This article is about the capital city of Canada. For other meanings see Ottawa (disambiguation).

Ottawa, Ontario, is the capital of Canada, and the country's fourth largest city. It is located in the Ottawa Valley on the eastern edge of the province of Ontario, right at the border with Quebec, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Toronto and 190 km (120 miles) west of Montreal. It is a city on the banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway that forms the border between the two provinces. Unlike the capital cities of countries like the United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Australia, there is no federal capital district in Canada: Ottawa is a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Although it does not constitute a separate administrative district, Ottawa is part of the officially-designated National Capital Region. The population of the city proper is 808,391, while the population of the larger Census Metropolitan Area is 1,146,790 (2004), including the Quebec city of Gatineau. The mayor of Ottawa is Bob Chiarelli.

History

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The Ottawa region was long home to First Nations peoples who were part of the Algonquin. The Algonquin called the river the Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi, meaning "Great River". The first European settlement in the region was that of Philemon Wright who started a community on the Quebec side of the river in 1800. Wright discovered that transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Montreal was possible and the area was soon booming based almost entirely off timber.

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Area running getting stronger: By Mark Sutcliffe, The Ottawa CitizenDecember 14, 2009 5:08 AM Ottawa has a heal.. http://bit.ly/7222UL
tracygoodwin1 (tracy goodwin) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:01:48 -0000
Area running getting stronger: By Mark Sutcliffe, The Ottawa CitizenDecember 14, 2009 5:08 AM Ottawa has a heal.. http://bit.ly/7222UL
Imagine: hopping an O-Train over to Hull and back again - Ottawa Citizen - http://tinyurl.com/yda6yg3
gatineau (gatineau) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:46 -0000
Imagine: hopping an O-Train over to Hull and back again - Ottawa Citizen - http://tinyurl.com/yda6yg3
[ International ] Afghanistan - Ottawa aurait soutenu un tortionnaire http://tinyurl.com/yddz9fd
CBQ_ (CBQ) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:09 -0000
[ International ] Afghanistan - Ottawa aurait soutenu un tortionnaire http://tinyurl.com/yddz9fd
[ Politique ] Recherches sur le tabac - Ottawa aurait été dans le coup http://tinyurl.com/yeccn4g
CBQ_ (CBQ) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:08 -0000
[ Politique ] Recherches sur le tabac - Ottawa aurait été dans le coup http://tinyurl.com/yeccn4g
Random tidbit: I now officially have 20 Canadians wanting me to move to the Ottawa region. Anyone else want to add themselves to this count?
hmtanpu (hmtanpu) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:50:03 -0000
Random tidbit: I now officially have 20 Canadians wanting me to move to the Ottawa region. Anyone else want to add themselves to this count?
@sarah_baby1 bein nice b,. u in ottawa too?
Marho_E (maro) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:44:54 -0000
@sarah_baby1 bein nice b,. u in ottawa too?

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