Carleton Heights (French: ''Hauteurs Carleton'') is a neighbourhood in
River Ward
River Ward or Ward 16 (French: ''Quartier Rivière'') is a municipal ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the south central portion of the city, and includes the communities of Carlington, Central Park, Carleton Heights, Mooney's Bay ...
in
Ottawa, Ontario
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,
Canada
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. According to the Carleton Heights and Area Community Association, the neighbourhood is bounded on the north by the
Central Experimental Farm
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, on the east by the
Rideau River
The Rideau River (french: Rivière Rideau) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is .
As explained in a writin ...
, on the south by the junction of
Prince of Wales Drive
Prince of Wales Drive ( Ottawa Road #73) is a road serving Ottawa, Ontario, named after the eponymous road in Battersea, London, U.K. The northern section is a low-speed street running along the west bank of the Rideau River, while southern por ...
and Fisher Avenue and on the west by Fisher Avenue. The neighbourhood is sometimes referred to as Hog's Back after
the nearby falls. The total population of the neighbourhood is 7,586 according to the
Canada 2016 Census
The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census ...
.
Homes were developed after
World War II
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in the main Carleton Heights neighbourhood (then part of
Nepean Township
Nepean Township is a former incorporated and now geographic township in Eastern Ontario, Canada, now part of the City of Ottawa.
Originally known as Township D, it was established in 1792. In 1800, it became part of Carleton County and was incorp ...
), located south of
Meadowlands Drive. Most of these homes were not built until c. 1950. The neighbourhood was originally built for War Veterans, thanks to the
Veterans' Land Act. The houses were small, but were built on large lots (many of which were subdivided in the future). The
Courtland Park
Courtland Park is a sub-neighbourhood of Carleton Heights in River Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the north by Baseline Road, on the east by the Rideau River, on the south by Dynes Road and on the west by Fisher ...
section of the neighbourhood, located north of Dynes North was next to built.
Rideau View, located between Dynes and Meadowlands, and east of Claymor Avenue was built next, in the early 1960s. This area was expanded by the construction of the Debra Dynes Community Housing project, the Prince of Wales Complex and Chateau Royale apartments (east of Prince of Wales) and the
Carleton Square
Carleton Square is a sub-neighbourhood of Carleton Heights in the River Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the west by Fisher Avenue, to the south Meadowlands Drive
Meadowlands Drive (Ottawa Road #51) is a suburban road in Ottaw ...
neighbourhood (west of Claymor) in the early 1970s. Finally, the
Prince of Wales on the Rideau neighbourhood was built in the late 2000s.
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Carleton Heights has a community centre which is adjacent to the Carleton Heights Curling Club and Carleton Heights Public School.
Sub neighbourhoods
*Courtland Park
Courtland Park is a sub-neighbourhood of Carleton Heights in River Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the north by Baseline Road, on the east by the Rideau River, on the south by Dynes Road and on the west by Fisher ...
*Carleton Square
Carleton Square is a sub-neighbourhood of Carleton Heights in the River Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the west by Fisher Avenue, to the south Meadowlands Drive
Meadowlands Drive (Ottawa Road #51) is a suburban road in Ottaw ...
* Rideau View
* Prince of Wales on the Rideau
* Rideauview Terrace
See also
*List of Ottawa neighbourhoods
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 r ...
*Geography of Ottawa This is the outline of the geography of the city of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Ottawa's current borders were formed in 2001, when the former city of Ottawa amalgamated with the ten other municipalities within the former Regional Municipality of ...
References
External links
Carleton Heights and Area
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Neighbourhoods in Ottawa