Longfields is a neighbourhood in
Barrhaven Ward
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in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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. This recent neighbourhood is located within the growing suburb of
Barrhaven
Barrhaven is a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about southwest of the city's downtown core. Prior to amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001, Barrhaven was part of the City of Nepean. Its population as of the Canada 2021 Census was ...
in the city's southwest and is bordered by Greenbank Road to the west,
Strandherd Drive
Strandherd Drive is a major road serving the community of Barrhaven in southwest Ottawa.
Realignment and extension
Up until the mid-1990s, Strandherd Drive was an east-west coursing road extending from Moodie Drive to Woodroffe Avenue. With the ...
to the south,
Woodroffe Avenue
Woodroffe Avenue ( Ottawa Road #15) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near Ma ...
to the east, the CNR railway on the northwest and Fallowfield Road to the north.
Longfields was mostly built in the early 1990s during a period of major expansion. Barrhaven's most recent high school, Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School, is located in this neighbourhood. Also, a
station in the transitway corridor (also named Longfields) was built and opened in the Spring of 201
http://octranspo.com/mapscheds/Transitway/Transitway_25/Tway_Memories_Background.htm].
There are also plans for major development south of Longfields with a large employment zone as well as a possible expansion of the
O-Train north-south light rail project.
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 ...
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Barrhaven
Barrhaven is a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about southwest of the city's downtown core. Prior to amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001, Barrhaven was part of the City of Nepean. Its population as of the Canada 2021 Census was ...
References
External links
South Nepean Development Plan
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Neighbourhoods in Ottawa