Carson Grove is a neighbourhood in the east end of

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. The neighbourhood spans the former Ottawa-

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boundary, which still forms the boundary between

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and

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. The neighbourhood was built in the early 1970s by the

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, and was named for John Carson, an early settler in the region. The neighbourhood was expanded in the mid-1990s with the building of Carson Village, which was developed by the

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. The neighbourhood is roughly bounded on the west by the Aviation Parkway, on the North by

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, on the South by

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and on the east by

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. Some sources give

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as the northern boundary and Bathgate Road as the eastern border. According to the

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, the neighbourhood had a population of 2,918.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

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