Ottawa community born out of feds’ first housing policy celebrates unique century-old heritage

The development of Lindenlea, a neighbourhood of about 160 lots on the highest point in the city, was unlike any other in Canada.

Front yard gardens in the Ottawa’s Lindenlea neighbourhood, which was built after the First World War and ranks among the first planned communities in this country. Flickr photograph by Ross Dunn

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 10, 2019

OTTAWA—It’s not much of a park—just a few swings, a couple of playground sets, and a basketball court that doubles as an ice rink in winter. In the warm weather, everyone just leaves the kids’ trikes, wagons, and other toys out all night. You see them in the morning. Yet this small, quiet p...

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