Hawthorne Meadows

Hawthorne Meadows
Neighbourhood
Hawthorne Park
Hawthorne Meadows
Coordinates: 45°23′32″N75°35′57″W / 45.39222°N 75.59917°W / 45.39222; -75.59917
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
•  MPs	David McGuinty
•  MPPs	John Fraser
•  Councillors	Marty Carr
Area
• Total	0.606 km2 (0.234 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	3,577 [1]
• Density	5,903/km2 (15,290/sq mi)
	Canada 2016 Census
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
Forward sortation area	K1G

Hawthorne Meadows is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in southeast Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is triangular in shape; it is bounded on the west by St. Laurent Boulevard, on the northeast by Russell Road and on the south by Walkley Road. ^[2] According to the Canada 2016 Census, the population of this area was 3,577. ^[1]

History

The neighbourhood exists at the site of the Hawthorne Post office and Orange Hall which was located at the corner of present day Walkley and Russell Roads. ^[3] The neighbourhood was mostly built in the 1960s ^{[4] [5]} by Minto Construction. ^[6] A community association was formed in 1961. ^[7]

Demographics

The neighbourhood corresponds to Census Tract 5050010.00 (which also consists of the St. Laurent Square apartments, which are not in the neighbourhood). According to the 2016 Census, 47% of the population were Anglophones and 20% were Francophones. Other major languages include Arabic (8%), Somali (4%), Tagalog (3%), Spanish (2%), Creoles (2%), Italian (1%), Swahili (1%) and Urdu (1%). ^[8]

According to the Canada 2016 Census, 45% of the Census Tract was White, 22% was Black, 8% Arab, 5% Filipino, 5% South Asian, 2% Latin American, 2% West Asian, 2% Indigenous and 1% Southeast Asian. ^[9]

References

1. Area and population totals calculated by subtracting Dissemination area 35061321 from Census Tract from Census Tract 0010.00
2. Google Maps
3. "Gloucester map". Archived from the original on 2002-08-17.
4. Blackburn, Ontario. 1:25,000. Map Sheet 031G05H, ed. 2, 1963; Producer: Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources; Date published: 1963-01-01 (publication), 2016-01-01 (publication)
5. Blackburn, Ontario. 1:25,000. Map Sheet 031G05H, ed. 3, 1971; Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources; Date published: 1971-01-01 (publication), 2016-01-01 (publication)
6. "Now Selling Hawthorne Meadows". Ottawa Citizen. June 20, 1960. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
7. "Hawthorne Meadows Organizes". Ottawa Citizen. July 12, 1961. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
8. "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". 8 February 2012.
9. "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 5050010.00 [Census tract], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.