Nepean, Ontario
| Nepean | |
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| Community | |
 The limits of the former City of Nepean within the current City of Ottawa |
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| Country | Canada 
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| Province |
Ontario 
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| City of Nepean | 1978–2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Watson |
| • City councillors | Steve Desroches, Jan Harder, Mark Taylor, Rick Chiarelli, Keith Egli, Scott Moffatt |
| • Member of Parliament | Chandra Arya, Anita Vandenbeld |
| • Member of Provincial Parliament | Lisa MacLeod, Bob Chiarelli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 217.00 km2 (83.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 156,298 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| Area code(s) | 613, 343 |
Coordinates: 45°20.5′N 75°45.5′W / 45.3417°N 75.7583°W
Nepean /nəˈpiːən/ is a part of Ottawa, Ontario, located west of Ottawa's inner core. It was formerly a city in its own right until amalgamated with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in 2001 to become the new city of Ottawa. However, the name "Nepean" continues in common usage in reference to the area. The population of Nepean is about 180,000 people.
Although the neighbouring municipality of Kanata formed the entrepreneurial and high tech center of the region, Nepean hosted noted industries such as Nortel Networks, JDS Uniphase and Gandalf Technologies. As with the rest of 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 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. The former City of Nepean 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 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).
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