Vanier South Community Information

Vanier South is bounded to the north by Montreal Road. Its southern border includes Steven-Carmen-Irwin Miller-McArthur. St. Laurent Boulevard borders the east and Olmstead-Cyr-Enfield Street border the west. In 1908, the communities of Janeville, Clarkstown and Clandeboye amalgamated to form the village of Eastview. The village was then designated a town in 1913, and later a city in 1963. In 1969 it was renamed Vanier in honor of former francophone Governor General Georges Etienne Vanier; this was done in the spirit of acknowledging the city’s significant francophone population. Once described as ‘the poor cousin’ of the surrounding neighbourhoods (Rockliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Lindenlea and Sandy Hill), it remains a proud community with many of the francophone residents able to trace their family histories to the area’s early days as a hub for civil servants during the late nineteenth century.

Community voerview retrieved from http://neighbourhoodstudy.ca/vanier-south/.