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Coordinates: 45°25′29″N 75°41′42″W / 45.42472°N 75.69500°W / 45.42472; -75.69500 (Ottawa)[5]
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Ottawa
Capital city of Canada
City of Ottawa
Ville d'Ottawa  (French)
Centre Block on Parliament Hill
Rideau Canal
Rideau Hall
Château Laurier
National Gallery of Canada
Downtown Ottawa
Flag of Ottawa
Flag
Coat of arms of Ottawa
Coat of arms
Official logo of Ottawa
Logo
Nicknames: 
Motto(s): 
"Advance-Ottawa-En Avant"
Written in the two official languages.[4]
OpenStreetMap
Map
Location of Ottawa in the province of Ontario
Location of Ottawa
Ottawa is located in Canada
Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is located in North America
Ottawa
Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°25′29″N 75°41′42″W / 45.42472°N 75.69500°W / 45.42472; -75.69500 (Ottawa)[5]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Established1826 as Bytown[6]
Incorporated1855 as City of Ottawa[6]
Amalgamated1 January 2001
Government
 • TypeSingle-tier municipality with a Mayor–council system
 • MayorMark Sutcliffe
 • City councilOttawa City Council
 • Federal
representation
List of MPs
 • Provincial
representation
List of MPPs
Area
[7][8][9]
 • Land2,788.20 km2 (1,076.53 sq mi)
 • Urban
549.49 km2 (212.16 sq mi)
 • Metro
8,046.99 km2 (3,106.96 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2021)[7][8][9]
 • City1,017,449 (4th)
 • Density364.9/km2 (945/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,068,821
 • Urban density1,945.1/km2 (5,038/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,488,307 (4th)
 • Metro density185.0/km2 (479/sq mi)
DemonymOttawan[10][11]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Postal code span
K0A-K4C[4]
Area codes613, 343, 753
GDP (Ottawa–Gatineau CMA)CA$89.9 billion (2020)[12]
GDP per capita (Ottawa–Gatineau CMA)CA$60,414 (2020)
Websiteottawa.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Ottawa is the capital of Canada and is part of the province of Ontario. It is south of the Ottawa River. In 2004, there were about 808,391 people in the city. The region has about 1,146,790 people. The mayor of the city today (since November 2022) is Mark Sutcliffe. Ottawa is in the Ottawa Valley on the border with the province of Quebec which is divided by the Ottawa River. Ottawa is the fourth largest city in Canada and the second largest city in Ontario (after Toronto). Ottawa is the only officially bilingual city in Canada, where the English language and the French language are official languages and have equal status. Every official sign in the city is bilingual. The reason for this bilingual status, is not only because Ottawa borders the French-speaking province of Quebec, the city itself has a large French-speaking minority.

When people talk about Ottawa, they are sometimes using the name as an eponym meaning the highest government in Canada, and not its local government or the city.

The cities of Ottawa, Kanata, Nepean, Gloucester and Vanier and the villages of Manotick and Rockcliffe Park joined in the year 2000 to form the new city of Ottawa. Ottawa also includes Orléans, which joined at that same time.

The city began with the name Bytown and became the city of Ottawa in 1855. The Rideau Canal ends in Ottawa.

Ottawa has many museums, many buildings for the government of Canada and many parks. There is a market area downtown.

There are many festivals during the year including Winterlude in February, The Tulip Festival in May, and BluesFest in the summer. There is also a large celebration on July 1st for Canada Day.

The Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) play ice hockey in an arena called Canadian Tire Centre. The Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) also play in the city.

There are lots of tulips in Ottawa in May.

Television

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OTA virtual channel (PSIP) Actual channel Rogers Cable
(Ottawa) 		Call sign Network Language Transmitter location Notes
4.1 25 (UHF) 8 CBOT-DT CBC Television EN Ottawa
13.1 16 UHF 7 CJOH-DT CTV EN Ottawa
60.1 27 (UHF) 16 CFMT-DT Omni Television EN Ottawa
43.1 35 (Ultra high frequency) 6 CHRO-DT CTV 2 EN Ottawa

Radio

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AM stations

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Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
AM 580 CFRA 580 CFRA news/talk Bell Media Radio Also available on FM 100.3 via HD Radio
AM 1200 CFGO TSN 1200 Ottawa sports Bell Media Radio Also available on FM 100.3 via HD Radio

FM stations

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Frequency call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
FM 93.9 CKKL-FM Planetkool Hit Music Bell Media Radio
FM 106.1 CHEZ-FM Chez 106 mainstream rock Rogers Media

Climate

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Ottawa has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).

Rain and snow

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The average yearly rain and snow in Ottawa is 943 millimetres.

2017 was a record year in Ottawa because there was rain and snow of 1,213 millimetres during the first ten months of the year. The old record was in 1972, when the rain and snow was 1,174 millimetres. [13]

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References

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  1. ↑ Kennedy, Ryan (8 December 2008). "A few blue and white things to be thankful for". Metro International. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ottawa". Britannica Student Encyclopedia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 2014. ISBN 978-1-62513-172-0. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Peter Hum (9 November 2009). "O-Town Originals". Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Art Montague (2008). Ottawa Book of Everything (PDF). MacIntyre Purcell Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Ottawa". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Justin D. Edwards; Douglas Ivison (2005). Downtown Canada: Writing Canadian Cities. University of Toronto Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8020-8668-6. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and population centres, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "City of Ottawa – Design C". Ottawa.ca. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Rapport au / Report to". Ottawa.ca. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2023. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Ottawa shatters annual rainfall record". CBC News. Retrieved November 10, 2017.





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