Lower Town Community Information
Lower Town Community Overview
Lowertown is bounded by the Rideau River to both the north and the east. Daly-Besserer-Rideau Streets lay on the southern border, and Cumberland Avenue lies to the west. Originally a cedar swamp on the lower of two plateaus west of the Rideau River, it was (in contrast to Uppertown) clear cut of trees and given a grid style street layout. During the 1820s-1830s construction of the Rideau Canal created an influx of Irish immigrants, French Canadians, and Scottish stone masons. While the Scottish immigrants moved to Uppertown with the English population, the Irish and French took up residence in the more affordable Lowertown area (which included the lands on both sides of what is King Edward Avenue today). The layout of the modern Lowertown dates back to the Post-War era when a renewal and improvement plan, the Gerber Plan, was initiated in an attempt to accommodate the growing population by giving Ottawa’s downtown a more practical layout. However, as the plan included demolishing many people’s homes (as had actually occurred in Lowertown), it was halted after residents in neighbouring communities witnessed what had occurred in Lowertown.
Community overview retrieved from http://neighbourhoodstudy.ca/lowertown/.
Community overview from Wikipedia.
Lower Town Apartment Rental Stats
Property Type | # of Listings | Min Price | Max Price | Avg Price |
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Apartments | 40 | $1300 | $3109 | $2079 |
Total Rentals | 40 | $1300 | $3109 | $2079 |
Lower Town Closest Schools
Name/Address | Distance |
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Canada School of Public Service 373 Sussex Drive, Ottawa |
0.96 km |
Telfer School of Management 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa |
1.18 km |
St. Brigid School 200 Springfield Road, Ottawa |
1.40 km |
Ashbury College 362 Mariposa Avenue, Rockcliffe Park |
1.71 km |
Lumarco Inc 130 Albert Street, Ottawa |
1.73 km |
Centre de formation Caron ltée 130 Slater Street #430, Ottawa |
1.74 km |
Elmwood School 261 Buena Vista Road, Ottawa |
1.93 km |
Ottawa Tutoring 207 Bank Street, Ottawa |
2.10 km |
Jfl Media Training 335 Laurier Avenue West #2233, Ottawa |
2.12 km |
Molière Language School 251 Bank Street, Ottawa |
2.19 km |
English Courses In Ottawa - English Schools In Ottawa 115 Rue Champlain, Gatineau |
2.23 km |
Berlitz Ottawa Learning Centre 350 Sparks Street #1001, Ottawa |
2.34 km |
QC Event School 38 McArthur Avenue #3, Ottawa |
2.49 km |
School Notre-Dame 170 Rue Papineau, Gatineau |
2.54 km |
Metro Music 695 Bank Street, Ottawa |
3.22 km |
St-Laurent Academy - Ottawa Private School 641 Sladen Avenue, Ottawa |
3.34 km |
Lycée Claudel 1635 Lycée Place, Ottawa |
3.52 km |
Center East Catholic School Council (CECCE) 4000 Labelle Street, Ottawa |
4.29 km |
Hopewell Avenue Public School 17 Hopewell Avenue, Ottawa |
4.51 km |
Heritage Academy 207 Bayswater Avenue, Ottawa |
4.55 km |
Distances are estimated from a central point within the community.
Lower Town Closest Libraries
Name/Address | Distance |
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Little Crooked Library 290 Bruyère Street, Ottawa |
0.30 km |
Ottawa Public Library - Rideau 377 Rideau Street, Ottawa |
0.48 km |
Management Library 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa |
1.15 km |
Brian Dickson Law Library Fauteux Hall, F4&F5, 57 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa |
1.17 km |
Isobel Firestone Music Library 50 University Private, Ottawa |
1.17 km |
Morisset Library 65 University Private, Ottawa |
1.22 km |
Faculty of Social Sciences Library 120 University Private, Ottawa |
1.40 km |
Ottawa Public Library - Main 120 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa |
1.74 km |
Ottawa Public Library - Rockcliffe Park 380 Springfield Road, Rockcliffe Park |
1.92 km |
Library La Maison Du Citoyen 25 Rue Laurier, Gatineau |
2.15 km |
CAIJ 170 Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville Bureau 9.400, Gatineau |
2.21 km |
Ottawa Public Library - Vanier 310 Pères-Blancs Avenue, Vanier |
2.22 km |
Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa |
2.37 km |
Careeraim 488 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa |
2.83 km |
Ottawa Public Library - St-Laurent 515 Coté Street, Ottawa |
2.93 km |
Lucien Lalonde Library 225 Rue Berri, Gatineau |
4.04 km |
Bibliothèque itinérante Brodeur Rue Brodeur, Gatineau |
4.14 km |
Ottawa Public Library - Sunnyside 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa |
4.30 km |
mobile library Amherst Rue Wìgwàs, Gatineau |
4.47 km |
Health Sciences Library 451 Smyth Road #1020, Ottawa |
4.49 km |
Distances are estimated from a central point within the community.
Distances are estimated from a central point within the community.
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