The Golden Triangle is a sub-neighbourhood of Centretown 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 Ot ...

in central Ottawa, Ontario,

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. It borders Elgin Street, at its west, and the

Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston. It is 202 kilometres long. The name ''Rideau'', French for "curtain", ...

, at its east. The Ottawa City Hall is to its north and the Elgin Street Police Station to its south. According to the

2016 Canada 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. ...

, the total population for this area was 5,778.Population calculated by combining Census Tract 0049.00 with Dissemination Block 35060338048 and Dissemination Areas 35060334, 35061716, 35061718, and 35060325 It is dominated by large single-family homes although many have since been subdivided, but it contains some condominiums and small apartment buildings. Its main western thoroughfare, Elgin Street (nicknamed " Sens Mile"), is home to boutiques and galleries, and it is surrounded by restaurants, cafes, bars, and nightclubs. Its eastern thoroughfare,

Queen Elizabeth Driveway Queen Elizabeth Driveway is a scenic parkway in Ottawa, Canada, that runs along the western edge of the Rideau Canal. It runs from Laurier Avenue (Ottawa), Laurier Avenue in the north to Dow's Lake where it turns into Prince of Wales Drive (Ottawa ...

, runs along the western edge of the Rideau Canal. Along the entire length of Queen Elizabeth Driveway is a multi-use

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, which is part of the

Capital Pathway The Capital Pathway, also known informally as the Bike Path, is a recreational pathway interlinking many parks, waterways and sites in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. Most of the pathway is paved, and allows an almost continuous route ...

system. A series of explosions in the sewers caused property damage throughout the area on May 29, 1929. Golden Triangle, Ottawa buildings

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Neighbourhoods in Ottawa Shopping districts and streets in Canada {{ottawa-stub

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