Uplands, Ottawa

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Uplands, also known as Elizabeth Park [1] or Airport-Uplands is a neighbourhood in Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the south end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the federal and provincial districts of Ottawa South, in the former city of Gloucester. It is bordered by the Hunt Club Road to the north, Uplands Drive to the east, and the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to the south and west. The neighbourhood is adjacent to the military community living at CFB Uplands, which was a large air force base in the 1960s and which still contains residential housing for military members.

The neighbourhood was first built around 1940. [2] The neighbourhood was expanded eastward in the early 1960s. [3] A newer neighbourhood named Wisteria Park was built around 2006 [4] north of Uplands off of Hunt Club. Wisteria Park maintains its own community association. [5] The total population of Uplands, including Wisteria Park was 1,581 (Canada 2016 Census). [6]

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References

  1. "Place names - Elizabeth Park".
  2. Geographical Section, General Staff, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, Ontario. 1:63,360. Map Sheet 031G05, [ed. 16], gridded, 1941; Compare with the map from 1940 (Reference: Ottawa, Ontario. 1:63,360. Map Sheet 031G05, [ed. 15], 1940) which does not show the community
  3. GeoOttawa satellite map from 1965 shows the neighbourhood expanded, compared to Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Uplands, Ontario. 1:25,000. Map Sheet 031G05B, ed. 2, 1962
  4. GeoOttawa satellite maps, comparing 2005 and 2007
  5. "Home". wisteriaparkcommunityassociation.weebly.com.
  6. Population calculated by combining dissemination areas 35060565, 35060564, 35060563, 35060562 and dissemination block 35060823021.

Coordinates: 45°20′10″N75°40′10″W / 45.3361°N 75.6694°W / 45.3361; -75.6694