Heron Gate

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Heron Gate
Neighbourhood
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Heron Gate
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°22′40″N75°39′00″W / 45.37778°N 75.65000°W / 45.37778; -75.65000
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
City Ottawa
Government
 •  MPs David McGuinty
 •  MPPs John Fraser
 •  Councillors Marty Carr, Jessica Bradley
 • Community associationHerongate Tenant Coalition
Area
 • Total1.538 km2 (0.594 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total9,974
 • Density6,458/km2 (16,730/sq mi)
  Canada 2021 Census
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

Heron Gate [1] or Herongate is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward and Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the south end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the Herongate Tenant Coalition as being bounded on the north by Heron Road, on the west by Heron-Walkley Park and Albion Road, and by the Walkley rail corridor on the south. [2] The total population for this area (excluding the Oak apartments on Albion which are in a different Census block) according to the Canada 2021 Census was 9,974. [3]

Contents

There are several parks in the neighbourhood, and is served by Ridgemont High School), St. Patrick's High School, St. Patrick Intermediate and Charles Hulse Elementary School for education. The area has train tracks to the south. It is one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the city. A number of new developments were completed on the west of the neighbourhood between 2006 and 2008.

History

The neighbourhood north of Walkely was first built by Minto in 1966, [4] [5] while the neighbourhood south of Walkely was first built prior to 1976. [6] Ottawa City Council approved the construction of 576 units on Heatherington in 1970, [7] and 150 units at the corner of Heatherington and Albion in 1972. [8]

Demographics

The neighbourhood is extremely linguistically and racially diverse. According to the 2016 Census, a plurality of the neighbourhood (42%) is Anglophone and 13% is Francophone. Other major languages include Arabic (12%), Somali (11%), Nepali (4%), Spanish (2%), Creoles (2%) and Persian (2%). It is a plurality Black Canadian (32%), and is nearly equally White (31%). Arab Canadians also make up a significant proportion (15%). Other races include South Asian (7%), Filipino (3%), Latin American (2%), Indigenous (2%), Chinese (2%), West Asian (1%) and Southeast Asian (1%). [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Retailers

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Herongate Square

The main shopping area in the Herongate area is the Herongate Square (formerly Herongate Mall). There are also stores nearby which are separate from the mall.

Timbercreek evictions

Most properties south of Heron and north of Walkley, within Baycrest Drive, Sandalwood Drive and Ceaderwood Drive are managed by Timbercreek Asset Management [15] who took possession in 2012. In 2016, Timbercreek evicted residents from 80 townhomes in Heron Gate, to make room for new developments in the area. [15] In May 2018, it announced that it would evict residents of a further 150 townhomes, due to structural problems with the buildings. [16] The decision to redevelop the area received criticism from residents and interested parties such as the UN special rapporteur on Adequate Housing, [17] and was described as the "'largest forced displacement in Canada' in recent history." [18]

These evictions were criticized as being part of a broader pattern of racist “reno-victions” or “demo-victions”, [19] as “90% of more than 500 tenants evicted in 2018 after rental properties were allowed to deteriorate were racial minorities”. [20] Nonetheless, Heron Gate has been noted by scholars such as Emily Power, Bjarke Skærlund Risager, [21] and Marina Gomá as an important site of working class, anti-racist activism by its residents. As Gomá notes, “The Herongate Tenant Coalition articulates a different reality to the narrative of Canadian benevolence, embodying class solidarity, denouncing structural racism, and recruiting allies to donate to their legal case against Timbercreek Management.” [22]

Following an extended grassroots activist campaign and a human rights challenge, [23] Timbercreek agreed to provide CAD$2,000 in moving compensation, relocation assistance and negotiated discounts with Ottawa moving companies. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ "Place names - Heron Gate".
  2. ↑ "Our Neighbourhood – #DefendHerongate".
  3. ↑ Population calculated by combining the populations of Census Tract 5050007.02 with Dissemination Areas 35061282, 35060895, 35061319, 35061320, 35060893
  4. ↑ "Minto". Ottawa Citizen. July 7, 1966. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ Ottawa, Ontario. 1:25,000. Map Sheet 031G05G, ed. 3, 1971; Open Data Producer: Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources; Date published: 1971-01-01 (publication), 2016-01-01 (publication)
  6. ↑ "geoOttawa". geoOttawa. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  7. ↑ "City Clears Path for Construction Of 2,200 Apartment, Housing Units". Ottawa Journal. October 21, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Alta Vista residents force a review of public housing scheme". Ottawa Citizen. July 18, 1972. p. 12. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 5050007.02 [Census tract], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 35061282 [Dissemination area], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 35060895 [Dissemination area], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 35061319 [Dissemination area], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 35061320 [Dissemination area], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census - 35060893 [Dissemination area], Ontario and Canada [Country]". 8 February 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Heron Gate residents, developer sketch out community's future". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  16. ↑ "Builder accelerates evictions in Ottawa's Heron Gate neighbourhood as rebuild gathers pace". The Globe and Mail. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  17. ↑ "Heron Gate eviction violates human rights law, United Nations advocate says". CBC News. 2018-07-03.
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