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{{about|the capital city of Canada}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = អូតាវ៉ា (Ottawa)
| official_name = City of Ottawa<br>''Ville d'Ottawa''
| other_name =
| native_name =
| settlement_type = ទីក្រុង
| nickname = [[Bytown]]
| motto = "Advance-Ottawa-En Avant"<br>Written in the [[Bilingualism in Ottawa|two official languages]].<ref name="Montague">{{cite web|url=http://www.bookofeverything.com/website/docs/OttawaBOE_Essentials.pdf|title=Ottawa Book of Everything|author=Art Montague|publisher=MacIntyre Purcell Publishing|year=2008|accessdate=14 July 2011}}</ref>
| image_skyline = OttawaCollage.png
| imagesize =
| image_caption = [[Centre Block|Centre Block on Parliament Hill]], the [[National War Memorial (Canada)|National War Memorial]] in [[downtown Ottawa]], the [[National Gallery of Canada]], and the [[Rideau Canal]] and [[Château Laurier]].
| image_map = Rideau Canal.jpg
| map_caption = The [[Rideau Canal]]
| image_flag = Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg
| image_shield = Ottawa cCoat of arms of Ottawa, Canada.png
| image_map = Map of Ontario OTTAWA.svg
| mapsize = 200px
| map_caption = Location of the City of Ottawa in the Province of Ontario, Canada
| coordinates_region = CA-ON
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{ON}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of Canada|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_title1 = [[City Council]]
| leader_name1 = [[Ottawa City Council]]
| leader_title2 = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MPs]]
| leader_name2 = {{Collapsible list
| title = List of MPs
| frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
| title_style =
| list_style = text-align:left; display:none;
| 1 =[[Mauril Bélanger]] ([[Liberal Party of Canada|LPC]])
| 2 =[[Paul Dewar]] ([[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]])
| 3 = [[John Baird (Canadian politician)|John Baird]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CPC]])
| 4=[[Royal Galipeau]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CPC]])
| 5=[[David McGuinty]] ([[Liberal Party of Canada|LPC]])
| 6=[[Pierre Lemieux]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CPC]])
| 7=[[Gordon O'Connor]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CPC]])
| 8=[[Pierre Poilievre]] ([[Conservative Party of Canada|CPC]])
}}
| leader_title3 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|MPPs]]
| leader_name3 = {{Collapsible list
| title = List of MPPs
| frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
| title_style =
| list_style = text-align:left; display:none;
| 1 =[[Lisa MacLeod]]
| 2 =[[Jean-Marc Lalonde]]
| 3 = [[Dalton McGuinty]]
| 4=[[Phil McNeely]]
| 5=[[Madeleine Meilleur]]
| 6=[[Yasir Naqvi]]
| 7=[[Norm Sterling]]
| 8=[[Bob Chiarelli]]
}}
| leader_name = [[Jim Watson (Canadian politician)|Jim Watson]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1826 as [[Bytown]]<ref name="EdwardsIvison2005">{{cite book|author1=Justin D. Edwards|author2=Douglas Ivison|title=Downtown Canada: writing Canadian cities|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0bD75NCOS18C&pg=PA35|accessdate=14 July 2011|date=19 November 2005|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8668-6|page=35}}</ref>
| established_title2 = Incorporation
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2 = 1855 as City of Ottawa<ref name="EdwardsIvison2005"/>
| established_title3 = [[Amalgamation (politics)|Amalgamated]]
| established_date3 = January 1, 2001
| area_footnotes = <ref name=CityPop/><ref name=UAPop/><ref name=CMAPop/>
| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 2778.13
| area_total_sq_mi = 1072.9
| area_land_km2 =
| area_land_sq_mi =
| area_water_km2 =
| area_water_sq_mi =
| area_water_percent =
| area_urban_km2 = 501.92
| area_urban_sq_mi =
| area_metro_km2 = 5,716.00
| area_metro_sq_mi =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref name=CityPop/><ref name=CMAPop/>
| population_note =
| population_total = 883,391 ([[List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population|4th]])
| population_density_km2 = 316.6
| population_density_sq_mi =
| population_urban =933,596
| population_density_urban_km2 = 1,860.1
| population_density_urban_sq_mi =
| population_metro = 1,236,324 ([[List of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in Canada|4th]])
<br><small>National Capital Region: 1,451,415<ref name="ottawakiosk1">{{cite web|author=Official city of Ottawa Representative |url=http://www.ottawakiosk.com/population.html |title=Ottawa Population |publisher=Ottawakiosk.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-01}}</ref></small>
| population_density_metro_km2 = 196.6
| population_density_metro_sq_mi =
| population_blank1_title= [[Demonym]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ottawa.ca/residents/public_consult/lansdowne_partnership/urban_park/proposed_designs/c_en.html |title=City of Ottawa - Design C |publisher=Ottawa.ca |date=2010-05-20 |accessdate=2011-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/occ/2011/08-25/fedco/01%20-%20ACS2011-OCM-CMR-0003%20-%202010%20Report%20on%20FLS%20ENG.htm |title=Rapport au / Report to: |publisher=Ottawa.ca |year=2011 |accessdate=2011-10-26}}</ref>
| population_blank1 = Ottawan
| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = −5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST =-4
| latd=45 |latm=25 |lats=15 |latNS=N
| longd=75 |longm=41 |longs=24 |longEW=W
| elevation_m = 70
| elevation_ft = 230
| website = [http://www.ottawa.ca/ www.ottawa.ca]
| postal_code_type = Postal code span
| postal_code = K0A, K1A-K4C<ref name="Montague"/>
| area_code = [[Area codes 613 and 343|613, 343]], [[Area codes 819 and 873|819, 873]] 
| footnotes =
}}
'''Ottawa''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Ottawa.ogg|ˈ|ɒ|t|ə|w|ə}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɒ|t|ə|w|ɑː}}) is the [[Capital (political)|capital]] of [[Canada]], and the fourth largest city in the country.<ref name=CityPop/> The city is located on the south bank of the [[Ottawa River]] in the [[Eastern Ontario|eastern portion]] of [[Southern Ontario]]. Ottawa borders [[Gatineau]], [[Quebec]], and together they form the [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]] (NCR).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/N-4.pdf |title=National Capital Act (R. S. C., 1985, c. N-4) |publisher=Department of Justice|page=13 SCHEDULE (Section 2) 'DESCRIPTION OF NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION'|date=June 22, 2011|accessdate=8 July 2011}}</ref>


=== Sister cities ===
*{{Flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[China]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiapacific.ca/fr/news/ottawa-and-beijing-sign-sister-cities-agreement |title=Ottawa and Beijing Sign Sister Cities Agreement &#124; Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada |publisher=Asiapacific.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-08-08}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/EnglishPortal/Sister%20.aspx?ID=2 |title=Sister city agreements |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2012-11-01}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

* [[List of national capitals]]
* [[List of bridges in Ottawa]]
* [[List of hospitals in Ottawa]]
* [[List of Ottawa buildings]]
* [[List of Ottawa churches]]

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{{Portal|Ottawa|Eastern Ontario}}

* [[List of Ottawa cinemas]]
* [[List of Ottawa Mosques|List of Ottawa mosques]]
* [[List of Ottawa, Ontario synagogues|List of Ottawa synagogues]]
* [[List of people from Ottawa]]

{{Col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

; Bibliography

{{refbegin}}

* {{Citation

        |last = Brault
        |first = Lucien
        |title = Ottawa Old and New
        |year = 1946
        |publisher =  Ottawa historical information Institute
        |publication-place =
        |oclc = 2947504
        }}

* {{cite book|first=Joan |last=Finnigan|title=Giants of Canada's Ottawa Valley|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GbvECdC60GAC&pg=PP1|year=1981|publisher=GeneralStore PublishingHouse|isbn=978-0-919431-00-3}}

* {{citation|first=James |last=Hale|title=Frommer's Ottawa|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D-xZXkWpWtIC&pg=PT1|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-0-470-68158-9}}

* {{citation|first=Jeff |last=Keshen|coauthor=Nicole St-Onge|title=Ottawa--making a capital|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_Q9Bb4EiAyoC&pg=PP1|year=2001|publisher=University of Ottawa Press|isbn=978-0-7766-0521-0}}

* {{citation|first=David |last=Lee|title=Lumber kings & shantymen: logging and lumbering in the Ottawa Valley|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3ZLSf-I0XgIC&pg=PA1|year=2006|publisher=James Lorimer & Company|isbn=978-1-55028-922-0}}

* {{Citation

        |last = Legget
 |first = Robert
        |title = Rideau Waterway
        |year = 1986
        |publisher = University of Toronto Press
        |publication-place = Toronto
        |isbn =0-8020-6591-0
        |url = http://books.google.com/books?id=CaA4OpW4Ao0C&pg=PA252
        }}

* {{Citation

       |first=Carol
       |last=Martin
       |title=Ottawa: a colourguide
       |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gjUoa_r4LOIC&pg=PA1
       |year=1997
       |publisher=Formac Publishing Company
       |isbn=978-0-88780-396-3
        }}

* {{Citation

        |last = Mika
 |first = Nick & Helma
        |title = Bytown: The Early Days of Ottawa
        |year = 1982
        |publisher = Mika Publishing Company
        |publication-place = Belleville, Ont
        |isbn = 0-919303-60-9
        }}

* {{citation|first=Marion Van de |last=Wetering|title=An Ottawa album: glimpses of the way we were|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jRkxGw291AcC&pg=PA1|year=1997|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|isbn=978-0-88882-195-9}}

* {{Citation

        |last = Woods
        |first = Shirley E. Jr.
        |title = Ottawa: The Capital of Canada
        |year = 1980
        |publisher = Doubleday Canada
        |publication-place = Toronto
        |isbn = 0-385-14722-8
        }}

{{refend}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Ottawa}}
* [http://www.ottawa.ca/ Ottawa.ca] - Official City Website
* [http://www.ottawa.com/main_e.shtml City of Ottawa's info page]
* [http://www.ottawatourism.ca/ Ottawa Tourism]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Ottawa}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Ottawa
| North     = ''[[Ottawa River]]'' / [[Pontiac, Quebec|Pontiac]], bridges to [[Gatineau]]
| Northeast = ''[[Ottawa River]]'' / [[Lochaber-Partie-Ouest, Quebec|Lochaber-Partie-Ouest]]
| East      = [[Clarence-Rockland]]
| Southeast = [[Russell, Ontario|Russell]], [[The Nation, Ontario|The Nation]]
| South     = [[North Grenville, Ontario|North Grenville]], [[North Dundas, Ontario|North Dundas]]
| Southwest = [[Merrickville-Wolford, Ontario|Merrickville-Wolford]]
| West      = [[Mississippi Mills, Ontario|Mississippi Mills]]<br />[[Beckwith, Ontario|Beckwith]]<br />[[Montague, Ontario|Montague]]
| Northwest = [[Arnprior, Ontario|Arnprior]]
| image = Flag of Ontario.svg
}}

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