List of Ottawa neighbourhoods
In 2001, the old city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, along with the systems and infrastructure of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, to become one municipality.
The city is now organized into 23 Wards (map). This is a list of neighbourhoods and outlying communities within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Old city of Ottawa
Central Ottawa
East End
South End
West End
Neighbourhood |
Population (2006) |
Area (sq. km.) |
Density (per sq. km.) |
Alta Vista |
23,456 |
9.36 |
2506.0 |
Bel-Air-Copeland Park |
8,613 |
2.62 |
3287.4 |
Britannia |
11,435 |
2.81 |
4069.4 |
Carleton Heights |
2,365 |
1.52 |
1551.1 |
Carlington |
11,512 |
3.85 |
2990.1 |
Carson Grove |
5,638 |
1.84 |
3066.1 |
Carlingwood |
8,641 |
1.89 |
4572.0 |
Central Park |
3,403 |
0.91 |
3745.3 |
Centretown |
20,513 |
2.10 |
9768.1 |
Centretown West |
11,915 |
1.93 |
6173.6 |
Civic Hospital |
3,440 |
1.28 |
2695.3 |
Downtown |
3,718 |
1.25 |
2977.5 |
Forbes |
5,283 |
1.35 |
3904.7 |
The Glebe |
10,886 |
2.54 |
4285.8 |
Greenboro |
11,314 |
3.92 |
2886.2 |
Hampton Park |
2,782 |
1.03 |
2709.1 |
Hawthorne Meadows |
3,938 |
0.63 |
6224.1 |
Heron Gate-Ellwood |
12,203 |
2.46 |
4960.6 |
Heron Park |
3,891 |
1.90 |
2053.1 |
Highland Park-McKellar Park-Woodroffe |
9,873 |
2.88 |
3428.1 |
Hintonburg-Mechanicsville |
8,908 |
1.72 |
5179.1 |
Hunt Club Chase |
3,575 |
1.51 |
2360.0 |
Hunt Club Estate |
4,982 |
1.37 |
3633.3 |
Hunt Club Park |
8,903 |
5.62 |
1584.2 |
Hunt Club Woods-Uplands |
2,781 |
4.48 |
620.5 |
Island Park |
2,409 |
0.68 |
3530.7 |
LeBreton Flats |
57 |
0.84 |
68.1 |
Lindenlea |
1,832 |
0.27 |
6843.5 |
Lower Town |
11,377 |
2.06 |
5522.8 |
Manor Park |
3,367 |
1.56 |
2158.5 |
New Edinburgh |
3,627 |
1.14 |
3173.0 |
Ottawa East |
4,907 |
1.12 |
4393.4 |
Ottawa South |
8,168 |
2.05 |
3984.4 |
Overbrook |
9,437 |
3.06 |
3084.0 |
Queensway |
12,248 |
4.17 |
2937.2 |
Quinterra |
1,104 |
1.17 |
940.0 |
Redwood |
4,095 |
0.73 |
5578.3 |
Rideauview-Courtland Park |
5,792 |
5.73 |
1011.2 |
Riverside Park |
7,504 |
5.78 |
1298.3 |
Riverview-Sheffield Glen |
15,177 |
11.04 |
1374.7 |
Sandy Hill |
12,078 |
2.06 |
5863.1 |
South Keys |
2,777 |
1.37 |
2031.3 |
Viscount Alexander Park |
6,354 |
6.07 |
1046.8 |
Westboro Village-Ottawa West |
7,396 |
3.26 |
2265.7 |
Whitehaven-Glabar Park-McKellar Heights |
5,506 |
2.49 |
2207.2 |
Antrim |
Fitzroy Harbour |
Galetta |
Kinburn |
Marathon |
Marathon Village |
Marshall Bay |
Mohr Corners |
Panmure |
Quyon Ferry Landing |
Smith's Corners |
Vydon Acres |
Willola Beach |
Woodridge |
Baskin's Beach |
Buckhams Bay |
Constance Bay |
Crown Point |
Dirleton |
Dunrobin |
Dunrobin Heights |
Dunrobin Shore |
Kilmaurs |
MacLarens |
McKay's Waterfront |
Torwood Estates |
Woodlawn |
Business Improvement Areas
Historical neighbourhoods
- Ashburnham - Residential area downtown, bordered by Wellington St, Lyon St., Laurier Ave. and the Lebreton Aqueduct.
- Bayswater - today part of the Hintonburg neighbourhood
- Baytown - today part of the Westboro neighbourhood
- Birchton - today part of the Westboro neighbourhood.
- Britanniaville - included what is today the neighbourhoods of Britannia and Britannia Bay.
- Cathartic - also known as Eastman's Springs. See Carlsbad Springs.
- Clandeboye - today part of Vanier.
- Evansville - today located in the neighbourhood of Carlington.
- Gateville - located just south of Billings Bridge.
- Village of Gloucester - today part of the Lindenlea neighbourhood south of New Edinburgh.
- Janeville - see Vanier
- Long Island Village - located opposite the north end of Long Island near the community of Manotick.
- McLeansville - today part of Tunney's Pasture.
- Merivale Village - today part of Carlington.
- Mount Sherwood - 19th century community located around where the Adult High School on Gladstone is today
- Nanny Goat Hill - 19th century community today part of the LeBreton Flats, located at the foot of the eponymous Nanny Goat Hill
- Nepeanville - located where the Central Experimental Farm is today.
- Parkview - today part of the Glebe.
- Rideauville - today part of Old Ottawa South.
- Rochesterville - today makes up Centretown West
- Rockville - also known as Rock Village, this neighbourhood developed around Gloucester Quarries opened by Antoine Robillard on Montreal Road.
- Stewarton - today makes up The Glebe and Centretown
- St. Joseph - See Orléans.
- Wellington - See Kars.
- Willowdale - today part of the Eastway Gardens neighboruhood.
Main Communities
This is a list of the main communities in the Ottawa area along with population numbers.
Greater areas and CMAs
Cities
Former Muncipalities
Former Cities
- Ottawa - (pop. 382,076) (Downtown Ottawa, The Glebe, Centretown, Lower Town, Sandy Hill, Billings Bridge)
- Cumberland - (pop. 52,430) (Former township, became city in 1999)
- Gloucester - (pop. 110,264)
- Kanata - (pop. 90,000)
- Nepean - (pop. 124,878)
- Vanier - (pop. 17,632)
Former Villages
Former Townships
- Goulbourn
- Osgoode
- Rideau
- West Carleton
Other main Suburban Areas
- I - Isolated Community
- H - Hamlet
- VM - Mid-sized village
- VL - Large village
- VLV - Very large village
- S - Suburban fringe
- Dalmeny, Ontario - I - (pop. unknown)
- Pana, Ontario - I - (pop. unknown)
- Antrim - I (pop. unknown)
- Corkery - I - (pop. unknown)
- Dwyer Hill - I - (pop. unknown)
- Burritts Rapids - H - (pop. 100)
- Ashton - H - (pop. 108)
- Galetta - H - (pop. 177)
- Dunrobin - H - (pop. 288)
- Kinburn - H - (pop. 288)
- Kenmore - H - (pop. 321)
- Fallowfield - H - (pop. 366)
- Edwards - H - (pop. 402)
- Sarsfield - H - (pop. 474)
- Vernon - VM - (pop. 597)
- Kars - VM - (pop. 648)
- Fitzroy Harbour - VM - (pop. 654)
- Marionville - VM - (pop est. 900)
- Vars - VM - (pop. 981)
- Munster - VL - (pop. 1,320)
- Carp - VL - (pop. 1,416)
- Navan - VL - (pop. 1,593)
- North Gower - VL - (pop. 1,749)
- Cumberland - VL - (pop. 1,884)
- Metcalfe - VL - (pop. 2,070)
- Constance Bay - VL - (pop. 2,619)
- Osgoode - VL - (pop. 2,784)
- Richmond - VLV - (pop. 3,301)
- Greely - VLV - S - (pop. 4,395) (suburban community)
- Manotick - VLV - S - (pop. 7,545) (suburban community)
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