Beaverbrook is a suburban neighbourhood in

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in the city of Ottawa,

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, Canada. It is located within the former city of Kanata. Beaverbrook is known for its hedged houses and community facilities. The neighbourhood is bounded by the Kanata North Business Park to the north, March Road to the east, Campeau Drive to the south and Knudson Avenue & Weslock Way to the west. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the total population of the neighbourhood was 5,182.

History

Originally known as Kanata, Beaverbook is the first and oldest residential neighbourhood in Kanata. The area was an agricultural part of

March Township March Township is a geographic township and former municipality originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is currently part of the City of Ottawa. It is located in the western part of the county, bordered to the northwest ...

until the 1960s when developer and planner

Bill Teron William (Bill) Teron, (November 15, 1932 – March 12, 2018) was a Canadian real estate executive who was known as the "Father of Kanata". Born in Gardenton, Manitoba, he moved to Ottawa when he was eighteen. He started his own company, Golde ...

set about creating a planned Garden City community. The first street to be developed was Tiffany Crescent in 1964.

John Mlacak John Mlacak (February 27, 1936http://www.letudiantoutaouais.ca/Culture/2009-11-19/article-1488747/John-Mlacak-:-peintre-et-pionnier-a-Kanata/1 – September 19, 2014) was a Canadian politician and painter. He served as reeve of March Township, O ...

, who was the reeve of

from 1968 to 1976, helped lead the development of Kanata during the 1970s, 1980s and onward.https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/john-mlacak-renowned-former-kanata-politician-dies-at-age- The city centre didn't grow as he had originally planned, but eventually with its residences, hi-tech businesses, and commercial services, in 1978 it was incorporated as the new City of Kanata, which was named after the neighbourhood after a referendum. Beaverbrook is named after

Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics o ...

Schools

* Earl of March Secondary School * Stephen Leacock Public School * W. Erskine Johnston Public School * Roland Michener Public School *

Georges Vanier Catholic School Georges Vanier Catholic School is an elementary school in the community of Beaverbrook, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Next door is the W. Erskine Johnston Public School.) It has classes from junior kindergarten to grade 6. The school is in the Z ...

Notable natives and residents

Terry Matthews Sir Terence Hedley Matthews (born 6 June 1943) is a Welsh-Canadian business magnate, serial high-tech entrepreneur, and Wales' first billionaire. He was the richest man in Wales until 2012, when he was surpassed by Sir Michael Moritz. He h ...

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('' hc'') (born 1943) –

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, chairman of

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Trevor Matthews Trevor Matthews (born July 24, 1982) is a Canadian film producer and actor. He is the youngest son of telecommunications billionaire Terry Matthews, Sir Terry Matthews. Early life Matthews was born in Ottawa and grew up in Kanata, Ontario. He a ...

- Founder & CEO, Brookstreet Pictures *

Marianne Wilkinson Marianne Margaret Wilkinson () is a Canadian local politician and ex-Councillor for Kanata North (Ward 4) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Career Wilkinson was born in Ottawa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Francis Rowe Berton. The family moved ...

- Past Mayor and City Councillor of Kanata North

External links

Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association

References

{{authority control Neighbourhoods in Ottawa