Centretown

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For the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia neighbourhood see: Centertown, Yarmouth

Centretown is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway Freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue."[1] Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east. For certain purposes, such as the census and real estate listings, the downtown core (between Gloucester/Lisgar and the Ottawa River) is included in Centretown.

Centretown is marked by a mix of residential and commercial properties. The main streets such as Bank Street are largely commercial, while the smaller ones are more residential. Much of the area still consists of original single family homes, but there are newer infill and town house developments and low-rise and high-rise apartment buildings. A construction boom began in the late nineties (and which, as of late 2006, continues) significantly increased the number of condominiums and other residential and commercial high-rise buildings north of Cooper Street.

Landmarks include the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Ottawa Curling Club and the Ottawa bus terminal.