Centretown is a neighbourhood in
Somerset Ward
Somerset (Ward 14) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on ...
, in central
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the
Rideau Canal, on the south by the
Queensway freeway and on the west by
Bronson Avenue
Bronson Avenue ( Ottawa Road #79) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It starts as a continuation of the Airport Parkway, which is an expressway to the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. It continues past Carl ...
." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the
Rideau Canal, while
Lower Town
Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown" (french: la Basse-Ville) is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest part of the city. It is bounded by Rideau Street to the south, ...
was everything to the east. For certain purposes, such as the census and real estate listings, the
Golden Triangle
Golden Triangle may refer to:
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Asia
* Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), named for its opium production
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* Golden Triangle (India), comprising the popular tourist ...
and/or
Downtown Ottawa
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(between Gloucester/Lisgar and the
Ottawa River) is included in Centretown and it is considered part of Centretown by the Centretown Citizens Community Association as well as being used in this way in casual conversation.
The total population of Centretown (south of Gloucester Street) was 23,823 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. ...
.
[Population is calculated from combining Census Tracts 5050040.00, 5050039.00, 5050038.00, 5050037.0 and 5050049.00]
Centretown is marked by a mix of residential and commercial properties. The main streets such as
Bank Street and
Elgin Street are largely commercial, while the smaller ones, notably MacLaren and Gladstone are more residential. Much of the area still consists of original single family homes, but there are newer infill and town house developments and low-rise and high-rise apartment buildings. A construction boom that began in the late nineties significantly increased the number of condominiums and other residential and commercial high-rise buildings north of Cooper Street.
Landmarks include the
Canadian Museum of Nature,
Dundonald Park
Dundonald Park is located in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It occupies a city block, with Somerset Street West to the north, Bay Street to the west, MacLaren Street to the south, and Lyon Street to the east. It was nam ...
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Jack Purcell Park
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People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
,
McNabb Recreation Centre, the
Ottawa Curling Club
The Ottawa Curling Club is an historic curling club located on O'Connor Street in the Centretown neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest curling club in Ottawa, established in 1851 by Allan Gilmour as the Bytown Curling Club. ...
, the
Sens Mile
Sens () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris.
Sens is a sub-prefecture and the second city of the department, the sixth in the region. It is crossed by the Yonne and ...
and the
Ottawa Central Bus Station
Ottawa Central Station was the main inter-city bus station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was located 1.5 km south of downtown Ottawa in the Centretown neighbourhood and served buses from Greyhound Canada, Ontario Northland and Autobus Gati ...
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Demographics
''According to the
Canada 2006 Census. Defined as the area of Ottawa bounded on the west by Bronson, north by Gloucester Street, east by the Rideau Canal and on the south by the Queensway.''
*Population: 20,513
*Change (2001–2006): -3.1%
*Total Private Dwellings: 14,040
*Land Area: 2.1 km².
*Population density: 9768.1 per km².
Precise numbers are difficult because of the large contingent of transient residents in the neighbourhood, many of whom are students or hill staffers temporarily living in Ottawa.
Mid-Centretown Design Study
In 2009, the City of Ottawa launched a Mid-Centretown Community Design Plan study, which was to cover the area roughly bounded by "Elgin Street on the east, the 417 on the south, Kent Street on the west and the Central Area boundary/Gloucester Street on the north". Since that time, the study has come to encompass the entirety of Centretown. The design plan is targeted for completion in the fall of 2012.
Members of Parliament
The area was represented by two members from 1872 to 1935
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Joseph Merrill Currier
Joseph Merrill Currier (1820 – April 22, 1884) was a Canadian member of parliament and businessman.
Early life and business
He was born in North Troy, Vermont in 1820 and moved to Canada in 1837, where he began work in the timber trade. ...
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Liberal-Conservative
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(1867–1882);
Ottawa (City of)
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It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of th ...
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John Bower Lewis,
Conservative
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(1872–1874); Ottawa (City of)
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Pierre St. Jean
Pierre St-Jean (September 23, 1833 – May 6, 1900) was a Canadians, Canadian doctor and politician.
St-Jean was born in Bytown in 1833. During the 1840s, he established a French language literary society there with J.B. Turgeon. He studie ...
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Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
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* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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(1874–1878); Ottawa (City of)
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Joseph Tassé
Joseph Tassé (23 October 1848 – 17 January 1895) was a Canadian writer, translator, and parliamentarian.
Born in Lower Canada (now part of modern Laval Quebec), Tassé as a young man studied the Classics at the Collège Bourget. Upon ...
, Conservative (1878–1887); Ottawa (City of)
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Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1882–1887); Ottawa (City of)
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W. G. Perley, Conservative (1887–1890); Ottawa (City of)
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Honoré Robillard
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, Liberal-Conservative (1887–1896); Ottawa (City of)
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Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1890–1893); Ottawa (City of)
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James Alexander Grant, Conservative (1893–1896); Ottawa (City of)
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William H. Hutchison, Liberal (1896–1900); Ottawa (City of)
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N. A. Belcourt, Liberal (1896–1907); Ottawa (City of)
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Thomas Birkett
Thomas Birkett (February 1, 1844 – December 2, 1920) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1891 and a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904.
Birkett was born in Bytown (as Ottawa was known t ...
, Conservative (1900–1904); Ottawa (City of)
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Robert Stewart, Liberal (1904–1908); Ottawa (City of)
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J. B. T. Caron, Liberal (1907–1908); Ottawa (City of)
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Wilfrid Laurier
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, Liberal (1908–1910); Ottawa (City of)
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Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1908–1911); Ottawa (City of)
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Albert Allard
Albert Allard (1860 – May 1, 1941) was a Canadian politician and store owner. He was elected in 1910 as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, and a member of the Liberal Party. He served for ...
, Liberal (1910–1911); Ottawa (City of)
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Alfred Ernest Fripp
Alfred Ernest Fripp, KC (June 29, 1866 – March 25, 1938) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Sidney Bowles Fripp, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Ottawa (City ...
, Conservative (1911–1921); Ottawa (City of)
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John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1911–1921); Ottawa (City of)
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Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1921–1925); Ottawa (City of)
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Edgar Rodolphe Chevrier, Liberal (1921–1925); Ottawa (City of)
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Stewart McClenaghan, Conservative (1925–1926); Ottawa (City of)
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John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1925–1926); Ottawa (City of)
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Edgar Rodolphe Chevrier, Liberal (1926–1935); Ottawa (City of)
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Gordon Cameron Edwards
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The son of John Cameron Edwards and Margaret Cameron, and a ne ...
, Liberal (1926–1930); Ottawa (City of)
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Thomas Franklin Ahearn
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, Liberal (1930–1940); Ottawa (City of) to 1935.
Ottawa West
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from 1935
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George McIlraith
George James McIlraith, (July 29, 1908 – August 19, 1992) was a lawyer and Canadian Parliamentarian.
The son of James McIlraith and Kate McLeod, he was educated at Osgoode Hall and practised law in Ottawa. In 1935, he married Margaret Summ ...
, Liberal (1940–1972); Ottawa West to 1968.
Ottawa Centre
Ottawa Centre (french: Ottawa-Centre) is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. While the riding's boundaries (mainly to the south and west as the north a ...
from 1968
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Hugh Poulin
Fabian Hugh Poulin (9 February 1931 – 12 October 2018) was a lawyer, judge, and former Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
He was first elected at the Ottawa Centre riding in the 1972 general election, then re-elected th ...
, Liberal (1973–1978); Ottawa Centre
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Robert de Cotret
Jean Robert René de Cotret, (February 20, 1944 – July 9, 1999) was a Canadian politician.
Robert de Cotret was the President and CEO of The Conference Board of Canada from 1976-78 before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada i ...
,
Progressive Conservative (1978–1979); Ottawa Centre
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John Evans, Liberal (1979–1984); Ottawa Centre
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Michael Cassidy,
NDP
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Computing
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* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National ...
(1984–1988); Ottawa Centre
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Mac Harb
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, Liberal (1988–2003); Ottawa Centre
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Ed Broadbent
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, NDP (2004–2005); Ottawa Centre
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Paul Dewar
Paul Wilson Dewar (January 25, 1963 – February 6, 2019) was a Canadian educator and politician from Ottawa, Ontario. He was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Ottawa Centre.
Dewar was first elected to ...
, NDP (2006–2015); Ottawa Centre
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Catherine McKenna
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, Liberal (2015–2021); Ottawa Centre
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Yasir Naqvi
Yasir Abbas Naqvi (born January 25, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa Centre since the 2021 federal election, sitting as a Liberal. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Naqvi wa ...
, Liberal (2021-Present); Ottawa Centre
Centretown churches
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Centretown United Church
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Church of St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
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First United Church
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Holy Korean Martyrs Parish
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Metropolitan Bible Church
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Salvation Army Gladstone Community Church
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St. George's Anglican Church
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St Patrick's Basilica
Centretown embassies
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Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa
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Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa
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Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Ottawa
This is a list of the diplomatic missions (including embassies, high commissions and Apostolic Nunciatures) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Diplomatic missions in Ottawa
Countries without an embassy in Ottawa
* Andorra, U.N. Mission in New Yo ...
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Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Ottawa
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Embassy of Iran in Ottawa
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Embassy of Iraq in Ottawa
The Embassy of Iraq, Ottawa is the embassy of Iraq in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 189 Laurier Ave. East.
History
In the 1980s, the embassy was best known for its gala party held each year at the Chateau Laurier to celebrate Ira ...
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Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar in Ottawa
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High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Ottawa
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Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Ottawa
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Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Ottawa
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Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Ottawa
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Embassy of El Salvador in Ottawa
This is a list of the diplomatic missions (including embassies, high commissions and Apostolic Nunciatures) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Diplomatic missions in Ottawa
Countries without an embassy in Ottawa
* Andorra, U.N. Mission in New Yo ...
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Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa
See also
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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 ...
References
;Bibliography
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External links
Centretown History: Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit
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Neighbourhoods in Ottawa