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''For the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia neighbourhood see: Centertown, Yarmouth''
'Centretown' is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway Freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue."[1] Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east. For certain purposes, such as the census and real estate listings, the downtown core (between Gloucester/Lisgar and the Ottawa River) is included in Centretown.
Centretown is marked by a mix of residential and commercial properties. The main streets such as Bank Street and Elgin Street are largely commercial, while the smaller ones, notabley Maclaren and Gladstone are more residential. Much of the area still consists of original single family homes, but there are newer infill and town house developments and low-rise and high-rise apartment buildings. A construction boom began in the late nineties (and which, as of early 2007, is just beginning to slow) significantly increased the number of condominiums and other residential and commercial high-rise buildings north of Cooper Street.
Landmarks include the Canadian Museum of Nature, Dundonald Park, Jack Purcell Park, the Ottawa Curling Club, the Sens Mile and the Ottawa bus terminal.

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Demographics

Centretown churches

Centretown embassies

See also

Demographics

''According to the Canada 2006 Census. Defined as the area of Ottawa bounded on the west by Bronson, north by Gloucester Street, east by the Rideau Canal and on the south by the Queensway.''

★ Population: 20,513

★ Change (2001-2006): -3.1%

★ Total Private Dwellings: 14,040

★ Land Area: 2.1 sq. km.

★ Population density: 9768.1 per sq. km.

Centretown churches

★ Church of St. Barnabas

★ First Church of Christ, Scientist

★ First United Church

★ McLeod-Stewarton United Church

★ St. George's Anglican Church

★ St Patrick's Basilica

Centretown embassies

★ Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Ottawa

★ Embassy of Iran in Ottawa

★ Embassy of Iraq in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar in Ottawa

★ High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Ottawa

★ Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Ottawa

See also

★ List of Ottawa neighbourhoods