Sandy Hill
Location of Sandy Hill in Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°25′30″N 75°40′30″W / 45.425, -75.675
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
- MPs	Mauril Bélanger
- MPPs	Madeleine Meilleur
- Councillors	Georges Bédard
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total	12,078
	Canada 2006 Census
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Sandy Hill (French: Côte-de-Sable) is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario located just east of downtown. The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Mauril A Bélanger, PC, MP (born June 15, 1955) is a Member of the Canadian Parliament. See also Politics of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA) is the Legislature Madeleine Meilleur (born November 22, 1948) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. The Ottawa City Council ( French: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Georges Bédard (born in Ottawa Ontario) is a member of Ottawa City Council representing the ward of Rideau-Vanier. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The neighbourhood is bordered on the west by the Rideau Canal and on the east by the Rideau River. The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston The Rideau River is a Canadian River which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls To the north it stretches to Rideau Street and the Byward Market area while to the south it is bordered by the Queensway highway and Nicholas Street. ByWard Market (sometimes called By Ward Market, Byward Market or simply The Market, Marché By in French) is a district in downtown The Queensway is a major controlled-access Freeway running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from Kanata in the west to Orléans The area is named for its hilliness, caused by the river, and its sandy soil, which makes it difficult to erect large buildings. ^[1] The population as of 2006 was roughly 12,078 residents. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

History

Map of Sandy Hill (from OpenStreetMap)

Sandy Hill was, during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Ottawa's wealthiest neighbourhood. OpenStreetMap ( OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free editable Map of the world Originally the estate of Louis-Théodore Besserer, who donated part of this land to University of Ottawa, it was subdivided and became home to most of Ottawa's lumber barons. Louis-Théodore Besserer ( January 4 1785 - February 3 1861) was a businessman notary and political figure in Lower Canada For the university in Ottawa Kansas see Ottawa University. The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in When Ottawa became the country's capital, it became home to senior public servants and to the Prime Minister who lived at Stadacona Hall and later at what is now known as Laurier House. The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Laurier House is a national historic site in Ottawa Ontario, Canada, located at 335 Laurier Ave

The construction of bridges over the canal and the introduction of automobiles and streetcars made the area much closer to downtown, and it began to decline as the very wealthy moved to Rockcliffe Park. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train The neighbourhood became much denser and more middle class. The middle class, in colloquial usage consists of those who have some economic independence but not a great deal of social Influence or power. It was predominantly francophone, and the 1960s Radio-Canada television network drama "La Côte de Sable" was set there, to this day the network's only drama set outside Quebec. Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language Television network.

The area saw much growth at the end of the Second World War as the baby boom increased the population and the nearby federal government began hiring. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate during a certain period and usually within certain geographical bounds and when the birth rate exceeds 2% of the population Many of the once grand mansions became embassies. A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in Many nations still have their embassies in Sandy Hill, including those of Russia and of many African nations, which are clustered near the Rideau River. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Its population dropped by 30% in the 60's and 70's as families fled the dismal urban planning. Currently, there are many students living in the area due to its proximity to the University of Ottawa.

Geography

A pair of houses on Laurier St E. Many of the large older buildings in Sandy Hill have been converted into apartments.

Unusual among modern urban neighbourhoods, the demographics of Sandy Hill change dramatically over just a few blocks. Very wealthy people live near the embassies of the Rideau River, but as you get closer to the university, one finds more students, more senior citizens and more poor people living in boarding houses. The area is split about equally between the English speaking and the francophone population, with large communities from Somalia, Lebanon, and Haiti. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The adjective francophone (alternately Francophone) means French -speaking typically as primary language whether referring to individuals groups or places Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The area is very close to downtown, especially to the Rideau Centre, Ottawa's premier shopping area. Rideau Centre ( Centre Rideau in French) is a three-level Shopping centre on Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario The area is well served by mass transit and the transitway passes by the university. In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Public transit services operated by OC Transpo have two Rapid transit systems the Transitway

Sandy Hill is often divided into four areas. Upper Sandy Hill consists of the area north of Laurier Avenue. This part of the neighbourhood is much older with many of its buildings dating from the nineteenth century. The area is subject to the influences of more recent developments on the thoroughfare of Rideau Street. South of Laurier is Lower Sandy Hill largely built after the Second World War, though there are a number of much older structures. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The far south of neighbourhood below Mann Avenue is an area known as Strathcona Heights. This area is much smaller geographically than the other two but is as densely populated. It consists almost entirely of low-rise apartment buildings that are either subsidised housing or co-operatives. This area was completely redeveloped in the early 1990s. The area below the Strathcona Heights escarpment, near the Rideau River, is known as Robinson village. It was cut off from other neighbourhoods when highways were built, and contains low-rise houses and light industrial uses.

Notable sites

• Laurier House
• University of Ottawa
• Strathcona Park
• 5 Blackburn

Embassies

The large homes built by the lumber barons are today popular locations for embassies and many countries are represented in the neighbourhood:

• Algeria (Fleck/Paterson House)
• Angola
• Austria
• Brazil
• Brunei Darussalam (Stadacona Hall)
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Croatia (Toller House)
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Jamaican embassy in ottawa
• Kenya
• Mali
• Morocco
• Myanmar
• Niger
• Pakistan
• Poland
• Russia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Sudan
• Switzerland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

Churches

• All Nations Church
• All Saints Anglican Church
• St. Alban's Anglican Church
• St. Clement Catholic Church
• St. Paul's-Eastern United Church
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church

See also: List of Ottawa neighbourhoods

References

• Exploring Ottawa: an architectural guide to the nation's capital. Harold Kalman and John Roaf. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1983.

External links

• Sandy Hill: History of an Ottawa Neighbourhood
• Action Sandy Hill