Blossom Park

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Blossom Park (Ottawa)
Blossom Park
Location of Blossom Park in Ottawa

Blossom Park is a suburban community located in the south-end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. It is considered an outer-suburb of the city. Before the 2001 city of Ottawa amalgamation it was a suburb of the city of Gloucester. Population (2006): 12,361.

The current limits of the neighbourhood are: Hunt Club Road to the north, Airport Parkway to the west, Conroy Road to the east and the Greenbelt to the south (near Lester Road).

The north-south light-rail line project (which has been cancelled) was planned to pass in the western edge of the area when the expansion would have been completed in 2009. Natives disputed during the summer a parcel of land with the city of Ottawa that was to be used by the LRT line.

There is one mall in the suburb. It contains Farm Boy, Dollar It!, Giant Tiger, dentist, hair dresser, Telus stores.

Coordinates: 45°20′39″N 75°38′15″W / 45.34427, -75.63752 (Blossom Park)