Our Community

Kitchissippi, meaning "the Great River", is the former Ojibway name for the Ottawa River. The name was given to the Kitchissippi Lookout, overlooking the Ottawa River, and was adopted for the city council ward in the area when the new city of Ottawa was formed in 2001.  The area is steeped in history and is one of Ottawa's fastest growing and most vibrant areas with a diverse population of almost 37,000 people.

Kitchissippi is home to a number of unique communities.  Each has its own individual challenges but also may share issues with residents in the other communities in Ottawa.  Community associations are vital in improving our neighbourhoods and ultimately our city as a whole.

The following is a list of community associations and their contact information in the Kitchissippi Ward:

Champlain Park Community Association
Contact: Lynne Bankier, Heather Pearl – Co-Chairs
Address: 183 Carleton Ave
Telephone: 613-729-0955
Email: lynne_bankier@sympatico.ca

Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association
Contact: Amanda Farris
Email: mortgages@amandafarris.ca  or  CHNA4U@gmail.com
Blog: www.civichospital.blogspot.com
Website: http://www.communityzero.com/chna

The Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association is comprised of individuals in the 1200 households adjacent to the Civic Hospital campus of the Ottawa Hospital. The purposes of the CHNA are to provide a platform for issues affecting its residents and to encourage neighbours to meet one another by taking part in volunteer activities.

The community boundaries are Hwy 417 (the Queensway) on the north, Carling Avenue on the south, Bayswater Avenue on the east, and the intersection of the Queensway and Carling on the west.

Hampton – Iona Community Group
Contact: Lorne Cutler
Telephone: 613-725-9147
Email: lorne@hamptoniona.ca
Website: http://hamptoniona.ca

Hampton Iona is located in the Westboro area of Ottawa. Its boundaries are Richmond Road to the north, Carling Avenue to the South, Tweedsmuir Avenue to the East, and Island Park Drive to the West.  Key features of the neighbourhood include two idyllic parks. Iona Park includes a neighbourhood wading pool and a community skating rink, while Hampton Park is split between a heavily wooded section owned by the NCC and a City park which contains play structures, a wading pool and baseball diamonds. There are two major shopping centres; Westgate Shopping Centre and Hampton Plaza as well as a nascent shopping area along its portion of Richmond Road. There are several schools and daycares in the area, most notably, Hilson Public School.

Hintonburg Community Association
Contact: Pat O’Brien
Email: info@hintonburg.com
Web: www.hintonburg.com
Hintonburg’s arts-friendly, historic neighbourhood is bordered by Scott Street on the north, the O-Train line to the east, the Queensway on the south (Highway 417) and Holland Avenue to the west.

Hintonburg Economic Development Committee
Contact: Cheryl Parrott & Vance Fandrey
Address: 132 Bayview Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 2C6
Telephone: 613-728-7582
Email: cheryl.vance@sympatico.ca

Island Park Community Association
Contact: Daniel Koepke
Email: islandparkassociation@yahoo.ca

Laroche Park Community Association
Contact: Keith Brown, President
Address: 42 Stonehurst Avenue, Ottawa K1Y 1R4
Telephone: 613-728-0636 (t) / 613-850-0853 (c)
Email: brownsandmarley@aol.com

McKellar Park Community Association
Contact: Bruce Bergen
Address: 440 Mansfield Avenue, Ottawa, K2A 2S7
Telephone: 613-761-1679
Web: www.mckellarpark.org

McKellar Park is bordered to the north by the Ottawa River and to the south by Sherbourne Ave. The Ottawa River Parkway boasts 20 kms of walking/biking paths, green space for picnics and beautiful sunsets overlooking the Ottawa River. Residents enjoy tree lined streets and parks, as well as easy proximity to downtown Ottawa (ie. 20 minute bus ride, 30 minute bike or 10 minute drive to Parliament Hill). Within walking distance from McKellar Park are amenities such as Dovercourt Recreation Centre (DRA), the Jewish Community Centre (JCC), the “Y”, the Public Library, Carlingwood Shopping Centre, schools and many other services.

West Wellington Community Association
Contact: Jason Thomson, President
Address: 1620 Scott Street, P.O. Box 64132
Holland Cross R.P.O., Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4V1
Email: wwca@westwellington.ca
Web: www.westwellington.ca
The boundaries of the West Wellington Community Association are Island Park Ave. to the west, Holland Ave. to the east, and Scott St. to the north and the Queensway to the south.

Westboro Beach Community Association
Contact: Mari Wellman – Chair
Address: 378 Selby Avenue, Ottawa K2A 0Al
Telephone: 613-722-5944
email: wellmanemail@sympatico.ca
Web: www.westborobeach.org

Westboro Beach is located in the larger geographic neighbourhood of Westboro.  The Westboro Beach community is unique in that it is located adjacent to the Ottawa River, is the site of a public access point to the River and is bounded to the South by the City’s transitway. In fact, Westboro Beach includes several transportation corridors: the transitway, the Trans Canada Trail, the Ottawa River Parkway, the NCC recreational pathway system and the Ottawa River. Westboro Beach is an active living community and greatly values greenspaces.

Westboro Community Association
Contact: Gary Ludington
Email: hellowestboro@yahoo.ca
Web: http://lovewestboro.wordpress.com/
The boundaries of the Westboro Community Association are East of Denbury, West of Tweedsmuir, and between Carling and the Transitway.  The community of Westboro in Ottawa is a thriving and exciting place to live. It’s a mixture of residential and commerical interests, schools, churches, parking lots and parkland.

Newspapers:

The Kitchissippi Times

The Kitchissippi Times is Kitchissippi's locally owned and operated community newspaper. Filled with colourful and vibrant editorial and photography, the Kitchissippi Times covers and celebrates the interesting people and events of this dynamic neighbourhood. The Kitchissippi Times is delivered 20 times a year to homes in the area bounded by the Ottawa River in the North, Carling Avenue in the South, the O-Train tracks in the East and Woodroffe in the West.

Newswest

Since 1978, Newswest has kept the residents of Ottawa west informed about what's happening in their neighbourhood. Newswest survives by being able to get into the nooks and crannies of the community to celebrate the people, the events and the institutions that contribute to the vibrancy of the area.

Newswest is written by the community for the community which enables it to provide an unique perspective on life in the Kitchissippi area. A majority of Newswest articles are written by volunteer writers wishing to highlight an issue, a person or an event that they feel is of interest. Volunteer groups are also encouraged to use the pages of Newswest as a pipeline to the broader community to make readers aware of events and issues that escape the notice of the professional media.

Newswest covers the neighbourhoods of Mechanicsville, Hintonburg, Champlain Park, West Wellington, Hampton Park, Westboro Beach, Westboro, Highland Park, McKellar Park, Carlingwood and Civic Hospital.  Over 16,000 copies of Newswest are distributed free-of-charge 12 times a year to homes and retail locations in the Kitchissippi area.