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Britannia Heights

FieldValue
official_nameBritannia Heights
coordinates
pushpin_mapCanada Ottawa
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ottawa
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2City
subdivision_name2Ottawa
leader_titleMayor
leader_title1MPs
leader_title2MPPs
leader_title3Councillors
leader_nameJim Watson
area_total_km21.135
area_footnotes
settlement_typeNeighbourhood
population_as_of2006
population_noteCanada 2006 Census
population_density_km2auto
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4

Britannia Heights is a neighbourhood in Bay Ward in west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The neighbourhood is a sub-neighbourhood of Britannia area of the city, but is within the Queensway Terrace North Community Association boundaries. The neighbourhood is away from the Ottawa River on a steep hill. It is bounded to the North by Carling Avenue, east by OC Transpo Transitway, south by Henley Street, and west by Bayshore Drive. The population of the neighbourhood is approximately 1750.

The first land entrepreneur in the community was William Mosgrove whose registered plan in 1908 paved the way for 47 average-sized lots on Pinecrest Road and a parallel street named St. Louis (now Pinewood Crescent.)

Most of the homes were built between the 1930s to the 1960s. After 1970, many townhouses and condominiums were built until the 1980s.

The main streets of the neighbourhood are Richmond, Carling, Alpine, Connaught and Pinecrest. Britannia Heights United Church is on Pinecrest Drive.

The community is home to Frank Ryan Park and the Old Forge.

Education

Grant Alternative School (formerly Grant Public School) is now a heritage site of Ottawa. The school was built in 1922 and closed in 1987. The school re-opened as an alternative school in 1991 and closed in 2007. As of 2013, the school will be renovated into a Francophone community center for the growth population of French people and a nursing home as well. It will also be part of a campus for La Cite Collegiate.

References

References

  1. [http://app06.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/occ/2011/10-26/ec/01%20-%20DOC%2014%20-%20PW%20Retrofit%20Final%20May%202011%5B1%5D.pdf Pinecrest Creek/Westboro Stormwater Management Retrofit Study], May 2011
  2. "Place names - Britannia Heights".
  3. "About – QTN Community Association".
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