Vanier (formerly Eastview) is a neighbourhood in the Rideau-Vanier Ward of the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Significant controversy erupted when Dorothea Palmer was arrested for distributing birth control information to the poorer, predominantly Catholic neighbourhoods.

[citation needed] It is one of the last relatively inexpensive Ottawa neighbourhoods with a desirable location next to downtown.

Vanier offers a wide choice of retail shops, strip malls, eateries and bars.

The population on the western edge of Vanier closer to the Rideau River, notably the Kingsview Park neighbourhood, is among the more affluent.

[citation needed] As with nearby Lowertown, Ottawa's Vanier neighbourhood is home to a number of French-speaking immigrants from Africa and elsewhere.