Government of 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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| 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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| • 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.
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