LeBreton Flats

LeBreton Flats
Neighbourhood
Nickname(s):  The Flats, LeBreton
Location of LeBreton Flats in Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°24′56″N 75°43′04″W / 45.41556°N 75.71778°W / 45.41556; -75.71778
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)

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.

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.^[1] 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),^[2] up from 373 (2011 Census), and 57 in 2006^[3] and 50 in 2001.^[4]