Ottawa

**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 has good status.

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.

## Television

|OTA virtual channel (PSIP)|Actual channel|(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||

### AM stations

|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

|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

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

### Rain and snow

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.

## Related pages

- List of bridges in Ottawa
- List of Ottawa neighborhoods

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Ottawa
- **official name**: City of Ottawa
- **settlement type**: Capital city of Canada
- **government type**: List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities, Single-tier municipality with a Mayor–council government, Mayor–council system
- **image flag**: Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Ottawa, Ontario.png
- **shield size**: 120x90px
- **image blank emblem**: Ottawa, City of.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **blank emblem size**: 140px
- **motto**: "Advance-Ottawa-En Avant"
Written in the two official languages.
- **map caption**: Location of Ottawa in the province of Ontario
- **pushpin map**: Canada#North America
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Canada
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces and territories of Canada, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Ontario
- **established title**: Established
- **established date**: 1826 as Bytown
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1855 as City of Ottawa
- **established title3**: Amalgamation (politics), Amalgamated
- **established date3**: 1 January 2001
- **leader title**: Mayor of Ottawa, Mayor
- **leader name**: Mark Sutcliffe
- **leader title1**: City council
- **leader name1**: Ottawa City Council
- **total type**: City
- **area land km2**: 2788.20
- **area urban km2**: 549.49
- **area metro km2**: 8046.99
- **elevation m**: 70
- **elevation ft**: 230
- **population total**: 1,017,449 (List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, 4th)
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population density km2**: 364.9
- **population urban**: 1,068,821
- **population density urban km2**: 1945.1
- **population metro**: 1,488,307 (List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 4th)
- **population density metro km2**: 185.0
- **population demonym**: Ottawan
- **postal code type**: Postal code span
- **postal code**: K0A-K4C
- **area codes**: Area codes 613, 343, and 753, 613, 343, 753
- **blank name sec2**: GDP (Ottawa–Gatineau )
- **blank info sec2**: Canadian dollar, CA$89.9 billion (2020)
- **blank1 name sec2**: GDP per capita (Ottawa–Gatineau )
- **blank1 info sec2**: Canadian dollar, CA$60,414 (2020)
- **leader title2**: Member of Parliament (Canada), Federal
representation
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Time Zone, EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **image map1**: Map of Ontario OTTAWA.svg