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23-646: The northern part of the road, from the Ottawa River to Carling Avenue contains a mix of homes and a number of public institutions. This includes Our Lady Of Fatima Catholic Church, Woodroffe Avenue United Church, Woodroffe Avenue Public School, and the Carlingwood branch of the Ottawa Public Library . Near Carling Avenue, Woodroffe runs along the western edge of the Carlingwood Mall . South of Carling Avenue

46-493: A speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph). In December 2005 one lane in each direction between Booth Street and Cambridge South just before Bronson was converted to a bus-only lane . This very short (roughly 150 m) bus-only section speeds up bus traffic through the Carling/Bronson intersection during rush-hour. Carling avenue is roughly 19km long. Notable features located along Carling Avenue from west to east are Mitel ,

69-401: Is mostly a four-lane arterial road (the section north of Fallowfield being more rural). The speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph) for the most part, with a short section at 70 km/h (43 mph). South of Strandherd Drive, it is still a two-lane road with a speed limit of 80 km/h, however it may decrease in the future with the continuous growth of traffic in the area. In 2002, a project

92-450: Is mostly a two-lane minor arterial road, which becomes a four-lane principal arterial road south of Carling Avenue as far as Baseline Road. These sections have a speed limit of 50 km/h (31 mph). From Baseline Road to south of Hunt Club Road, Woodroffe Avenue is a four to six-lane principal arterial (plus bus lanes on each side) with a speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). From Hunt Club Road to Strandherd Drive , Woodroffe Avenue

115-492: Is now known as Ottawa Road #38 but used to be Highway 17B east of Richmond Road until the Ontario government downloaded the highway to the local government. Until the 1970s, the western part of Carling was also part of Highway 17 . From 2004 to 2007, Carling Avenue was named one of Ontario's worst 20 roads in a CAA survey, citing frequent bumps and potholes. One of the first UFO monitoring stations used for Project Magnet

138-662: The 1891 election to Charles S. Hyman , he was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister John A. Macdonald . However, the election was disputed and declared void, thus Carling resigned from the Senate in order to run in a by-election in 1892, which he won. He served in the House of Commons until just before the 1896 election , when he resigned and was re-appointed to the Senate. Meanwhile, Carling remained active in London affairs, using his position in

161-776: The Carling Campus , the Communications Research Centre , Smithvale Stables, Andrew Haydon Park , the Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre , Carlingwood Mall , Fairlawn Plaza , Westgate Mall , the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre , Ottawa Civic Hospital , Old Dominion Observatory , and Claridge Icon condo tower. It also runs along the northern boundaries of the Central Experimental Farm and Commissioners Park . Carling

184-535: The House of Commons as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), holding the position of 7th Postmaster General from 1882 to 1885, and Minister of Agriculture from 1885 to 1891. In this position, he established the Ontario Agricultural College and the Central Experimental Farm near Ottawa . In 1888, he simultaneously held the position of Postmaster General for a second time, briefly. After losing

207-608: The Glebe . The road is named for John Carling , founder of Carling Brewery and Conservative MP and Senator, Postmaster General and Minister of Agriculture. At approximately 19 km (12 mi) in length, Carling Avenue begins at the fringes of the Glebe neighbourhood and runs in a straight direction west until the Ottawa River where it bends north to go around Crystal Bay and Britannia Bay and ends north of Kanata. It used to begin at O'Connor Street, one block east of Bank Street , but

230-663: The London, Huron and Bruce Railway passed through London. Due to his influence, the Grand Trunk Railway began to manufacture their cars in London. In 1878, he established a water commission to provide a water supply to the city. Carling also established the Ontario Hospital for the Insane in London. In 1885, he provided the land on which Wolseley Barracks was established, now the Home Station of The Royal Canadian Regiment and

253-601: The Southwest Transitway . Finally, south of Hunt Club Road , it was quite narrow and very congested as it was a two-lane rural road heading towards Barrhaven. However, the road was recently widened to four lanes to improve traffic flow between Hunt Club Road and Fallowfield Road. A new section of the Transitway was recently built alongside this road. The geometrics and design of Woodroffe Avenue change rapidly from section to section. The northernmost section north of Carling

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276-618: The avenue is considerably busier, especially around the intersection with the Queensway . This portion of the road is home to St. Paul's Presbyterian Church and D. Roy Kennedy Public School. At Baseline Road the road runs past Algonquin College and the College Square shopping plaza (which replaced Shoppers City West) and the closed Confederation High School . Just to the west is Ben Franklin Place , in

299-575: The family moved to London in 1839, where Thomas founded the Carling Brewery in 1843 using a recipe from his native Yorkshire. In 1849, the brewery was turned over to John and his brother William. His political career began at the municipal level of government, in London, Ontario; then in 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada , representing London. Re-elected to

322-518: The federal government to influence politics and business. In 1875, Carling and his brother William built a new Carling Brewery, and an even larger one was built after the first burned down in 1879. The brewery was one of the largest in Canada, and it rivaled the production of fellow London brewery Labatt . Carling also ensured that the Great Western Railway, the London and Port Stanley Railway, and

345-580: The garrison of the regiment's 4th Battalion. He also facilitated the establishment of Victoria Park . Carling was knighted in 1893 and served in the Senate until his death in 1911. He was buried in London's Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In 1927, the Carling Brewery sponsored a trans-Atlantic flight from London (Canada) to London ( UK ). The plane was named the Sir John Carling, but both it and its pilots, Terence Tully and James Medcalf, disappeared over

368-584: The heart of the community of Centrepointe , and the Baseline Station transit complex. South of Meadowlands Drive , Woodroffe Avenue passes through mainly suburban residential areas and south of Hunt Club Road it passes through the Greenbelt . The most notable site in this area is the large Nepean Sportsplex . After passing through a portion of the Greenbelt, Woodroffe Avenue runs through Barrhaven , serving as

391-472: The main street of that bedroom community. South of Barrhaven it again goes through some semi-rural areas, before ending just short of Prince of Wales Drive near the Rideau River . Woodroffe Avenue has a few unusual features. First, it changes alignment significantly at Carling Avenue, requiring a couple of turns. Second, the middle section south of Baseline Road includes dedicated bus lanes as it incorporates

414-443: The part east of Bronson was renamed Glebe Avenue on February 7, 1974. It is a four to six-lane principal arterial road for most of its urban length, with a speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph). The portion through the Greenbelt and into Kanata is generally a two-lane rural highway (although widening is planned, which would also remove a substandard underpass in the 3700 block about midway between March Road and Moodie Drive), with

437-452: The same constituency in 1862, he briefly served in John A. Macdonald's Cabinet as Receiver General, before the government fell. After Confederation in 1867, Carling represented London in both provincial and federal legislatures until such practice was made illegal in 1872. In the 1871 provincial election , he defeated former London mayor Francis Evans Cornish . From 1878 to 1891, he served in

460-500: The widening of the latter from Riocan Marketplace to Crestway Avenue. In 2016, Woodroffe Avenue was dead-ended at the south end to remove a dangerous intersection with Prince of Wales Drive. Access to Woodroffe Avenue from the south is now via Strandherd Drive. Carling Avenue Carling Avenue is a major east–west arterial road in the west end of Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. It runs from March Road in Kanata to Bronson Avenue in

483-658: Was a Canadian politician and prominent businessman who was associated with the Carling Brewery in London, Ontario . The Carling family and its descendants later resided in Ottawa , Montreal , Halifax , Brockville , London , Toronto and Windsor in Canada, as well as Jersey in the Channel Islands . John Carling was the son of farmer Thomas Carling, who emigrated from Etton in Yorkshire , England. Arriving to Upper Canada in 1818,

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506-406: Was announced to widen Woodroffe Avenue from two to four lanes between Fallowfield Park and Ride and Black Rapids Creek. However, it was discovered that there is a rare underground rock formation that would double the cost of the project. It was widened as far south as Longfields Avenue. Another section from Longfields to south of Strandherd Road was widened during the summer of 2007 in conjunction with

529-675: Was located on Carling Avenue. Dow's Lake station on the O-Train Trillium Line , is located near the intersection of Carling Avenue and Preston Street . OC Transpo bus routes also serve the station. The addresses change erratically on Carling; they are not consistent from point to point and rise rapidly in the eastern part, then slow down to a very slow rise west of Bayshore. Major intersections (from west to east, approximate address point): Neighbourhoods along its length are: John Carling Sir John Carling , PC KCMG (January 23, 1828 – November 6, 1911)

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