Centretown

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

Coordinates: 45°24′40″N 75°41′40″W / 45.41111, -75.69444
Centretown
Location of Centretown Ottawa in Ottawa
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
- MPs	Paul Dewar
- MPPs	Yasir Naqvi
- Councillors	Diane Holmes
Area
- Total	2.1 km² (0.81 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m (250 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total	20,513
- Density	9,768.1/km² (24,324.7/sq mi)
	Canada 2006 Census
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Map of Centretown (from OpenStreetMap).

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 and Elgin Street are largely commercial, while the smaller ones, notably Maclaren and Gladstone 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 early 2007, is just beginning to slow) 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, Dundonald Park, Jack Purcell Park, the Ottawa Curling Club, the Sens Mile and the Ottawa bus terminal.

1 Demographics
2 Centretown churches
3 Centretown embassies
4 See also

[edit] Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census. Defined as the area of Ottawa bounded on the west by Bronson, north by Gloucester Street, east by the Rideau Canal and on the south by the Queensway.

Population: 20,513
Change (2001-2006): -3.1%
Total Private Dwellings: 14,040
Land Area: 2.1 km².
Population density: 9768.1 per km².