Hello Sens fans,
I'm moving to Ottawa this summer and am wondering what good areas/bad areas to avoid are around Woodroffe type area? thanks
I don't think there are any areas around Woodroofe that are so bad you'd want to avoid them at night, but I would highly advise against renting an apartment anywhere near a 2x3 block radius around the shopping center at the corner of Woodroffe & Baseline.
There is a set of apartments there affectionately known to locals as "The Four Holes", aka the
Baseline Court Apartments. Do yourself a favor and never even consider them. They are so bad that the complex is a running joke amongst West End Ottawans.
Also, the Minto Apartments on Baseline & Navaho (I think they're called "Aventura", or something like that) are pretty sketchy, but not so bad if you don't mind smelling weed 24/7 and having unreliable (but not necessarily bad) neighbors. It's a building right next to Algonquin College, so there are definitely going to be some party apartments nearby.
Outside of those two spots, everywhere else is super-liveable. Even some of the other lower-income houses like Woodvale Green in Craig Henry, or some of the spots in Tanglewood, they're all totally fine. The Woodfield corridor, outside of the Four Holes and possibly those Minto apts, is very safe.