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Ottawa's Vanier neighbourhood is a former municipality ceased to exist in 2001 by becoming part of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. It is most notable for its large francophone population, and has 15,726 residents today (2006 census). The adjective francophone (alternately Francophone) means French -speaking typically as primary language whether referring to individuals groups or places

The Vanier neighbourhood is located in the east of Ottawa across the Rideau River from the neighbourhoods of Lowertown and Sandy Hill, and just south of Rockcliffe Park and New Edinburgh. The Rideau River is a Canadian River which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls Sandy Hill ( French: Côte-de-Sable is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario located just east of downtown This article is about New Edinburgh Ontario For the New Zealand settlement originally called New Edinburgh see Dunedin. To the east of Vanier are the suburbs of Gloucester. Gloucester was a City in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River and is now a Suburb of the City of Ottawa. Vanier has a relatively small area with a high population density.

In 1908, the communities of Janeville, Clarkstown and Clandeboye were joined to form the village of Eastview. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In 1913, Eastview was incorporated as a town. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Originally it was a popular destination for civil servants who wished to live at a distance from downtown. See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis It later saw a large influx of French-Canadians and became the main francophone area in the capital. In 1963 it became a city, and in 1969 was renamed after the recently-deceased Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier DSO MC & Bar CD ( April 23, 1888 - March 5, 1967

Montreal Road is the main thoroughfare of the community. Drugs and prostitution are common on many of the side streets. Despite this, some consider it to be an up-and-coming area today. Vanier offers a wide choice of retail shops, strip malls, eateries, bars, etc. As one of the last relatively inexpensive Ottawa neighbourhoods with a desirable location next to downtown, Vanier is increasingly considered a target for gentrification. Both subsidized and self-financed housing is available here, with several existing and proposed upscale condominiums and infill developments. The population on the western edge of Vanier closer to the Rideau River, esp. The Rideau River is a Canadian River which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls the Kingsview Park neighbourhood, is among the more affluent.

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Like nearby Lowertown, Ottawa's Vanier neighbourhood is home to a number of French-speaking immigrants from Africa and elsewhere. It is also the site of an urban maple syrup Maple Sugar Festival (Festival des Sucres) held in spring, and home to an outdoor Catholic shrine, the Grotte des Lourdes. Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of Maple trees In Canada and the United States it is most often eaten with waffles and pancakes

Vanier is part of the federal riding of Ottawa—Vanier, and the Ottawa—Vanier provincial riding. A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the For the Ottawa—Vanier federal electoral district please see Ottawa—Vanier. It is traditionally one of the staunchly Liberal ridings in Canada, having voted for the party consistently since the riding's creation. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Federally, it is represented by Mauril Belanger, and provincially by Madeleine Meilleur. Mauril A Bélanger, PC, MP (born June 15, 1955) is a Member of the Canadian Parliament. Madeleine Meilleur (born November 22, 1948) is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

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Mayors of Eastview

Mayors of Vanier

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Gordon Lavergne was an Ontario political figure He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative Bernard "Ben" C Grandmaitre (born June 24, 1933 in Eastview, Ontario) is a retired Politician in Ontario Canada Gisèle Lalonde (born June 28 1933) was mayor of the city of Vanier from 1985 to 1991 and is a community activist Guy Cousineau ( June 4 1937 - was the last mayor in the city of Vanier before it was amalgamated with Ottawa in 2001
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