President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau at Rideau Cottage.

Joe Biden addressing Parliament, attending gala dinne

On Thursday and Friday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will be in Ottawa for meetings, to speak to Parliament, and to attend a gala dinner.

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He is the first sitting American president to visit Canada’s capital since Barack Obama did so in June 2016. Later that year, as his time as vice president was coming to an end, Biden went to Ottawa.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started more than three years ago, these in-person visits have become less common. A visit from the U.S. president is one of the most well-known and disruptive foreign dignitaries to come to the capital.

This is what this visit was like.

Workers set up a temporary fence in front of a legislature.Someone in a winter coat crosses a rainy street. Two police vehicles and a dump truck are in the background.A woman waves a U.S. and Canadian flag across the street from protesters near the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa.A large blue and white plane on a runway in fog.A police or security officer points from a roof.A black car moves past a restaurant in a mall. There's a bit of motion blur.A line of police officers on horseback in a snowy city park.Cookies decorated with U.S. and Canada flags are on display at a bakery in Ottawa.One politician welcomes another into his home.A single-file line of people along a temporary fence that blocks a road.Two women listen to someone talk about curling next to a rink.