Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central

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, 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

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, 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

, while

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was everything to the east. For certain purposes, such as the census and real estate listings, the

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and/or Downtown Ottawa (between Gloucester/Lisgar and the

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) 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

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.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

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, Dundonald Park, Jack Purcell Park, McNabb Recreation Centre, the Ottawa Curling Club, the Sens Mile and the Ottawa Central Bus Station.

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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(1867–1882);

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John Bower Lewis John Bower Lewis, (March 18, 1817 – January 24, 1874) was the second mayor of Bytown in 1848, the first mayor of Ottawa from 1855 to 1857, and a member of the 2nd Canadian Parliament from 1872 to 1873. He was born in Paris, France in ...

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(1872–1874); Ottawa (City of) # Pierre St. Jean, Liberal (1874–1878); Ottawa (City of) #

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, Conservative (1878–1887); Ottawa (City of) # Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1882–1887); Ottawa (City of) # W. G. Perley, Conservative (1887–1890); Ottawa (City of) # Honoré Robillard, Liberal-Conservative (1887–1896); Ottawa (City of) # Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1890–1893); Ottawa (City of) # James Alexander Grant, Conservative (1893–1896); Ottawa (City of) # William H. Hutchison, Liberal (1896–1900); Ottawa (City of) # N. A. Belcourt, Liberal (1896–1907); Ottawa (City of) #

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, Conservative (1900–1904); Ottawa (City of) # Robert Stewart, Liberal (1904–1908); Ottawa (City of) # J. B. T. Caron, Liberal (1907–1908); Ottawa (City of) #Sir

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, Liberal (1908–1910); Ottawa (City of) # Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1908–1911); Ottawa (City of) # Albert Allard, Liberal (1910–1911); Ottawa (City of) # Alfred Ernest Fripp, Conservative (1911–1921); Ottawa (City of) # John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1911–1921); Ottawa (City of) # Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1921–1925); Ottawa (City of) # Edgar Rodolphe Chevrier, Liberal (1921–1925); Ottawa (City of) # Stewart McClenaghan, Conservative (1925–1926); Ottawa (City of) # John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1925–1926); Ottawa (City of) # Edgar Rodolphe Chevrier, Liberal (1926–1935); Ottawa (City of) # Gordon Cameron Edwards, Liberal (1926–1930); Ottawa (City of) # Thomas Franklin Ahearn, Liberal (1930–1940); Ottawa (City of) to 1935.

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from 1935 #

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, Liberal (1940–1972); Ottawa West to 1968.

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from 1968 # Hugh Poulin, Liberal (1973–1978); Ottawa Centre # Robert de Cotret, Progressive Conservative (1978–1979); Ottawa Centre # John Evans, Liberal (1979–1984); Ottawa Centre # Michael Cassidy, NDP (1984–1988); Ottawa Centre # Mac Harb, Liberal (1988–2003); Ottawa Centre # Ed Broadbent, NDP (2004–2005); Ottawa Centre # Paul Dewar, NDP (2006–2015); Ottawa Centre # Catherine McKenna, Liberal (2015–2021); Ottawa Centre # Yasir Naqvi, Liberal (2021-Present); Ottawa Centre

Centretown churches

* Centretown United Church * Church of St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr *

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* First United Church * Holy Korean Martyrs Parish * Metropolitan Bible Church * Salvation Army Gladstone Community Church * St. George's Anglican Church * St Patrick's Basilica

Centretown embassies

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References

;Bibliography *

External links

Centretown History: Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit
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