Hintonburg
| Hintonburg | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
Parkdale Avenue and the Parkdale Market
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 Hintonburg
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| Coordinates (Hintonburg Community Centre): 45°24′23″N 75°43′45″W / 45.40639°N 75.72917°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| City | Ottawa |
| Established | 1826 |
| Incorporated | 1893 (Village of Hintonburg) |
| Annexation | 1907 (City of Ottawa) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Watson |
| • MPs | Catherine McKenna |
| • MPPs | Yasir Naqvi |
| • Councillor | Jeff Leiper |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,581 |
| Canada 2011 Census | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Hintonburg is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located west of the Downtown core. It is a historically working-class, predominantly residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street West. It is home to the Parkdale Farmer's Market, located along Parkdale Avenue, just north of Wellington.
Its eastern border is the O-Train Trillium Line, just west of Preston Street, with Centretown West / Somerset Heights neighbourhood to the east. To the north it is bounded by the transitway (originally the Canadian Pacific Railway main line), along Scott Street, with Mechanicsville beyond. To the south it is bounded by the Queensway (originally the Canadian National Railway main line) (417 Highway) and to the west by Holland Avenue (Hintonburg Community Association borders) or as far west as Island Park Drive. Using the community association's borders, the population of the neighbourhood is 7581 (2011 Census).
Hintonburg is very mixed in its character. The land use is very mixed, and this is due to its predating land zoning rules. The area has a mix of heritage buildings and recent additions.
In its April 2007 issue, enRoute magazine named Hintonburg one of the top ten emerging neighbourhoods in Canada. The same month, Ottawa Magazine said Hintonburg is "hot" and credits the QUAD arts district as the reason residents think we're "cool". Then in June 2007, the Financial Times noted that the 'Burg is "thriving again".
The area to the north of Wellington is very mixed, and can be characterised as being in transition. Some industry still exists just south of Scott to the west of Parkdale. The north-east area is almost completely residential, of one-hundred-year-old wood 'clapboard' homes, with a small village/enclave nature. Many of the homes are very small, reflecting the late 1800s typical worker's homes. The area north of Wellington was once considered part of the "Mechanicsville" neighbourhood, not Hintonburg, but the expansion of the Transitway and Scott Street have cut off this section from the area to the north.
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