City View (also known as St. Claire Gardens) is a neighbourhood in
College Ward
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in the west end of the city of
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,
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, Canada. It is located within the former city of
Nepean.
Most of the homes in it were built from the 1930s to the 1960s. By the 2000s some of the home were demolished and built into new ones; and they still are today.
The area existed as a
police village from 1954 to 1974. Its boundaries at the time were:
*North: the former Ottawa city limits (parallel to
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) to the north;
*East: Clyde Avenue until its intersection with Merivale, then east to a line behind the homes on the east side Gibey Dr then south to Capilano Dr then west to Merivale then south to the southern boundary;
*South:
Meadowlands Drive
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*West: The now in-filled section of Pinecrest creek behind the homes on the west side of Thatcher Street to David Dr and continuing east in a straight line past Withrow Avenue until what is now Lentini Way and then due north along the eastern boundary of what is now
Algonquin College
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.
Due to its older history, the neighbourhood is set up with a grid pattern of streets.
According to the
Canada 2011 Census, the population of this area was approximately 3,321.
[Population calculated by combining Dissemination areas 35060455, 35060456, 35060457, and 35060458 with Census Blocks 3506046805, 3506045908, 3506045909, 3506045907, 3506045906, 3506045901, 3506045902, 3506109710, 3506109705, 3506046603, 3506046608, 3506046609, 3506046501, 3506046502, 3506046503, 3506045905, 3506045904, 3506045903, 3506046004, 3506046002, 3506046012]
The neighbourhood is right next to Algonquin College, and contains Elizabeth Wynwood High School. It contains a number of small parks; St. Nicholas Park, Starwood Park, City View Park and Doug Frobel Park. The neighbourhood also contains the
Nepean Museum. The City View Curling Club is on the other side of Merivale on Capilano Drive.
References
External links
*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~oncarlet/people-municipalhistory.html
Neighbourhoods in Ottawa
Former municipalities now in Ottawa
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