Woodroffe North (also known as just Woodroffe) is a neighbourhood in

Bay Ward Bay Ward or Ward 7 (French: ''Quartier Baie'') is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. It covers much of the western portion of the old city of Ottawa as well as some portions of what was once Nepean. Th ...

in the west end of

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. It is bounded on the south by Richmond Road on the west by the

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, on the north by the

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and on the east by the northern prolongation of Sherbourne Avenue. Woodroffe North has also been referred to as a community within the neighbourhood of

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(also known as Westboro Village) which claims its western border to be

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 ...

. The Woodroffe North Community includes residents that live on streets West of Woodroffe Avenue. Originally the homes used to be cottages similar to those in

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. Most of the cottages were demolished and changed into houses. Lockhart Avenue is split up at Richmond Road and continues at Byron and ends at Saville Row in front of

Carlingwood Carlingwood is a neighbourhood in Bay Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The neighbourhood is roughly bounded on the north by Richmond Road, on the east by Sherbourne Road, on the south by Carling Avenue and on the west by Woodroff ...

. The total population of the neighbourhood (2011 Census) is 3722.Population calculated by combining Dissemination Areas 35061188, 35061189, 35061191, 35061190 and Census Block 3506118012 The area west of Orchard Avenue is known as

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External links

Woodroffe North Community Association (WNCA)Flickr Photo Page
{{authority control Neighbourhoods in Ottawa

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