Bay Ward or Ward 7 (French: Quartier Baie ) is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Ontario , Canada represented on Ottawa City Council . It covers much of the western portion of the old city of Ottawa as well as some portions of what was once Nepean . The ward runs from Sherbourne and Maitland in the east to March Road in the west. The southern border is the Queensway while the northern border is the Ottawa River . The ward makes up the northern portion of the federal and provincial riding of Ottawa West—Nepean .
11-704: Britannia Heights is a neighbourhood in Bay Ward in west end of Ottawa, Ontario , Canada. The neighbourhood is a sub-neighbourhood of Britannia area of the city, but is within the Queensway Terrace North Community Association boundaries. The neighbourhood is away from the Ottawa River on a steep hill. It is bounded to the North by Carling Avenue , east by OC Transpo Transitway , south by Henley Street, and west by Bayshore Drive. The population of
22-588: Is a descendant of Britannia-Richmond Ward , which included the area now in Bay Ward before Ottawa amalgamated in 2001. That ward was created in 1994 as Ward 1 when Britannia Ward merged with Richmond Ward and given the Britannia-Richmond name in 1995. The ward existed on Regional Council as Ward 7 from 1994 until the region dissolved, and was named Bay Ward in 1997. This area was part of Carleton Ward until 1972 when it became Britannia Ward . Richmond Ward
33-445: Is also home to St. Basil's Church, Bromley Road Baptist Church and Evergreen Park. There is also a small business park west of Clyde. The area began to be developed around the 1920s, but truly began being built in 1949 when lots were sold on the "McKellar Homesite" adjacent the now defunct McKellar Golf Club located on the other side of Carling. The neighbourhood was mostly built in the 1950s. This Ontario location article
44-599: Is generally bounded on the north by Westboro ( Carling Avenue ), on the west by Glabar Park (Maitland Avenue), and on the south by Carlington ( The Queensway ). The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 575. The neighbourhood is home to the Jewish Community Campus of Ottawa. The campus features the Soloway Jewish Community Centre, Hillel Lodge (a nursing home), and Hillel Academy School. It
55-469: The neighbourhood are Richmond, Carling, Alpine, Connaught and Pinecrest. Britannia Heights United Church is on Pinecrest Drive. The community is home to Frank Ryan Park and the Old Forge. Grant Alternative School (formerly Grant Public School) is now a heritage site of Ottawa. The school was built in 1922 and closed in 1987. The school re-opened as an alternative school in 1991 and closed in 2007. As of 2013,
66-417: The neighbourhood is approximately 1750. The first land entrepreneur in the community was William Mosgrove whose registered plan in 1908 paved the way for 47 average-sized lots on Pinecrest Road and a parallel street named St. Louis (now Pinewood Crescent.) Most of the homes were built between the 1930s to the 1960s. After 1970, many townhouses and condominiums were built until the 1980s. The main streets of
77-478: The school will be renovated into a Francophone community center for the growth population of French people and a nursing home as well. It will also be part of a campus for La Cite Collegiate. Bay Ward The ward contains a number of neighbourhoods, with quite diverse populations. Some of the neighbourhoods in the ward are Bayshore , Woodroffe North , Michele Heights , Glabar Park , Lincoln Heights , Britannia , and Crystal Beach . The westernmost part of
88-511: The ward also contains a large section of the Greenbelt . Some of these neighbourhoods, especially those by the Ottawa River are quite wealthy. However, there are also many much poorer parts of the ward with many residents living in high-density apartments. The ward also contains some of Ottawa's highest concentrations of recent immigrants. From the creation of the new city of Ottawa in 2001 to 2010
99-481: The ward was represented by former MPP Alex Cullen , who was considered to be one of the most left-wing members of city council. However, Bay Ward has voted Liberal in recent provincial elections and Conservative federally. In the 2003 and 2006 elections, Cullen faced strong challenges from conservative opponents. In the 2003 election he faced John Blatherwick, while in 2006 he fended off a challenge from high-profile former mayoral candidate Terry Kilrea. In 2010, Cullen
110-492: Was carved out of it in 1980 and existed until merging back with the original ward in 1994. Following the 2020 Ottawa Ward boundary review, the ward will gain the neighbourhoods of McKellar Heights and McKellar Park . McKellar Heights McKellar Heights is a small neighbourhood located in Kitchissippi Ward , in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario , Canada. The neighbourhood is generally triangular in shape, and
121-409: Was defeated by a Liberal, Mark Taylor. Bay Ward was the home of former mayor Bob Chiarelli , and he won the area by large margins in both the 2000 and 2003 mayoral elections. In the 2006 mayoral election, however, the area supported Larry O'Brien and Chiarelli finished third, also behind Alex Munter . In the 2010 mayoral election, Bay Ward swung back to the centre, going for Jim Watson . The ward
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