Centretown
Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Zimbabwe and Embassy of the Czech Republic.
Embassy of Zimbabwe
Government office
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Embassy of Zimbabwe is a government office.
Embassy of the Czech Republic
Government office
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The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa is the Czech Republic's embassy in Canada. It is located at 251 Cooper Street in Ottawa, the Canadian capital.
Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Church
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Dominion Chalmers United Church is a large United church, located in downtown Ottawa, at the corner of Cooper and O'Connor Streets. It is a 1962 merger of two key congregations from both the Methodist and Presbyterian traditions, each possessing lengthy histories.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ottawa and Golden Triangle.
Ottawa
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Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Across the Ottawa River is Gatineau, Quebec.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a sub-neighbourhood of Centretown in Somerset Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It borders Elgin Street, at its west, and the Rideau Canal, at its east.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
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Ottawa's Chinatown is located along Somerset Street west of downtown Ottawa. It runs from Bay Street in the east to Preston Street in the west. Signs for Chinatown continue along Somerset until Preston Street, and Chinese/Asian restaurants can be found even farther west.
Centretown
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Ottawa
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.41634° or 45° 24′ 59″ northLongitude
-75.69429° or 75° 41′ 39″ westElevation
78 metres (256 feet)Open location code
87Q6C884+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 21617565OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Centretown” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Centretown”
- Chinese: “中心城”
- Dutch: “Centretown”
- French: “Centre-ville d’Ottawa”
- French: “Centre-ville”
- German: “Centre-Ville”
- German: “Centretown”
- Persian: “سنترتاون”
- Russian: “Сентертаун”
- Russian: “Сентртаун (Оттава)”
- Russian: “Сентртаун”
- Swedish: “Centretown”
- Turkish: “Centretown”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Centretown”. Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.