Edwards, Ontario

Edwards is a dispersed rural community^[1] at the headwaters of Bear Brook in the Osgoode Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the surrounding blocks had a population of 346.^[2]

Edwards was named^[3] in 1901 after William Cameron Edwards (1844-1921).^[4] Edwards was a lumberman, MP for Russell 1887 -1903 and a senator. From 1898 to 1957 Edwards was a flag stop for the New York and Ottawa Railway.New York Central Railway with a station and siding and telegraph operator were here until the tracks were torn up in 1957.^[5]

Edwards has many small businesses golf courses and auto mechanics, and has had their own Post Office. The post office has been in the same family since around 1900.^{[citation needed]}

There is a city run park and an Orange Lodge and now there is a solar farm at Parkway and Yorks Corners roads.^{[citation needed]}