City View is a neighbourhood in the Nepean

Nepean, Ontario

- Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...

 sector of Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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City View is bounded on the north by Baseline Road

Baseline Road (Ottawa)

Baseline Road is a road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Baseline runs from Richmond Road east in a straight line until it ends at the Heron Road Bridge over the Rideau River and Rideau Canal when it becomes Heron Road. Before the 2001 City of Ottawa amalgamation, Baseline formed the border of the city...

, one the east by Merivale Road/Clyde Avenue, on the south by Meadowlands Drive and on the west by Indian Road.

The area existed as a police village

Police village

A police village was a form of municipal government used in the province of Ontario, Canada, beginning in the early 19th century. It was used in cases where the finances or population of the area did not permit the creation of a village....

 from 1954 to 1974. Despite being in a suburban part of the city, due to its older history, the neighbourhood is set up with a grid pattern of streets. Historically, it is known as St. Claire Gardens.

The neighbourhood is right next to Algonquin College

Algonquin College

Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is a publicly funded English-language college and member of Polytechnics Canada located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The college serves the National Capital Region and the outlying areas of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec...

, and contains St. Nicholas Adult High School and Elizabeth Wynwood Public School. It contains a number of small parks; St. Nicholas Park, Starwood Park, City View Park and Doug Frobel Park. The neighbourhood also contains the Nepean Museum

Nepean Museum

The Nepean Museum, located at 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean, Ontario, Canada, is a museum that preserves and makes accessible evidence of the history of Nepean. Artifacts related to Nepean, from its beginnings to the 20th century, are restored and displayed in the museum galleries and grounds...

 as well as the Canadian Montessori Academy.