LeBreton Flats
LeBreton Flats (also spelled Lebreton Flats) (French: Plaines Lebreton) known colloquially as The Flats is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It lies to the west of Centretown neighbourhood, and to the north of Centretown West. The Ottawa River forms the western and northern limit, with the western side being a wider area of the river known as Nepean Bay.
LeBreton Flats | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
| Nickname(s): The Flats, LeBreton | |
Location of LeBreton Flats in Ottawa | |
| Coordinates: 45°24′56″N 75°43′04″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| City | Ottawa |
| Government | |
| • MPs | Yasir Naqvi |
| • MPPs | Joel Harden |
| • Councillors | Ariel Troster |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.84 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 620 |
| Canada 2016 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Originally a residential area, much of the northern portion of the Flats is now occupied by the Canadian War Museum and the National Holocaust Monument. Pimisi station, a station on Ottawa's LRT system, is also in LeBreton Flats. About half of the total area, on the south side of the Kichi Zibi Mikan, is undergoing redevelopment. The population was 620 (2016 Census), up from 373 (2011 Census), and 57 in 2006 and 50 in 2001.