Kanata, Ontario
Kanata was a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada until it was amalgamated with Ottawa and the surrounding cities in 2001 to become the new city of Ottawa.
Location
Latitude of 45 degrees 18" North and a longitude of 75 degrees 55" West, and an area of 139 square kilometers.
Notable buildings and institutions
Kanata is the site of the Corel Centre, home arena of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.
Annual events
Primary industries
Kanata is home to many of the major high-tech employers of Ottawa, such as Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Inc., HP, March Networks, and Mitel. The high-tech industry clusters along March Road, in the Kanata North Business Park, and along Eagleson Road, in the Kanata South Business Park.
Sports
Kanata has a professional sports team, the Ottawa_Senators of the National Hockey League.
History
Kanata was incorporated in 1967 out of the Township of March.
Kanata has a historic site, Pinhey's Point.
DEC was one of the pioneer technology companies in Kanata. The DEC campus has been successively Digital, Compaq, and is now HP.
In 2001, Kanata was amalgamated into Ottawa.
References
Web sites
- Tony Copple, No Longer a City, but Still Kanata, http://www.igs.net/~tonyc/aboutkan.html citing Economic Development Office, City of Kanata
