Central Park, Ottawa

Central Park is newer neighbourhood in River Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Canada. It is bounded on the east by Merivale Road, on the south by Baseline Road, on the west by Clyde Avenue and on the north by the Carlington neighbourhood. The population of the neighbourhood is 3,403 in an area of 0.91 km². It more than doubled its population between the 2001 and 2006 censuses as the neighbourhood expanded.

The neighbourhood is fairly new, having been built in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Before Central Park was built, it was originally part of the Central Experimental Farm until the City of Ottawa bought it. The communitty used to be a wooded area.

Central Park is known for its New York City themed street names. The name of the neighbourhood itself is taken from Central Park.

Street names

• Central Park
• Fordham
• Festive
• Celebration
• Bloomingdale
• Trump
• Whitestone
• Cedar Park
• State
• Grenwich
• Staten
• Coleridge
• Gramercy
• Niki
• Scout
• Manhattan
• Yorkville
• Crystal Park
• Gotham
• Rutgers

Features

The neighbourhood includes Laurentian High School, the Boy Scouts of Canada Museum as well as a park, called Celebration Park. There are many small parks in the neighbourhood such as "Alphabet Park". Many apartments are in the neighbourhood both young and old. There are also retirement and nursing homes in the neighbourhood. For shopping there is a plaza at the corner of Central Park and Merivale Road, Laurentian Place, a close distance to Westgate Shopping Center and big box stores on Merivale Road .

Schooling

There are many young families in the neighbourhood and there is a big range for schools. Children can go to Agincourt Public School (both English and French Immersion, WE Gowling (English only), Broadview Public School,or Sir Winston Churchill Public School (K-Grade 8). For Middle school, they can go to JH Putman (6-8) or Summit/Fisher Public. Laurentian High School was the community's high school. Lauretian operated from 1958 until June 2005. The former high was bought by Smart Centers and got demolished in 2009 and in 2011 became Laurnetian Place featuring Wal-Mart and other stores. For high schools, students go to Nepean High School, Glebe, Woodroffe, Elizabeth Wyn Wood or Merivale High School. It is also a short to Algonquin College and Carleton University.

		Carlington
	Copeland Park		Central Experimental Farm
	Central Park
	City View	Skyline	Fisher Heights

Coordinates: 45°22′05″N 75°44′15″W / 45.36806°N 75.73750°W / 45.36806; -75.73750