Westwood Ontario Map

About Westwood, Ontario

Westwood is a compact rural community in Carleton, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Westwood is located at 45.3467°N, 76.0117°W.

Westwood unfurls across a landscape sculpted by ancient glacial activity, where rolling terrain gently slopes towards the broad, slow-moving Ottawa River. It lies 25.2 km west-south-west of Gatineau, ON (from Gatineau, ON: bearing 249°T), and is situated 2.0 km east of Carp. The air here, particularly in the long, warm summers, carries a humid richness, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth after a rain. Fields, a patchwork of emerald and gold depending on the season, give way to stands of mature deciduous trees, their leaves rustling like whispered secrets on the breeze. The sky above Westwood often stretches in vast, luminous expanses, a canvas for dramatic cloud formations that shift and morph, casting fleeting shadows across the land. Even the silence here has a texture, punctuated by the distant call of a crow or the low hum of farm machinery, a testament to the quiet pulse of rural life. This land, long before its establishment as Westwood, was a place of passage and sustenance for Indigenous peoples, their presence felt in the subtle contours of the earth and the enduring spirit of the waterways. Later, the fertile soil and proximity to the Ottawa River drew settlers, establishing a local economy rooted in agriculture and, for a time, the timber trade that flowed downriver. The echoes of this industrious past can still be glimpsed in the sturdy, weathered barns and the occasional remnant of a logging camp. Today, Westwood retains its agricultural heart, with farms producing a variety of crops, but a growing number of residents also find their livelihoods in nearby urban centres, creating a fascinating blend of country living and suburban accessibility. The distinct character of Westwood lies not in grand monuments, but in the quiet dignity of its working landscape and the enduring connection of its people to the land that has sustained them for generations.

About This Westwood Map Page

Explore Westwood, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.346667, -76.011667. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Westwood includes the postal code (K2W), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Westwood is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.