Ottawa

capital city of Canada
Organization census_division_of_canada Q1930
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Ottawa

Summary

Ottawa is a census division of Canada[1]. Ottawa ranks in the top 1% of census_division_of_canada entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,620 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ottawa is located in Ontario[3].
  • Ottawa is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Ottawa is on the body of water Ottawa River[5].
  • Ottawa is on the body of water Rideau Canal[6].
  • Ottawa is on the body of water Rideau River[7].
  • Ottawa's head of government is recorded as Mark Sutcliffe[8].
  • Ottawa is on the continent of North America[9].
  • Ottawa's instance of is recorded as census division of Canada[10].
  • Ottawa's instance of is recorded as census subdivision in Canada[11].
  • Ottawa's instance of is recorded as single-tier municipality[12].
  • Ottawa's instance of is recorded as big city[13].
  • Ottawa's instance of is recorded as planned national capital[14].
  • Ottawa's instance of is recorded as federal capital[15].
  • Ottawa's official language is recorded as English[16].
  • Ottawa's official language is recorded as French[17].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Gatineau[18].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Papineau[19].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as North Dundas[20].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Clarence-Rockland[21].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Russell[22].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as The Nation[23].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as North Grenville[24].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Montague[25].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Beckwith[26].
  • Ottawa's shares border with is recorded as Mississippi Mills[27].

Body

Identity

Part of include Ottawa–Rideau[28], a provincial electoral district of Ontario[29], in Canada[30] and National Capital Region[31], a metropolitan area[32], in Canada[33]. Ottawa followed Bytown[34].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Ottawa include Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Canada[37]; O-Train[38], a light rail[39], in Canada[40]; Ottawa station[41], a railway station[42], in Canada[43], founded in 1966[44]; and Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport[45], an airport[46], in Canada[47], founded in 1978[48].

Why It Matters

Ottawa ranks in the top 1% of census_division_of_canada entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,620 views/month).[2] Ottawa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Ottawa is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Ottawa include Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in Canada[37]; O-Train[38], a light rail[39], in Canada[40]; Ottawa station[41], a railway station[42], in Canada[43], founded in 1966[44]; and Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport[45], an airport[46], in Canada[47], founded in 1978[48].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . hilltimes.com. hilltimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . hilltimes.com. hilltimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6h ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 231
    Located in time zone → —
    The independent topic id → ottawa
    Wikipedia languages → ['ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'atj',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7284]]: ottawa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214131435|Ottawa (#214131435)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7171|The Independent topic]] #m"
  2. 10w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Ottawa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Locations/Ottawa"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2geM0n
    Shares border with → Gatineau, Papineau, North Dundas +16
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 13w ago · Sorcier du Lac · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Gatineau, Papineau, North Dundas +16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P47]]: [[Q141844]]"
  5. 14w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The guardian topic id → world/ottawa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39759|batch #39759]]: Guardian topic ID"
  6. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → ottawa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13968]]: ottawa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428998|Ottawa (#226428998)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] #mix'n'm"
  7. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ottawa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: ottawa, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951106|ottawa (#289951106)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  8. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||8 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; downgrade preferred ranks ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  9. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139919039]]"
  10. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q4330664]]"
  11. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139935032]]"
  12. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139934780]]"
  13. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139934297]]"
  14. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139919729]]"
  15. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139919472]]"
  16. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q139919024]]"
  17. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Q139893113, Q139917328, Q139917348 +12
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1383]]: [[Q4058882]]"
  18. 19w ago · Amqui · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Q139893113, Q139917328, Q139917348 +12
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P150]]: [[Q139893113]]"
  19. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains settlement → Constance Bay, Carp, South March +122
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 508331, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  20. 22w ago · Ceaseless Watcher · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Located in or next to body of water → Ottawa River, Rideau Canal, Rideau River
    Named after → —
    Population → {'amount': '+934243'}, {'amount': '+1017449'}
    + 55 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30769|batch #30769]]: fixing subclasses related issues with human settlements"
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