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Ottawa summary
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality, as well as the second largest city in the province of Ontario. It is located in the
Ottawa Valley on the eastern edge of the province of Ontario. Ottawa lies on the banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway that forms the boundary between Ontario
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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 federally-designated National Capital Region, which includes the neighbouring Quebec municipality of Gatineau. As with other national
capitals, the word "Ottawa" is also used to refer by metonymy to the country's federal government, especially as opposed to provincial or municipal authorities.
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farms. Ottawa is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River, and contains the mouths of the Rideau River and Rideau Canal. The oldest part of the city (including what
remains of Bytown) is known as Lower Town and occupies an area between the canal and the rivers. Across the canal to the west lies Centretown (often just called
"downtown"), which is the city's financial and commercial hub. Between here and the Ottawa River, the slight elevation of Parliament Hill is home to many of the
capital's landmark government buildings, and is the Legislative seat of Canada. As of June 29, 2007, the Rideau Canal, which stretches 202 km (126 mi) to Kingston,
Fort Henry and four Martello towers in the Kingston area was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The City of Ottawa has a main urban area but, there are many other urban, suburban and rural areas within the city's limits. The main suburban area extends a
considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester, Nepean and Vanier, the former village of Rockcliffe
Park and the suburban communities of Blackburn Hamlet and Orléans (pop.100,000). The Kanata suburban area consisting of the suburb Kanata (pop. 90,000) and the
former village of Stittsville (pop. 20,000) now also a suburb. The Barrhaven suburban area in Nepean consisting of the suburb Barrhaven (pop. 70,000), and the former
village of Manotick (pop. 7,545), another small suburb south of the city because of over development of housing in the south Ottawa area. There is also the exceptions
of the suburban communities of Riverside South (pop. 8,000) on the other side of the rideau river and Greely (pop. 4,152), southeast of Riverside South. There are also
a number of rural communities (villages and hamlets) that lie beyond the greenbelt but are administratively part of the Ottawa municipality. Some of these communities
are Ashton (hamlet, pop. 300); Fallowfield (hamlet, pop. 600); Kars (small village, pop. 1,539); Fitzroy Harbour (small village, pop. 1,549); Munster (large village,
pop. 1,390); Carp (large village, pop. 1,400); North Gower (large village, pop. 1,700); Metcalfe (large village, pop. 1,810); Constance Bay (large village, pop. 2,327)
and Osgoode (large village, pop. 2,571). There is also the small urban community (rural-urban fringe) of Richmond (town, pop. 4,107) that also lies outside the
greenbelt from the city.
Across the Ottawa River, which forms the border between Ontario and Quebec, lies the city of Gatineau. Although formally and administratively separate cities in two
separate provinces, Ottawa and Gatineau (along with a number of nearby municipalities) collectively constitute the National Capital Region, with a combined population
exceeding one million residents, and the area is considered a single metropolitan area. One federal crown corporation (the National Capital Commission, or NCC) has
significant land holdings in both cities - including sites of historical and touristic importance. The NCC, through its responsibility for planning and development
of these lands, is an important contributor to both cities.
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Around the main urban area is an extensive greenbelt, administered by the National Capital Commission for conservation and leisure, and comprising mostly forest,
farmland and marshland.
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