Village of Carp - Home
Carp is a village located 15 minutes west of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Home to about 9000 people, Carp personifies the small village that still operates as the hub of a farming community. Carp is home to the Carp Farmers market every weekend except in winter and the Carp Fair happens at the end of September every year, attracting thousands of people hoping to catch a glimpse of a lifestyle that revolves around the surrounding farms.
Click play to watch the years at the fair roll by. No those aren't rain clouds, are they? C'mon weather, we have a fair to go to! A trip up Carp Road or down Langstaff these days will have you walking by some straggling carnies in search of coffee, navigating tractor trailers and 5th wheel campers as hundreds of staff, exhibitors, volunteers and a busy board of directors converge on the Carp Fairgrounds, and stopping to stare at the massive work-in-progress that intimates that there is only 1 more sleep unt
As of the 2006 census, Carp had 8,982 residents. The population consists mainly of young and middle aged adults, which is consistent with most neighbourhoods in the city of Ottawa. The distribution across age groups was as follows: 13% were children under 9 years of age, 16% were youth aged 10 to 19, 20% were young adults aged 20 to 39, 45% were middle aged adults aged 40 to 69, and 5% were seniors aged 70 to 89.
Village of Carp - Home