Ottawa | |||
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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 and Château Laurier.
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Nickname(s): "Bytown" | |||
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 of Ottawa in Canada | |||
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 | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Jim Watson (OLP) | ||
• 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 (2011) | |||
• City (single-tier) | 883,391 (4th) | ||
• Density | 316.6/km2 (820/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 933,596 | ||
• Urban density | 1,860.1/km2 (4,818/sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 1,236,324 (4th) | ||
• Metro density | 196.6/km2 (509/sq mi) | ||
• Demonym | Ottawan | ||
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
Postal code span | K0A, K1A-K4C | ||
Area code(s) | 613, 343 | ||
GDP | US$ 58.2 billion | ||
GDP per capita | US$ 44,149 | ||
Website | www.ottawa.ca |
Ottawa (i/ˈɒtəwə/ or /ˈɒtəwɑː/; 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). The 2011 census reported a population of 883,391, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada; and 1,236,324 within the CMA, making it the fourth-largest CMA in Canada. The City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960,754 as of December 2015.