Central Ward was a former ward in the city of
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. It originally consisted of the part of the city between
Bank Street and the
Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston. It is 202 kilometres long. The name ''Rideau'', French for "curtain", ...
. It was first known as Centre Ward.
It was created when
Wellington Ward was split in half in 1889.
[''Ottawa: An Illustrated History'', by John H. Taylor] The ward was abolished in 1952, when it joined neighbouring Wellington Ward once again.
Ottawa wards
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