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'Manotick, Ontario' is a village on the Rideau River, now part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at close to the southern end.
In the 1830s, a settlement developed in this area after the construction of the Long Island locks on the Rideau Canal. Moss Kent Dickinson chose the name "Manotick" from Ojibwa words meaning "island in the river". Mills established by Dickinson and Joseph Merrill Currier helped spur the development of the settlement. One of these, Watson's Mill, survives. As commercial traffic on the Rideau became less important, the population in the town declined. The population in the village rebounded as Manotick came to be viewed as a bedroom community for Ottawa. In 2001, Manotick became part of the city of Ottawa. The 2006 estimated population is 7545 [1]
Large mass production developments south of Ottawa often advertise as being located in Manotick during early development which can lead to confusion on the borders of Manotick.
The following are NOT a part of Manotick but are sometimes confused for being part of it:
Riverside South,
Barrhaven,
Osgoode,
North Gower,
Kars.

Contents

Schools

Dickinson Day

Mahogany Subdivision Dispute

Links

Schools

★ 'Manotick Public School' - The only public elementary school in Manotick

★ 'St. Leonard Catholic School'

★ 'St. Mark Catholic High School'

Dickinson Day

The first weekend of June of every year the people of Manotick congregate in the heart of Manotick to celebrate the man responsible for what Manotick was in its prime. The festivities include a collection of folky arts and crafts for sale by out of town vendors as well as musical performances.
In 2004 there was talk to remove the Beer Tent from the Dickinson Day celebration as Dickinson was in fact a puritan (No alcohol, drugs, etc.) but in the true spirit of Manotick the Kinsmen Club threatened to give up organizing the event if such a travesty were to occur. Instead a compromise; the Kinsmen Club could keep their beer tent with one condition, it had to be named a refreshment tent and offer non-alcoholic beverages.

Mahogany Subdivision Dispute

In 2007 Minto Developments Inc began seeking approval to construct a 2000 house subdivision just south of Ottawa. Such a development would double Manotick's population and would put considerable load on Ottawa's already weak infrastructure in the South of the city. A group of concerned citizens, the West Manotick Homeowners Association, have been fighting the proposal at all levels of government in hopes of preserving the last bit of Manotick's small town character.
On April 24, 2007 the West Manotick Homeowners Association organized a town hall meeting to discuss the issue of Minto's proposed development at the Manotick Arena. The event drew over 1000 concerned citizens (Roughly 1/5 of Manotick's Population) and resulted in the merging of the Manotick Community Association with the West Manotick Community Association with the interest of preserving Manotick and to ensure any further planning for the area gets the time and consideration it deserves.

★ West Manotick Community Association

★ Minto Mahogany Subdivision Proposal

★ Ottawa Citizen article about proposed Mahogany Subdivision.

★ City of Ottawa page of the Mahogany Subdivision

★ Community Survey regarding future plan of development in Manotick (n = 703)

Links

★ Manotick Directory community directory

★ Manotick Web Page links to local sites.

★ Google map of Manotick.