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Elmvale Acres
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| settlement_type | Neighbourhood |
| official_name | Elmvale Acres |
| image_skyline | File:Houses_on_Saunderson_Ave,_Ottawa.jpg |
| image_caption | Houses on Saunderson Drive |
| pushpin_map | Canada Ottawa |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_type2 | City |
| subdivision_name2 | Ottawa |
| leader_title | MPs |
| leader_title1 | MPPs |
| leader_title2 | Councillors |
| leader_title3 | Governing body |
| leader_title4 | President |
| leader_name | David McGuinty |
| leader_name1 | John Fraser |
| leader_name2 | Marty Carr |
| leader_name3 | Elmvale Acres Community Association |
| leader_name4 | Tomas Szeredi |
| established_title | Construction |
| established_date | 1955 |
| area_total_km2 | 0.919 |
| population_as_of | 2016 |
| population_note | Canada 2016 Census |
| population_total | 2627 |
| population_density_km2 | 2859 |
| timezone | Eastern (EST) |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 75 |
| elevation_ft | 250 |
| postal_code_type | Forward sortation area |
| postal_code | K1G |
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
- "About us".
- Area and population totals calculated by subtracting Dissemination area 35060918 from Census Tract from Census Tract 0009.00
- (June 25, 1955). "Construction of Elmvale Acres Homes Now in Full Swing". Ottawa Citizen.
- (September 29, 1959). "Change Name of Elmvale Association". Ottawa Citizen.
- (May 27, 1972). "People Power". Ottawa Citizen.
- "OC Transpo: Alta Vista and Elmvale".
- (2006-09-21). "Police name brother as suspect in fatal shooting".
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