Barrhaven is now a beautiful, booming ‘burb, the most rapidly growing area of the city, 20 km southwest of Ottawa’s downtown.
It is a thriving community, with bountiful family and neighbourhood resources.
Before municipal amalgamation in 2001, Barrhaven was a neighbourhood in the City of Nepean with fewer than 35,000 people. With new developments being built, Barrhaven’s population will surpass 110,000 in a few years.
At one time not so long ago, Barrhaven had only one grocery store, no theatre, not even a bar. But now, multiple shopping centres, as well as smaller lifestyle centres spread throughout the area make Barrhaven a prime shopping destination.
Hard to believe that at one time long ago, Barrhaven was merely a school on a road.
