Wellington Street West is a 4-lane arterial road west of downtown 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...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 and is not to be confused with the principal Wellington Street

Wellington Street (Ottawa)

Wellington Street is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in 1826 Wellington Street (French: Rue Wellington) is an important street in Ottawa, Canada most notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in...

 in downtown Ottawa. It begins at Bayview Road as a westbound one-way street until it merges with Somerset Street to attain its full right-of-way. The section from Somerset Street to Holland Avenue (Ottawa) bisects the Hintonburg

Hintonburg

Hintonburg is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a historically working-class, predominately residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street West, located to the west of downtown...

 neighbourhood, while the section from Holland Avenue to Western Avenue forms the backbone of the gentrified Wellington West community. From Western Avenue westward the alignment is known as Richmond Road (Ontario).

Gentrification

Richmond Road through Westboro and Wellington Street West eastward to Somerset have recently been reconstructed using streetscaping to create improved lighting, signals, and sidewalks.