are also generally referred to as being downtown. These include Centretown to the south and Sandy Hill and Lower Town to the east. North of the Ottawa River the centre of Gatineau, Quebec can be considered an extension of Ottawa's downtown. Landmarks Religious City View International Church First Baptist Church Christ Church Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist Dominion-Chalmers United Church Knox Presbyterian Church St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church St Patrick's Basilica St. Peter's Lutheran Church St. Theresa's Catholic Church Demographics According to the 2016 Canadian Census. Area defined as the part of Ottawa north of Gloucester Street, east of Bronson, south of the Ottawa River and west of the Rideau Canal. Population: 4,876 Change (2011–2016): +18.3% Total private dwellings: 3,965 (up from 3,256 in 2011) Land area: Population density: Politically, it is within the federal and provincial ridings of Ottawa Centre. Transportation Roads Prominent streets Downtown Ottawa has a grid pattern of streets, aligned either east-west or north-south with a number of the streets being one way. From east to west, the prominent streets are Elgin Street, Metcalfe Street, O'Connor Street, Bank Street, Kent Street and Bronson Avenue. Starting from the east: Elgin Street, a ceremonial route for the daily Changing of the Guard and site of many prominent buildings and landmarks, and a restaurant district south of Laurier Avenue, Metcalfe and O'Connor (which includes a bidirectional separate bike lane), both of which are busy multi-lane one-way streets, Bank Street runs through the heart of downtown and is a prominent retail centre, Kent Street, another busy multi-lane one way with high traffic volumes, Lyon, the edge of the central business district, with a wall of towering office buildings and hotels to the east and shorter buildings and parking lots to the west, Bay and Percy, are one way local residential streets, and, Bronson Avenue is a major avenue that forms the western edge of downtown. The northernmost east-west street that crosses downtown is Wellington Street, site of the parliamentary precinct, National Library and Archives, and Supreme Court. It is a major four-lane thoroughfare. To the east, it connects to Rideau Street, and to the west, the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. South of Wellington is Sparks Street, most of which is a pedestrian mall closed to vehicles. The heritage district runs from Bank to Elgin, with CBC broadcast studios at Metcalfe and Sparks. The streets to the south are