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City of Ottawa Ville d'Ottawa |
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Centre Block on Parliament Hill, the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Rideau Canal with Château Laurier.
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Motto: "Advance-Ottawa-En Avant" Written in the two official languages. |
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Location of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario |
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Location in Ontario, Canada & North America | |||||
Coordinates: 45°25′N 75°41′W / 45.417°N 75.683°WCoordinates: 45°25′N 75°41′W / 45.417°N 75.683°W | |||||
Country | Canada | ||||
Province | Ontario | ||||
Region | National Capital Region | ||||
Established | 1826 as Bytown | ||||
Incorporated | 1855 as City of Ottawa | ||||
Amalgamated | 1 January 2001 | ||||
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• Mayor | Jim Watson | ||||
• City Council | Ottawa City Council | ||||
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Area | |||||
• City (single-tier) | 2,778.13 km2 (1,072.9 sq mi) | ||||
• Urban | 501.92 km2 (193.79 sq mi) | ||||
• Metro | 5,716.00 km2 (2,206.96 sq mi) | ||||
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) | ||||
Population (2016) | |||||
• City (single-tier) | 934,243 (4th) | ||||
• Density | 334.8/km2 (867/sq mi) | ||||
• Urban | 933,596 | ||||
• Urban density | 1,860.1/km2 (4,818/sq mi) | ||||
• Metro | 1,323,783 (5th) | ||||
• Metro density | 196.6/km2 (509/sq mi) | ||||
• Demonym | Ottawan | ||||
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||||
Postal code span | K1A-K4A | ||||
Area code(s) | 613, 343 | ||||
GDP | US$ 58.2 billion | ||||
GDP per capita | US$44,149 | ||||
Website | www.ottawa.ca |
Ottawa (/ˈɒtəwə/ ( listen) or /-wɑː/; French pronunciation: [ɔtawa]) is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec; the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2016 Ottawa had a city population of 934,243 and a metropolitan population of 1,323,783 making it the fourth-largest city and the fifth-largest CMA in Canada.