Uplands, also known as Elizabeth Park or Airport-Uplands is a neighbourhood in
Gloucester-Southgate Ward
Gloucester-Southgate Ward (Ward 10) is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's south end, the ward includes Gloucester Glen east of the Rideau River, most of the Ottawa International Airport, CFSU Uplands, Blossom Park, Gre ...
in the south end of
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
,
Canada
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. It is located in the federal and provincial districts of
Ottawa South
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, in the former city of
Gloucester
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. It is bordered by the
Hunt Club Road to the north, Uplands Drive to the east, and the
Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to the south and west. The neighbourhood is adjacent to the military community living at
CFB Uplands
Canadian Forces Base Uplands (also CFB Uplands) was a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario. Most of the land which formed the base was transferred to the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport after the base was closed in th ...
, 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 (
Canada 2016 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 censu ...
).
[Population calculated by combining dissemination areas 35060565, 35060564, 35060563, 35060562 and dissemination block 35060823021.]
References
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