Kanata—Carleton (provincial Electoral District)
Kanata—Carleton is a provincial Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario which was first contested in the 42nd Ontario general election, 2018 provincial election. History The riding was created federally with the 2012 redistribution process. That same process was announced by the Ontario government, meaning the provincial ridings will follow a similar boundary division for the 42nd Ontario general election, 2018 provincial election. The new riding contains almost all of the portion of the former Carleton—Mississippi Mills (provincial electoral district), Carleton—Mississippi Mills located in Ottawa, except for the portion south of Ontario Highway 7, Highway 7/Ontario Highway 417, Highway 417 that transferred Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district), Carleton. A small fraction came from Nepean—Carleton (provincial electoral district), Nepean—Carleton surrounding the Bridlewood, Ottawa, Bridlewood neighbourhood. Its first MPP, Merril ...
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Carp, Ontario
Carp is a compact rural community in West Carleton-March Ward in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located in the northwestern portion of the municipality on the Carp River. It is about from downtown Ottawa. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, Carp was located in the West Carleton Township. Carp is located in the Kanata federal electoral riding and the Kanata—Carleton provincial electoral riding. According to the Canada 2011 Census, 1,965 people lived in the area around Carp (Craig Sideroad/Murphy Sideroad on the north, former Township limits on the east, March Road on the south and Thomas Argue Road on the west) History By 1866, Carp was a post village with a population of 200 of the Township of Huntley on the Carp river, from Ottawa. The village contained three stores, workshops, three hotels, and a town hall. The Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 439, met at the Orange Hall Carp on the first Wednesday in each month. Citizens included J. W. Featherston, general merchant and po ...
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Liberal Party Of Ontario
The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; , PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by Bonnie Crombie since December 2023. The party espouses the principles of liberalism, with their rival the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Progressive Conservative Party positioned to the Right-wing politics, right and the Ontario New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party (who at times aligned itself with the Liberals during minority governments), positioned to their Left-wing politics, left. The party has strong informal ties to the Liberal Party of Canada, but the two parties are organizationally independent and have separate, though overlapping, memberships. The provincial party and the Ontario wing of the federal party were organizationally one entity until members voted to split in 1976. The Liberals lost official party status in the 2018 Ontario general election, 2018 Ontario provincial election; they had fallen to only seven seats, the wo ...
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Progressive Conservative Party Of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC; ), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party, or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada. During its uninterrupted governance from 1943 to 1985, the Ontario PC Party adhered to the ideology of Red Toryism, favouring government intervention in the economy, increased spending on infrastructure, education and health care and being progressive on social issues such as equal pay for women, anti-discrimination laws, voting rights for First Nations in Canada, First Nations people and Franco-Ontarians, French-language services. In the 1990s, the party underwent a shift to Blue Toryism after the election of Mike Harris as leader, who was Premier of Ontario, premier from 1995 to 2002 and favoured a "Common Sense Revolution" platform of cutting taxes and government spending while balanced budget, balancing the budget through small government. The PCs lost po ...
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2014 Ontario General Election
The 2014 Ontario general election was held on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The Ontario Liberal Party, Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, legislature, allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne, to continue as Premier of Ontario, premier, moving from a Minority government, minority to majority government. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 Ontario general election, 2003 and an improvement from their performance in 2011 Ontario general election, the 2011 election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak were returned to the official opposition; following the election loss, Hudak announced his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader. The Ontario New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath remained in third place, albeit with an improved share of the popular vote. The election was called on May 2, 2014, by Lieut ...
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Kanata—Carleton 2022 Polling Division Map Winner
Kanata—Carleton could refer to: *Kanata—Carleton (federal electoral district) *Kanata—Carleton (provincial electoral district) Kanata—Carleton is a provincial Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario which was first contested in the 42nd Ontario general election, 2018 provincial election. History The riding was created federally with the 2 ...

Kanata—Carleton 2025 Polling Division Map Winner
Kanata—Carleton could refer to: *Kanata—Carleton (federal electoral district) *Kanata—Carleton (provincial electoral district) Kanata—Carleton is a provincial Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario which was first contested in the 42nd Ontario general election, 2018 provincial election. History The riding was created federally with the 2 ...

Marathon Village
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions. More than 800 marathons are held worldwide each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants. A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens. The distance did not become standardized until 1921. The distance is also included in the World Athletics Championships, which began in 1983. It is the only running road race included in both championship competitions (walking races on the roads are also contested in both). History Origin The name ''Marathon'' comes from the legend of Pheidippides, the Gree ...
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Galetta, Ontario
Galetta is a dispersed rural community in West Carleton-March Ward in rural western Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Mississippi River near its mouth in the Ottawa River. Once part of Fitzroy Township and later West Carleton, it is now part of the city of Ottawa. According to the Canada 2021 Census, the population of Galetta's Dissemination Area was 556, which also includes nearby communities Vydon Acres, Marshall Bay and part of Mohr Corners. History The area was first settled in 1823. It was originally named Hubbell's Falls after James Hubbell. The Post Office was established in 1850, and was kept at Riddle's or Mohr's Corners, James Riddle served as postmaster in 1866. By 1866, Hubbell's Falls was a village with a population of about 200 in the township of Fitzroy, on the Mississippi river. The river here has a fall of twenty feet. It contained a school, with an average attendance of forty.five pupils. It was renamed Steen's Falls after James Steen who bui ...
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Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario
Fitzroy Harbour is a small village within the city of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River at the mouth of the Carp River. A branch of the Mississippi River, known as the Snye, also empties into the Ottawa to the west of the village. Fitzroy Provincial Park is located nearby. The village has one school located within it, St. Michael's Catholic school. Fitzroy Harbour Public School was closed in 2006. There are also two churches: St Michael's (Roman Catholic) and St. Andrew's (United). St. George's (Anglican) was closed in 2022. History The town was founded by Charles Shirreff in 1831. There was a waterfall known as Chats Falls on the river Ottawa River, later replaced by a hydroelectric power station and dam, currently operated by Ontario Power Generation Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and "government business enterprise" that is responsible for approximately half of the electricit ...
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