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I remember how Ottawa was in this video, so much simpler, more beauty from nature, way fewer buildings, cars and people. Now it's congested by comparison, lots of changes! I'll always love Ottawa ❤️

I went to Laurentian H.S. 1964/68. Is it on this video anywhere. It doesnt exist anymore.

if you look closely there was NOT one Donair shop !! 😅

That white VW bug is everywhere

I went to the school in the thumbnail. It is/was on Dynes road. I lived one block over on Eiffel.

VERY IMPRESSIVE that your Uncle got this in 1968-69! And Thank YOU so much for posting this!!! My Family lived in Ottawa 1964-1983. Great Memories!!!

This was after the Greber Plan and urban renewal gutted the core of the city, the working class and Francophones were all pushed out from downtown to make it more germane and with them went any character the city center ever had.

awesome vid!!! I had just moved to Ottawa from Monterey California, 1969. My father was invited to emigrate to Canada ( cold ) to work for Jean Chretien, yes. - I was 5. what a shock. But I remember the charm of Rideau Street at Christmas. Bells would chime and there were Christmas trees and Outdoor Garland hanging decoratively ( stop the vid 12:04 ) . I had never seen such a culture. we moved to Grenfell Glen off of Merivale Rd. ( I remember when Merivale road, south of Tanglewood was tar sprayed on small rocks!!!!!. It seemed to this young boy that Ottawa was the Parliament Buildings and everything else was kind of run by the locals built up around. I've lived in many cities.. I love Ottawa for its scenic qualities - just saying.

Lol, the squirrel at 3:11 is probably the great great great great great grandaddy of the squirrels we see running around today there.

My father died in 68 i remember going to the RAT HOLE movie theater to see the COWBOYS staring JOHN WAYNE with my UNCLE LORNE a few years after and he showed us the down town this is how it looked as i remember it. OUTSTANDING.

Wow lol. Really hard to say this is 1968. Everything looks just same!

Wonderful to see this. The drive down Maitland and then onto the Queensway, exiting to Kent Street has been part of my drive home for over forty years. Great footage, and surprisingly good quality. Thanks for sharing this!

Amazing. Good job. Thank you. Lived in Ottawa at that time.

Such a trip to see places you have been ages ago

My mom would of probably arrived in Canada by this point

Truck for now defunct Ottawa Journal at 1:13. Used to deliver those papers in the west end in Carlingwood Mall area to homes, apartment buildings and businesses in the Mall including the old beer store that was there.

I am embarrassed to admit I lived in Ottawa for over 10 years. People in Ottawa are rude, very conservative, and I was discriminated against daily by the public. Moving to Montreal was the best decision. I am a Trans Woman, and for that reason alone, I was tortured by school kids, teachers, strangers, "Friends", and unfortunately my parents too. All this to say, when I see Ottawa now, I only see pain, and all the places I felt alone and unloved. I do not blame the actual city, but in the 90s and early 2000's it was bad. I was beat up by a gang of Russian guys at the bus station while people watched, or turned there heads. I was almost stabbed by some transphobic freak walking home. Kids in school would call me a faggit or whatever else, right in front of teachers, even my guidance councilor, and they would say/do nothing. Every single day it was hell, and I tell myself at least I wasn't born in Egypt or Africa. Where they murder gay/trans people and get away with it completely. Fuck Ottawa up the Ass, ba bye.

Awesome! Thanks.

You can tell how old it is by the unilingual signage, and drivers actually stopping at red lights. 😉

This is not 1968. Looks more like 1973 if you look at vehicles and new buildings.

Arrived in Kanata 1968 and Ottawa the next year. Miss it still.

Now I have to go through my parents home movies to see what they from Nepean...

Ottawa has sort of changed, but other than that, jeez, it looks so similar.

Logs on River Still...

Ottawa looks the same 40+ years later...

Tailgating on the Queensway apparently is a time honoured tradition

Looks more like early 70s to me. Those buses for instance were not that style or colour in the 60s.

Why is everyone saying how little it's changed? It was a helluva lot more sparse than it is now-- there are a lot of new buildings from the Byward Market to Tunney's Pasture to Baseline Road-- Take a tour of the same course now and you'll see the difference. Of course the structure of the city itself hasn't changed-- did you expect the earth to move and the Queensway and 100 year-old buildings to be rearranged?

Woow Ottawa looks so beautiful then

Thank You Very Much - born and raised, best place in the world...

8:53 I see the canal hasn't chaaangeWHOA this looks weird without Rideau Center!

when will people ever learn to turn on image stabilising on their iphones? yeah nothing changes in Ottawa

I remember when Carling Ave ended at woodroofe at the Sears Store. And a dirt road to brittania beach.

Nice to see my old school. I went to McGregor Easson from 1964-1969.

What an obscure thing for TH-cam to recommend me 6 years after its posting.

Damn this is so cool I'm on uplands dr and ya everything does look same

I saw my house, wow this is really cool

Ottawa is my #1 city on earth.

I went to McGregor Easson from 1982-1990, that was cool to watch!

IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE,NOT MUCH AS CHANGED,NO WONDER OTTAWA IS GRIDLOCK MOST DAYS

Wow! It really is very similar to how it is today. I recognized nearly all of the areas shown and even some of the buildings are still here.

Wow

But cars were longer & wider not so easy to park. 😒 And guess what NO seatbelts!

lol Trinity United Church on Maitland is still the same...

Looks just like the USA.

am i the only one who couldn’t place anything/see similarities/ feels like an alien because HUH

Looks same as now 😁

So many elm trees!

I really love seeing just how much has changed yet how much is still the same

Ya wtf it hasn't changed much