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum is a four-storey, 100,000-square-foot underground bunker, built during the Cold War to protect Canada’s top officials in the event of a nuclear attack.
Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. 7,013 likes · 154 talking about this. 📍Ottawa’s immersive history destination. ☢️ A four-storey underground Cold War communications HQ, 🏛 Now...
Jan 25, 2023 · But it came to be known as the Diefenbunker after John Diefenbaker, the prime minister who commissioned it, more as a form of mockery than in his honor.
The Diefenbunker aims to increase, throughout Canada and the world, interest in and a critical understanding of the Cold War, by preserving the Diefenbunker as a national historic site, and operating a Cold War museum. The museum holds over 11,000 3-D and 2-D artifacts relevant to Canada's Cold War history, spanning between 1945 and 1991.
