Barrhaven | |
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Suburb | |
 A group of homes in Barrhaven on Woodroffe Avenue, between Fallowfield Road and Earl Mulligan Drive | |
  Barrhaven Location of Barrhaven inOttawa | |
| Coordinates:45°16′30″N75°45′00″W / 45.27500°N 75.75000°W /45.27500; -75.75000 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| City | Ottawa |
| Established | 1968 |
| Incorporated | 1978 |
| Amalgamated | 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mark Sutcliffe |
| • City councillors | David Hill,Wilson Lo |
| • Member of Parliament | Chandra Arya |
| • Member of Provincial Parliament | Tyler Watt |
| Area | |
• Total | 42.93 km2 (16.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 103,234 |
| • Density | 2,404.7/km2 (6,228/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | K2G, K2J |
| Area code | Area code 613 |
Barrhaven is asuburb ofOttawa,Ontario, Canada. It is located about 17 km (11 mi) southwest of the city'sdowntown core. Prior to amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001, Barrhaven was part of the City ofNepean. Its population as of theCanada 2021 Census was 103,234.[1]
Barrhaven is approximately bounded to the north by theGreenbelt, to the east by theRideau River, to the west byHighway 416, and to the south by the new Half Moon Bay development along Cambrian Road south of theJock River. The area is diagonally bisected byCN rail tracks. Barrhaven is surrounded by rural areas and farmland, with the exception of the growingRiverside South area across the Rideau River. Directly south of Barrhaven isManotick, acommuter town of the city. Barrhaven's nickname is Farrhaven due to its far distance to and from the city centre ofDowntown Ottawa.
Barrhaven is divided into several areas: Barrhaven proper or Old Barrhaven is the westernmost part of the neighbourhood, lying betweenCedarview Road and Greenbank Road. New residential development is expanding the west side of Old Barrhaven between Cedarview andStrandherd Drive. Also included in this area is a triangle of land east of Greenbank betweenFallowfield Road and the railway tracks known as Knollsbrook or The Triangle. South of this is the area known asLongfields, which stretches south to Strandherd and east toWoodroffe Avenue. Sandwiched between the railway tracks, Jockvale Road, Greenbank and Strandherd is the neighbourhood of Barrhaven on the Green. East of Woodroffe, next to the Rideau River, is the neighbourhood of Davidson Heights. South of Strandherd and east of Greenbank is a new community known as Chapman Mills. AsPrince of Wales Drive approaches Longfields Drive, there is a thriving community known as Stonebridge that is located beside the Stonebridge Golf & Country Club.
The Barrhaven area was long inhabited byFirst Nations peoples, and the modern Jockvale Road follows an ancient path that was originally a trail through the wilderness. In the 19th century the area became populated by European farmers as the area was divided into a number of rural homesteads.
The old Barrhaven School House located at Jockvale and Strandherd was in built in 1906. Today, the school stands as a historic site. In 1911, theCanadian Northern Railway built a rail line from Ottawa toToronto through the area. Fast passenger service was offered for many years from Fallowfield Station (near the intersection of Strandherd Dr and Cedarview Rd) to Ottawa and beyond[2] After many years of absence, passenger rail service was reintroduced to the area byVia Rail in the fall of 2002 through a newFallowfield Station located at the intersection of Fallowfield Road and Woodroffe Avenue.
Modern Barrhaven was established in the 1960s, one of a group of new suburbs built outside the Greenbelt from the main city of Ottawa. Building in the area was begun byMel Barr, for whom the community is named. Barr had originally purchased a 200-acre (0.81 km2) farm with the intent of constructing a horse racing track. However theRideau Carleton Raceway was built further to the east, and Barr instead decided to develop his land for housing. In 1968-69 Barrhaven Public School was built as the very first public school in Barrhaven.
Barrhaven was incorporated into the City of Nepean in 1978 and subsequently grew rapidly into a community of several tens of thousands of people. Commercial centres were slower to arrive. In 1990 the area was served by a single grocery store, had nomovie theatre, and not even a bar. This has changed with the opening in 1991 of the vast Barrhaven Town Centre complex ofbig box stores and smaller commercial establishments, as well as a few smaller shopping malls. The 1990s also saw the influx ofhigh-tech companies into the area (such asJDS Uniphase andNortel), and the growth of thePublic Service in the National Capital Region. The area got its first high school in 1998 whenMother Teresa High School (Catholic) opened, followed byJohn McCrae Secondary School (public) in 1999. Barrhaven gained its third high school in 2002 whenSt. Joseph High School (Catholic) opened. In September 2009,Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School (Public) opened. In 2011 École secondaire catholique Pierre-Savard opened.
In 2024, Barrhaven was the site of the city's worst mass killing in its history whensix people were killed with a knife-like weapon.[3]
Like mostNorth American suburbs built so quickly and so recently, Barrhaven has a very uniform feel, especially considering how big it is. Almost every street consists of town houses with some streets having comparatively large suburban houses. In the older parts of Barrhaven, the streets are curvilinear, never forming a grid as they do in older parts of Ottawa. The area is very suburban and tends to attract families.[fact or opinion?]
Barrhaven is divided into many neighbourhoods. The names are generally selected by developers.
Barrhaven contains several public andCatholic schools and numerousparks andplaygrounds, mainly built in since 2000. It is also home to theWalter Baker Sports Centre which contains a library and other facilities. The main commercial district, called theChapman Mills Marketplace, surrounds the intersection of Strandherd Drive and Greenbank Road. It hosts a seven-screencinema, and numerous stores. The Minto Recreation Complex, a new multi-use community centre at the corner of Cambrian and Greenbank, opened in 2014.[5][6] A major employment district was established in 2015 in the area west of Strandherd Drive adjacent toHighway 416, known as the CitiGate corporate campus.[7]
Barrhaven is served by a triangle of bus rapid transit lines, withOC Transpo routes 75, 74, and 99, and is very near to the terminus of theTrillium Line atLimebank station. The suburb has seven localbus routes which provide coverage: 80, 170, 171, 173, 175, and 176 . These routes serve the local streets of Barrhaven as well as serving several stations on theTransitway network where a transfer can be made to Ottawa's Rapid Transit system withRoute 75, 74 and 99. There are six express bus routes, 270, 271, 272, 273, 277, and 278 that provide direct service to downtown Ottawa during the morning rush hour and from downtown during the afternoon rush hour; travel time is approximately 30 minutes. Previously, these routes were numbered 70, 71, 72 (previously 76), 73 and 77, but were changed in 2017 as part the 2018 On Track LRT project. Route 176 runs from Barrhaven Centre toManotick, stopping in the growing Stonebridge community before travelling on the lower half of Jockvale before connecting withPrince of Wales Drive.
IntercityVia Rail connections can be made atFallowfield railway station to Montreal and Toronto.
Until 2006, it had been planned that the north–south light-railO-Train (today'sTrillium Line) would be extended to the centre of Barrhaven near Riocan Marketplace viaRiverside South. The project was cancelled on December 14, 2006, by Ottawa City Council, which decided to focus on building rail-based rapid transit lines in the inner city instead. Rail-based rapid transit to Barrhaven is not expected to be introduced until after 2031, when the three lines in the inner city are expected to be completed.
On January 2, 2007,OC Transpo opened theStrandherd Transitway Station and Park & Ride lot in Barrhaven. Directly across from theChapman Mills MarketplaceWal-Mart &TD Bank, the facility has parking space for about 330 cars. It was built to help with overcrowding at the Fallowfield Station and meet the increased demand for park and ride spaces in the community. Rapid transit route 75 takes approximately 10 minutes to travel between Fallowfield Station and Strandherd Station, and 2 minutes between Strandherd Station andBarrhaven Centre Station. The Province of Ontario funded one-third of the $5 million cost.
In April 2011, thetransitway (BRT) network was expanded in Barrhaven. One feature was the extension of Route 94 (now Route 74) to the intersection of Woodroffe and Strandherd. A new stretch of BRT was also constructed between Fallowfield and Strandherd to reduce travel times on Route 95 (Route 75 since 2019).[8] In September 2014, a new BRT route was established on Chapman Mills Drive, using agraveyard median from the canceled south-western LRT route. Route 99 starts at Barrhaven Centre and using newBeatrice Station proceeds toGreenboro Station, the O-Train Line 2 terminus, at non-peak hours, via Riverside South (Vimy Memorial Bridge) andLeitrim Station. At peak hours, the 99 goes all the way toHurdman Station via the Southeast Transitway, connecting to the O-Train Line 1.
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