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.

250px|thumb|right|There are lots of tulips in Ottawa in May.

 Television 
OTA virtual channel (PSIP)Actual channel  (Ottawa)Call signNetworkLanguageTransmitter locationNotes 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 
 AM stations 
FrequencyCall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotesAM 580CFRA580 CFRAnews/talkBell Media RadioAlso available on FM 100.3 via HD RadioAM 1200CFGOTSN 1200 OttawasportsBell Media RadioAlso available on FM 100.3 via HD Radio

 FM stations 
Frequencycall signBrandingFormatOwnerNotesFM 93.9CKKL-FMPlanetkoolHit MusicBell Media RadioFM 106.1CHEZ-FMChez 106mainstream rockRogers 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

 References 


Category:1826 establishments in North America
Category:1820s establishments in Canada