{
 "title": "Kanata Lakes, Ottawa: neighbourhood factsheet",
 "name": "Kanata Lakes",
 "slug": "kanatalakes",
 "summary": "Kanata Lakes is a residential neighbourhood in Kanata North Ward in western Ottawa. A 2019 planning report prepared for ClubLink describes residential growth around the golf course in the early 1990s, followed by expansion north and west in the early 2000s. Everyday destinations include Beaverbrook library on Campeau Drive and grocery shopping at Signature Centre on Terry Fox Drive. Nearby Trillium Woods provides forest trails in Kanata North, with a trailhead at Richcraft Recreation Complex. By car, downtown Ottawa (Parliament Hill) is about 25.5 km away, roughly 25 minutes in free-flowing traffic (OSRM estimate).",
 "centre": [
  45.3259076,
  -75.9180654
 ],
 "boundaries": "Definitions vary. The Kanata Lakes Community Association describes Kanata Lakes as extending north from Highway 417 between Terry Fox Drive and Beaverbrook, with Richardson Ridge, Kanata Estates, Goldridge/Heritage Hills and the Beaverpond area among its communities. This description does not establish a surveyed northern boundary or a census geography.",
 "boundaries_source": [
  "https://klca.ca/communities/",
  "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/292950092"
 ],
 "housing": "Bousfields’ 2019 report for ClubLink describes established homes north of Campeau Drive as predominantly detached houses and townhouses, generally two storeys, on crescents and cul-de-sacs.",
 "housing_source": [
  "https://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents/files/planningrationale_7000campeau_en.pdf"
 ],
 "facts": [
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Municipality",
   "value": "City of Ottawa, Ontario",
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanata_Lakes"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Municipal ward",
   "value": "Ward 4 — Kanata North",
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/council-committees-and-boards/how-city-government-works/city-wards"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "census",
   "label": "Also known as",
   "value": "Marchwood-Lakeside",
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanata_Lakes"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Schools inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 7,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://kanatalakes.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Parks & places inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 30,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://kanatalakes.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "section": "counts",
   "label": "Shops & restaurants inside the neighbourhood (this guide)",
   "value": 8,
   "as_of": "2026-10-30",
   "source": [
    "https://kanatalakes.homes/data/places.json"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "community_associations": [
  "Kanata Lakes Community Association (KLCA)"
 ],
 "page": "https://kanatalakes.homes/neighbourhoods/kanatalakes/",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for this compilation (credit kanatalakes.homes). Census figures: Statistics Canada 2021 Census via the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Walk times and counts are derived from OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0).",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "generated": "2026-10-30"
}