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, in the former city of

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to the north, Uplands Drive to the east, and the

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to the south and west. The neighbourhood is adjacent to the military community living at

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, which was a large air force base in the 1960s and which still contains residential housing for military members. The neighbourhood was first built around 1940. The neighbourhood was expanded eastward in the early 1960s. A newer neighbourhood named Wisteria Park was built around 2006 north of Uplands off of Hunt Club. Wisteria Park maintains its own community association. The total population of Uplands, including Wisteria Park was 1,581 (

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).Population calculated by combining dissemination areas 35060565, 35060564, 35060563, 35060562 and dissemination block 35060823021.

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