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Elmvale Acres


FieldValue
settlement_typeNeighbourhood
official_nameElmvale Acres
image_skylineFile:Houses_on_Saunderson_Ave,_Ottawa.jpg
image_captionHouses on Saunderson Drive
pushpin_mapCanada Ottawa
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2City
subdivision_name2Ottawa
leader_titleMPs
leader_title1MPPs
leader_title2Councillors
leader_title3Governing body
leader_title4President
leader_nameDavid McGuinty
leader_name1John Fraser
leader_name2Marty Carr
leader_name3Elmvale Acres Community Association
leader_name4Tomas Szeredi
established_titleConstruction
established_date1955
area_total_km20.919
population_as_of2016
population_noteCanada 2016 Census
population_total2627
population_density_km22859
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
coordinates
elevation_m75
elevation_ft250
postal_code_typeForward sortation area
postal_codeK1G

Elmvale Acres is a neighbourhood in south Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located in Alta Vista Ward. It was built in the late 1950s by the contractor and property developer, Robert Campeau, with construction beginning in 1955. It is bounded on the north by Smyth Road, on the east by Othello Avenue behind Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre, on the south by Pleasant Park Road and on the west by the Hydro Corridor. According to the 2016 Census, the population for this area was 2,627.

The neighbourhood is represented by the Elmvale Acres Community Association, which was known as the Elmvale Acres Property Owners Association prior to 1959, and was known as the Elmvale-Urbandale Community Association when it covered neighbouring Urbandale in the 1960s and 1970s.

East of the neighbourhood is the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre on St. Laurent, which functions as an east end OC Transpo transit terminus. This shopping centre was the scene of a family-related shooting in September 2006.

Demographics

Most of the neighbourhood corresponds to Census Tract 5050009.00. According to the 2016 Census, the neighbourhood is 66% Anglophone and 18% Francophone. Other major languages include Arabic (4%), Tagalog (1%) and Portuguese (1%).

References

References

  1. "About us".
  2. Area and population totals calculated by subtracting Dissemination area 35060918 from Census Tract from Census Tract 0009.00
  3. (June 25, 1955). "Construction of Elmvale Acres Homes Now in Full Swing". Ottawa Citizen.
  4. (September 29, 1959). "Change Name of Elmvale Association". Ottawa Citizen.
  5. (May 27, 1972). "People Power". Ottawa Citizen.
  6. "OC Transpo: Alta Vista and Elmvale".
  7. (2006-09-21). "Police name brother as suspect in fatal shooting".
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