List of neighbourhoods in Ottawa

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This is a list of neighbourhoods and outlying communities within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In 2001, the old city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, along with the systems and infrastructure of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, to become one municipality. The city is now organized into 23 wards.

Old City of Ottawa[]

Map of the east end of Downtown Ottawa

Central Ottawa[]

East end[]

South end[]

West end[]

Gloucester[]

Kanata[]

Nepean[]

Cumberland[]

Goulbourn[]

Osgoode Township[]

Rideau[]

Marlborough[]

North Gower[]

West Carleton[]

Fitzroy[]

  • Antrim
  • Fitzroy Harbour
  • Galetta

Huntley[]

Torbolton[]

Business improvement areas[]

Historical neighbourhoods[]

Map of the City of Ottawa Insurance Plan, 1888-1901 with business names and locations indicated

Ottawa - Central End[]

  • Ashburnham - residential area downtown, bordered by Wellington St, Lyon St., Laurier Ave. and the Lebreton Aqueduct
  • Mount Sherwood - 19th-century community located around where the Adult High School on Gladstone is today
  • Nanny Goat Hill - 19th-century community today part of the LeBreton Flats, located at the foot of the eponymous Nanny Goat Hill
  • Parkview - today part of The Glebe
  • Rideauville - today part of Old Ottawa South
  • Rochesterville - today makes up Centretown West
  • Stewarton - today makes up The Glebe and Centretown

Ottawa - East End[]

  • Clandeboye - today part of Vanier
  • Clarkstown - today part of Vanier
  • Cummings Bridge - today part of Vanier
  • Eastview Centre - today part of Vanier
  • Finter - today part of Viscount Alexander Park
  • Village of Gloucester - today part of the Lindenlea neighbourhood south of New Edinburgh
  • Janeville - see Vanier
  • Rockcliffe Annex - today part of Viscount Alexander Park
  • Rockville - also known as Rock Village, this neighbourhood developed around Gloucester Quarries opened by Antoine Robillard on Montreal Road

Ottawa - South End[]

  • Bowesville - today part of the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
  • Brookfield - today part of Riverside Park
  • Chaudiere Junction - Railway junction near Bank and Walkley
  • Gateville - located just south of Billings Bridge
  • Gloucester Station - located near High Road and Earl Armstrong Road
  • Hawthorne - Hawthorne & Russell Road, today close to Hawthorne Meadows
  • Hurdman Bridge - area near Hurdman Station
  • Willowdale - today part of the Eastway Gardens neighbourhood

Ottawa - West End[]

  • Bayswater - today part of the Hintonburg neighbourhood
  • Baytown - today part of the Westboro neighbourhood
  • Birchton - today part of the Westboro neighbourhood
  • Britanniaville - included what is today the neighbourhoods of Britannia and Britannia Bay
  • Evansville - today located in the neighbourhood of Carlington
  • McLeansville - today part of Tunney's Pasture
  • Merivale Village - today part of Carlington
  • Nepeanville - located where the Central Experimental Farm is today

Ottawa - Others[]

  • Bells Corners Station - close to Highway 416 and Baseline Road
  • Blackburn - today part of Blackburn Hamlet
  • Blackburn Station - area near Anderson Road and Renaud Road
  • Cathartic - also known as Eastman's Springs; see Carlsbad Springs.
  • Daniston - today part of Orleans
  • Eagleson Corners - today part of Kanata
  • Fallowfield Station - area near Cedarview Road and Strandherd Drive. Not to be confused with the current Fallowfield Station
  • Federal Station - Prince of Wales Dr and Colonnade Road area
  • Graham Bay Station - area near Richmond Road and Highway 417
  • Hazeldean - today part of Katimavik-Hazeldean, Kanata
  • Long Island Village - located opposite the north end of near the community of Manotick
  • Merivale Station - area near Fallowfield Station
  • St. Joseph - see Orleans
  • Wellington - see Kars

Main communities[]

This is a list of the main communities in the Ottawa area along with population numbers.

Greater areas and CMAs[]

National Capital Region by SPOT Satellite in 2003
  • Greater Ottawa-Gatineau Area population, year-end 2006: (pop. 1,316,830)[1]
  • Ottawa-Gatineau CMA, mid-2006: (pop. 1,158,314)[1]

Cities[]

  • Ottawa - (pop. 877,280)[1]
  • Gatineau - (pop. 242,124)[2]
Former cities
  • Ottawa (pop. 382,076) (Downtown Ottawa, The Glebe, Centretown, Lower Town, Sandy Hill, Billings Bridge)
  • Cumberland (pop. 52,430) (former township, became city in 1999)
  • Gloucester (pop. 110,264) (former township, became city in 1981)
  • Kanata (pop. 90,000) (merger of March, parts of Goulbourn and parts of Nepean)
  • Nepean (pop. 124,878) (former township, became city in 1978)
  • Vanier (pop. 17,632) (formerly known as Eastview)
Former villages
  • Rockcliffe Park (pop. 1,927)
Former townships

Other main suburban areas[]

  • Orleans (pop. 100,000) (located in the former cities of Cumberland and Gloucester)
  • Barrhaven (pop. 70,000) (located in the former city of Nepean)
  • Stittsville (pop. 18,913) (located in the former township of Goulbourn)
  • Bells Corners (pop. 9,720)
  • Blackburn Hamlet (pop. 8,955)
  • Hunt Club (pop. 13,000)
  • Morgan's Grant (pop. 8,000)
  • Riverside South (pop. 8,000)
  • Riverview (pop. 11,704)

Rural villages and hamlets[]

  • Dalmeny, Ontario (pop. unknown)
  • Antrim (pop. unknown)
  • Corkery (pop. unknown)
  • Dwyer Hill (pop. unknown)
  • Burritts Rapids (pop. 100)
  • Ashton (pop. 108)
  • Galetta (pop. 177)
  • Dunrobin (pop. 288)
  • (pop. 288)
  • Kenmore (pop. 321)
  • Fallowfield (pop. 366)
  • Edwards (pop. 402)
  • Sarsfield (pop. 474)
  • Vernon (pop. 597)
  • Kars (pop. 648)
  • Fitzroy Harbour (pop. 654)
  • Marionville (pop est. 900)
  • Vars (pop. 981)
  • Munster (pop. 1,320)
  • Carp (pop. 1,416)
  • Navan (pop. 1,593)
  • North Gower (pop. 1,749)
  • Cumberland (pop. 1,884)
  • Metcalfe (pop. 2,070)
  • Constance Bay (pop. 2,619)
  • Osgoode (pop. 2,784)
  • Richmond (pop. 3,301)
  • Greely (pop. 4,395)
  • Manotick (pop. 7,545)
  • Carlsbad Springs (pop. 916)
  • Piperville (pop. 593)

See also[]

  • List of roads in Ottawa

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Population" (PDF). Annual Development Report 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  2. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". 2006 Canadian Census. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

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