29-562: College Square is a shopping centre in Nepean , a suburb of Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, located at the intersection of Woodroffe Avenue and Baseline Road , and is north of Algonquin College . It has an area of 389,244 square feet (36,162.0 m) and houses 35 stores and services across 11 buildings. Originally called Shoppers City West , the mall opened in November 1961. Over the years,
58-551: A city, and in 1969 was renamed after the recently deceased Governor-General of Canada , Georges Vanier . The City of Eastview erected a memorial at the intersection of Marier Avenue, Dagmar Avenue and Hannah Street. It is dedicated to citizens from Eastview who gave their lives in Canadian military conflicts. Starting with an area closer to the Rideau River, Vanier is increasingly being earmarked for gentrification . It
87-544: A large surplus and a record of tax restraint. However, most big-ticket municipal infrastructure items (transit, garbage collection, sanitary sewers, water, arterial roads, social services) were the responsibility of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. It maintained its own library system from 1954 to amalgamation, its own police force from 1964 until it was regionalized in the 1990s; its own fire service and its own recreation programs. Hydro services were
116-552: A round-shaped building that had a convenience store, Pinto. In July 2001, Shoppers City West was closed and redeveloped as College Square by First Capital Realty and the Leiken Group. The new stores opened 2002—2003. Current tenants include anchors Loblaws and Home Depot , Beer Store, Dollarama , Garage , LCBO, Kettleman's Bagel Co. , McDonald's, Pizza Pizza , Popeyes , Rexall , Reitman's , Starbucks , Subway , Tim Hortons and Tommy Hilfiger . Chances R and BMO are
145-764: A year. The average temperature for fall is around 10 °C (50 °F). Autumn is the driest season in Nepean with only 100 mm (3.9 in) of rainfall annually. The gardening zone for this area is 6A. Anglophone schools in Nepean are administered by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) and the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board (OCCSB). Both the OCDSB and OCCSB headquarters are located within Nepean itself. Francophone education
174-703: Is a 95% chance that all the precipitation comes by thunderstorms in the summer. There is also a small chance of cool, average rainy days in the summertime, especially in June. Nepean is also the Ottawa suburb that has the most hours of sunshine, with an average of 2,100 hours each year. In the winter, Nepean gets about 150–200 cm (59–79 in) of snow yearly with an average temperature of −5 °C (23 °F). Spring starts around late March and lasts until late May, with temperatures of about 10–15 °C (50–59 °F). The springtime has about 165 mm (6.5 in) of rain
203-534: Is available here, along with several existing and proposed upscale condominiums and in-fill developments. The population on the western edge of Vanier closer to the Rideau River , notably the Kingsview Park neighbourhood, is among the more affluent. As with nearby Lowertown, Ottawa's Vanier neighbourhood is home to a number of French-speaking immigrants from Africa and elsewhere. It is also the site of
232-544: Is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean Township, on the future site of Bytown . Nepean was incorporated as a city on November 24, 1978. The geographic boundaries of Nepean changed considerably over this time; the original town hall of the township of Nepean was located in Westboro , which was annexed in 1950 by the city of Ottawa. Nepean's centre then moved to the community of Bells Corners . In
261-500: Is one of the last relatively inexpensive Ottawa neighbourhoods with a desirable location next to downtown. The neighbourhood is becoming increasingly popular with young families thanks to the only publicly-funded school in Ottawa based on Waldorf education , Trille-des-Bois, boasting an excellent standard for publicly-funded schools. Vanier has active community association. Vanier offers a wide choice of retail shops, strip malls, eateries and bars. Both subsidized and self-financed housing
290-530: Is provided by the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CÉPEO) and the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE). Schools in Nepean include: Running north-south, Merivale Road is the retail centre of Nepean, offering many smaller shops as well as big box stores. Colonnade Road Business Park is to the west of Merivale Road and south of Borden Farm, supporting many businesses along its two branches, including some federal offices such as
319-520: The National Capital Region , however, Nepean's economy was also heavily dependent on federal government employment. Most of Nepean's employed residents commute to downtown Ottawa or Kanata for work. Nepean's policies of operational and capital budgeting prudence contrasted with the budget philosophies of some other municipalities in the area. Nepean instituted a strict 'pay-as-you-go' budgeting scheme. The city entered amalgamation with
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#1732780409221348-585: The Public Health Agency of Canada and Canadian Corps of Commissionaires , and an OC Transpo bus depot. The boulevard of Hunt Club West hosts a large auto mall, big box stores, PetSmart, and Costco 's Canadian headquarters, as well as a retail location. Further south is the Bentley Avenue industrial park where many independent auto shops are located, and a precast concrete factory. Several petroleum companies have fuel storage facilities in
377-449: The "megacity" model. The central plank of the strategy was to promote a tri-city model, which would have seen the ten municipalities of the Ottawa region reduced to three: one in the west (comprising Nepean, Kanata and the western rural municipalities), one in the east (comprising Gloucester, Cumberland and the eastern rural municipalities) and one in the centre (comprising Ottawa, Vanier and Rockcliffe Park ). These efforts were in vain, as
406-486: The 1950 and 1960s, Nepean's urban area began to expand in previous rural areas in such areas as the community of Centrepointe in the east, and the community of Barrhaven in the south. In 1853, the City of Nepean realized that a community library was needed. By means of a bylaw and a tax levy, a library was created. In 1870, a large fire swept through Nepean, destroying several of the schoolhouses where books were stored. For
435-685: The area. Ben Franklin Place , located in Centrepointe, was the city hall for Nepean until it became a part of Ottawa. Now, it serves as a government office and client service centre, as well as continuing to be home to a branch of the Ottawa Public Library and the Centrepointe Theatre. Nepean Museum located at 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean Ontario is a museum that collects, preserves, researches, exhibits and interprets
464-446: The east of Vanier are the suburbs of Gloucester . Vanier has a relatively small area with a high population density. In 1908, the communities of Janeville, Clarkstown and Clandeboye were joined to form the village of Eastview. In 1913, Eastview was incorporated as a town. Originally it was a popular destination for civil servants who wished to live at a distance from downtown. It later saw a large influx of French Canadians and became
493-603: The main francophone area in the capital. During the Great Depression , Eastview held the attention of the entire nation, as it became a public forum for national debates on birth control during the Eastview Birth Control Trial , which lasted from 1936 to 1937. Significant controversy erupted when Dorothea Palmer was arrested for distributing birth control information to the poorer, predominantly Catholic neighbourhoods. Later, in 1963 it became
522-401: The mall featured stores like Loblaws , Freimans , Towers (later Zellers ), LCBO , BMO , Pet Valu as well as a miniature cinema featuring large TV's showing second-run movies and Chances R, a restaurant co-owned by former NHL player and Ottawa 67's coach Brian Kilrea . Other services detached from the main building included Top Valu gas station and car wash, Beer Store , McDonald's and
551-448: The neighbourhood was a separate city until being amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001. It no longer has a majority francophone population. By 2012 its francophone population had shrunk to less than 40% from 63% in the early 1980s. The neighbourhood is located on the east bank of the Rideau River , across from the neighbourhoods of Lowertown and Sandy Hill , and just south of Rockcliffe Park , New Edinburgh , Lindenlea , and Manor Park . To
580-544: The new city of Ottawa in 2001, the population of Nepean was 124,878. The 2006 census population was 138,596. Nepean was named after Sir Evan Nepean , British Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1782 to 1791. A Nepean quarry provided the sandstone blocks that were the principal building material used in the Parliament Buildings in downtown Ottawa . In September 2018, Nepean
609-403: The new city of Ottawa . However, the name Nepean continues in common usage in reference to the area. The population of Nepean is about 186,593 people (2021 Census). Although the neighbouring municipality of Kanata formed the entrepreneurial and high tech centre of the region, Nepean hosted noted industries such as Nortel Networks , JDS Uniphase and Gandalf Technologies . As with the rest of
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#1732780409221638-602: The next eighty years, the library was but a memory. It was in 1951, when Ruth E. Dickinson moved to Nepean from Calgary, that she become the driving force to develop a library in Nepean. The Nepean Public Library was officially opened on March 1, 1957 and was originally known as the City View Public Library. It became the Nepean Township Public Library on December 27, 1962 Prior to its amalgamation with 10 other municipalities into
667-529: The one-city model eventually prevailed. (The one-city model was recommended by Glen Shortliffe , who was appointed by the Government of Ontario to study the issue of municipal reform in Ottawa-Carleton.) Nepean Township , originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River . Jehiel Collins, from Vermont ,
696-533: The only remaining original tenants. 45°21′04″N 75°45′40″W / 45.351°N 75.761°W / 45.351; -75.761 Nepean, Ontario Nepean ( / n ə ˈ p iː ən / nə- PEE -ən ) is a former municipality and now geographic area of Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. Located west of Ottawa's inner core, it was an independent city until amalgamated with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 2001 to become
725-745: The responsibility of the Hydro-Electric Commission of the City of Nepean (commonly referred to as Nepean Hydro). Education in the City of Nepean was provided by the Carleton Board of Education (later amalgamated with the Ottawa Board of Education to form the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board). Prior to amalgamation, Nepean's City Council spent many tax dollars aggressively campaigning against what they (and their allies) referred to as
754-488: The urban Maple Sugar Festival (Festival des Sucres) held in spring, and home to an outdoor Catholic shrine, La Grotte-de-Lourdes. The neighbourhood has two ridings, one federal and one provincial , both named Ottawa—Vanier, and are represented by MP Mona Fortier ( Liberal ) federally and MPP Lucille Collard ( Ontario Liberal ) provincially. It is one of the staunchly Liberal federal ridings in Canada, having voted for
783-416: The works of man and nature in Nepean. Nepean This Week is a weekly publication distributed in the Nepean area. The Ottawa area's CTV affiliate, CJOH-DT , was headquartered on Merivale Road in Nepean. The studio was home to shows such as Graham Kerr 's The Galloping Gourmet , and the cult children's classic You Can't Do That on Television . The building was ravaged by a fire on February 7, 2010, and
812-505: Was demolished in 2011. The Merivale Road complex is still home to Corus Entertainment 's English-language stations CKQB-FM and CJOT-FM . The following famous people were either born in, raised in, or consider Nepean their home town: Vanier, Ontario Vanier , formerly Eastview, is a neighbourhood in the Rideau-Vanier Ward of the east end of Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. Historically francophone and working class,
841-664: Was one of the regions hit by a powerful storm that spawned six tornados in the Ottawa area, causing widespread damage to the Arlington Woods , Craig Henry and Colonnade Road Business Park areas. Prior to amalgamation, the following communities and neighbourhoods were within the city boundaries: Nepean has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), with warm, humid summers and cold winters. The summers start in early June and end in late September with an average summer high temperature of 27 °C (81 °F). In Nepean, summers have about 220 mm (8.7 in) of rain. There
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