Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/shopping-malls-in-ottawa

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Westgate Shopping Centre (Ottawa)


FieldValue
nameWestgate Shopping Centre
imageWestgate Shopping Centre.jpg
captionWestgate Shopping Centre as seen from the Carling Avenue and Merivale Road intersection
coordinates
address1309 Carling Avenue
locationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
opening_date1955
ownerRioCan
number_of_stores0
floor_area15407 m2
floors3
publictransitCarling Avenue

Westgate Shopping Centre was a shopping mall in the Carlington neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was located southwest of downtown, bordering Carling Avenue, Merivale Road, and Highway 417, owned by RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust.

The mall opened May 12, 1955, and was considered Ottawa's first shopping centre. The anchor of the mall was Freiman's department store, owned by Lawrence Freiman who already had a department store on Rideau Street. In advertising for its grand opening, Westgate boasted it had parking for over 1200 cars, weather-protected shopping and music for its customers. Other stores included Steinberg's, Tip Top Tailors, a movie theater, Reitmans, Kiddytown and a branch of Royal Bank of Canada. The mall hosted a Blockbuster video store until September 30, 2011 which was known for having a heavy handed ID policy. The Royal Bank was the last remaining original tenant, before closing in 2022.

A proposed redevelopment plans to have the mall demolished and replaced in phases with high-rise commercial and residential buildings. The first phase began in November 2019 with the demolition of Monkey Joe's Restaurant on the south-east corner of the property. All remaining stores in the mall, except current anchor tenant Shoppers Drug Mart, closed on October 31, 2025.

References

References

  1. "Siteplan Ontario".
  2. (20 May 2015). "Did you know that Ottawa's first mall was built in Kitchissippi?".
  3. Ottawa Citizen May 9th 1955
  4. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/blockbuster-canada-closes-ottawa-area-stores-1.999768
  5. "Westgate lands could be reshaped under RioCan plan".
  6. (27 July 2025). "Decades-old barbershop to shut its doors ahead of Westgate Mall demolition". CBC.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Westgate Shopping Centre (Ottawa) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report