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The History of Wellington Street West

The story of Wellington Street West and the city around it.

Hintonburg is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located west of the Downtown core. It is a historically working-class, predominantly residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street West. It is home to the Parkdale Public Market, located along Parkdale Avenue, just north of Wellington. It is considered to be one of Ottawa's most "hipster" neighbourhoods. Its eastern border is O-Train Line 2, just west of Preston Street, with Centretown West / Somerset Heights neighbourhood to the east. To the north it is bounded by O-Train Line 1 (originally the Canadian Pacific Railway main line), along Scott Street, with Mechanicsville beyond. To the south it is bounded by the Queensway (aka the 417 Highway, originally the Canadian National Railway main line) and to the west by Holland Avenue. Using the community association's borders, the population of the neighbourhood is 7844 (2016 Census).