Elmvale Acres (2006 population: 3,254) is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista, Ottawa. It was built in the late 1950s by the contractor and property developer, Robert Campeau.
It includes the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre on St. Laurent, which functions as an east end OC Transpo transit terminus. This shopping centre was the scene of a family-related shooting in September 2006.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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