Lower Town

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Lowertown
Neighbourhood
View over Lowertown from the west
Location of Lowertown in Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°26′00″N 75°41′30″W / 45.43333°N 75.69167°W / 45.43333; -75.69167
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
• MPs	Mona Fortier
• MPPs	Lucille Collard
• Councillors	Stéphanie Plante
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	12,274
	Canada 2011 Census
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown" (French: la Basse-Ville) is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest part of the city. It is bounded by Rideau Street to the south, the Ottawa River to the west and north and the Rideau River to the east.^[1] It includes the commercial Byward Market area in the south-western part, and is predominantly residential in the north and east.

It was historically French Canadian and Irish (as opposed to English and Scottish Upper Town, a term no longer in use) and is to this day home to many Franco-Ontarian families, businesses and institutions.