Little Italy, Ottawa

Little Italy, Ottawa
Little Italy
—  Neighbourhood  —
Coordinates: 45°24′15″N 75°42′42″W / 45.40417°N 75.71167°W / 45.40417; -75.71167Coordinates: 45°24′15″N 75°42′42″W / 45.40417°N 75.71167°W / 45.40417; -75.71167
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
City Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg Ottawa

Little Italy is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, situated in Centretown West and the cultural centre of Ottawa's Italian community. Bounded by Albert Street to the north, Carling Avenue to the south, the O-Train tracks to the west, and approximately Bronson Avenue to the east, Little Italy intersects with Chinatown, whose business district centres on Somerset Street.

Little Italy was initially settled around 1900 by Italian immigrants. Following a fire at a small Murray Street chapel, the 1913 founding of St. Anthony of Padua Church at the corner of Booth Street and Gladstone Avenue cemented the immigrants' connections with the neighbourhood. In the years following World War II a second wave of Italian immigrants was joined by communities of Ukrainian and Polish immigrants in the area. In recent years with the integration of European immigrants the neighbourhood has found itself home to Asian immigrants, primarily from China and Vietnam.

In the 1960s a large section of the poorer neighbourhood was demolished, and replaced with the High School of Commerce, today the Adult High School.

Since 1974, each June the neighbourhood hosts the Italian Week festival, Ottawa's celebration of Italian culture.

Two area streets have been given commemorative Italian street names. Gladstone Avenue is also called Via Marconi, and Preston Street is called Corso Italia.

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  • St Anthony's church

  • Corso Italia street sign

See also

  • Golden Triangle (Ottawa, Canada)

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