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In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
In 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, part of the maternity ward on the third floor of Ottawa’s Civic Hospital was declared “extraterritorial” — no longer part of Canada — to clear the way for the birth of a Dutch princess.
Members of the Dutch royal family had come to Canada in the 1940s to escape the Nazi occupation of Holland. In January 1943, Princess Juliana, suffering from mumps as well as the final days of pregnancy, entered the Civic Hospital where Princess Margriet Francisca was born. Margriet, Juliana’s third daughter, remains the only princess born in North America. Parts of the hospital’s maternity ward were declared extraterritorial in order to ensure the baby princess would be Dutch, and not Canadian.
— Elizabeth Payne
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In 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, part of the maternity ward on the third floor of Ottawa’s Civic Hospital was declared “extraterritorial” — no longer part of Canada — to clear the way for the birth of a Dutch princess.
Members of the Dutch royal family had come to Canada in the 1940s to escape the Nazi occupation of Holland. In January 1943, Princess Juliana, suffering from mumps as well as the final days of pregnancy, entered the Civic Hospital where Princess Margriet Francisca was born. Margriet, Juliana’s third daughter, remains the only princess born in North America. Parts of the hospital’s maternity ward were declared extraterritorial in order to ensure the baby princess would be Dutch, and not Canadian.
— Elizabeth Payne
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