Kanata, Ontario

Kanata is a large suburb in the western part of the Canadian capital Ottawa. Before 2001, part of Ottawa Kanata was, she was the fastest growing city in Canada. In 2006, she had 70 078 inhabitants, but is still growing steadily.

History

The current area of Kanata was originally part of the urban area of ​​March and first settled by Europeans in the early 19th century. It dealt up to the 1960s, mainly with agriculture as the main industry used more and more. Today's Kanata was coined by Bill Teron, who is considered the father of Kanata. He leased over 12 km ² of land and left it there to build a modern society. It was planned to provide a mix of office buildings, residential areas and green spaces.

Kanata grew very rapidly in 1978 independently from the urban area of the Morava and a separate town. 2001, it was, with a number of other cities, part of Ottawa. The city became a major high -tech center. DEC was one of the pioneers of this area.

Area

Kanata is located 22 km south - west of the Canadian capital Ottawa on Highway 417 and has an area of 139 km ².

On the northern border, it is located on the Ottawa River. In the east it borders on Nepean. On the western border is Stittsville. Stittsville was once a peasant and later part of the city Goulbourn. 2001, it was also part of Ottawa. The city is heavily influenced by the high-tech industry. In the south Kanata adjacent to Richmond, which also became part of Ottawa in 2001.

Policy

Kanata is the largest settlement in the constituency Carleton - Mississippi Mills.

Kanata had 1978-2001 three mayors:

Economy

The Canadian airline First Air has its head office in Kanata A number of high -tech companies have offices in Kanata, eg:

  • Juniper Networks
  • BlackBerry
  • Mitel
  • March Networks
  • Alcatel- Lucent
  • Bridgewater Systems
  • DragonWave
  • Solace system
  • CounterPath Corporation
  • Protecode
  • Dell Canada
  • HP
  • Smart Technologies
  • Norpak
  • Nortel
  • MDS Nordion
  • BreconRidge
  • AMCC
  • Cisco Systems

The high-tech industry is concentrated along the Morava River Road ( in the Kanata North Business Park and Kanata Research Park ) and along Eagleson Road ( in the Kanata South Business Park ).

Architecture

  • Canadian Tire Centre (1000 Palladium Drive) is the home arena of the Ottawa Senators and venue for many concerts. Previous names were The Palladium (1996 ), The Corel Centre ( 1996-2005 ) and Scotiabank Place ( 2005-2012)
  • The Brookstreet Hotel ( 525 Legget Drive)
  • The Kanata Centrum is Ottawa's third largest shopping center.
  • The Ron Maslin Playhouse (1 Ron Maslin Place) is a theater with 350 seats, which was completed in 1996.
  • The AMC Kanata 24 Theatres is the largest cinema in Ottawa.

Sports

Kanata is home of the Ottawa Senators professional ice hockey team that play in the National Hockey League. The Senators play in Canadian Tire Centre. The women's team plays in the Bell Sensplex. The Kanata Soccer Club covers 4,500 players of the largest sports club in Kanata and the second largest in Ottawa.

Population Development

Metropolitan area:

Postal codes in Canada Heavy industry William Teron Ontario Highway 417 High tech Alcatel-Lucent Hewlett-Packard AMC Theatres
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