In the City of Ottawa, Canada a ward is an electoral district within a municipality used in local politics. Wards are named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area, and numbered. There are 23 wards in Ottawa.
Current wards
# |
Name |
Population (2011)[1] |
Area (km2) |
Named for |
1 |
Orléans Ward |
47,670 |
25.5 |
Orleans |
2 |
Innes Ward |
38,310 |
31.1 |
Innes Road |
3 |
Barrhaven Ward |
46,475 |
26.1 |
Barrhaven |
4 |
Kanata North Ward |
34,470 |
24.2 |
Kanata |
5 |
West Carleton-March Ward |
23,055 |
763 |
West Carleton Twp. & March Twp. |
6 |
Stittsville Ward |
26,455 |
16.3 |
Stittsville |
7 |
Bay Ward |
43,935 |
64.2 |
Britannia, Crystal, Graham & Shirleys Bay |
8 |
College Ward |
50,795 |
46.2 |
Algonquin College |
9 |
Knoxdale-Merivale Ward |
38,380 |
47.5 |
Knoxdale Road and Merivale Road |
10 |
Gloucester-Southgate Ward |
47,860 |
67.2 |
Gloucester and Ottawa South |
11 |
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward |
33,155 |
41.2 |
Beacon Hill and Cryville Road |
12 |
Rideau-Vanier Ward |
31,105 |
7.9 |
Rideau River and Vanier |
13 |
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward |
37,075 |
19.8 |
Rideau River and Rockcliffe Park |
14 |
Somerset Ward |
35,110 |
6.5 |
Somerset Street |
15 |
Kitchissippi Ward |
37,920 |
15.1 |
Algonquin name for Ottawa River |
16 |
River Ward |
45,795 |
23.3 |
Rideau River |
17 |
Capital Ward |
34,490 |
9.9 |
Capital of Canada |
18 |
Alta Vista Ward |
44,050 |
20.3 |
Alta Vista Drive |
19 |
Cumberland Ward |
43,375 |
383 |
Cumberland |
20 |
Osgoode Ward |
24,445 |
459 |
Osgoode Twp. |
21 |
Rideau-Goulbourn Ward |
24,530 |
744 |
Rideau Twp. & Goulbourn Twp. |
22 |
Gloucester-South Nepean Ward |
41,620 |
37.6 |
Gloucester & Nepean |
23 |
Kanata South Ward |
43,315 |
16.5 |
Kanata |
Former wards
Name |
Created |
Abolished |
Neighbourhoods |
Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward |
1994 |
2000 |
Alta Vista, Heron Gate, Sheffield Glen, Riverview |
Baseline Ward |
1994 (RC) |
2006 |
City View, Centrepointe, Redwood, Bel-Air, Leslie Park, Briargreen |
Bell-South Nepean Ward |
1994 (RC) |
2006 |
Bells Corners, Barrhaven |
Billings Ward |
1980 |
1994 |
Heron Park, Heron Gate, Greenboro, South Keys |
Britannia Ward |
1972 |
1994 |
Britannia, Lincoln Heights, Woodroffe North |
Britannia-Richmond Ward |
1994 |
2000 |
Britannia, Lincoln Heights, Woodroffe North, Highland Park, Carlingwood |
Bruyère-Strathcona Ward |
1994 |
2000 |
Sandy Hill, ByWard Market, Lower Town |
By Ward |
1855 |
1972 |
ByWard Market, Lower Town |
By-Rideau Ward |
1980 |
1994 |
Lower Town, ByWard Market, New Edinburgh, Manor Park |
By-St. George's Ward |
1972 |
1980 |
Sandy Hill, Lower Town, ByWard Market |
Canterbury Ward |
1980 |
1994 |
Elmvale Acres, Sheffield Glen, Urbandale Acres, Hawthorne Meadows, Hunt Club Park |
Carleton Ward |
1950 |
2000 |
Redwood, Kenson Park, Bel-Air, Queensway, Britannia |
Central Ward |
? |
1952 |
East Downtown Ottawa |
Dalhousie Ward |
1888 |
1994 |
Centretown West |
Elmdale Ward |
1929 |
1952 |
Civic Hospital, Hintonburg |
Elmdale-Victoria Ward |
1952 |
1980 |
Island Park, Carleton Heights |
Gloucester Ward |
1950 |
1980 |
Alta Vista, Heron Gate, Ellwood, Hunt Club |
Goulbourn Ward |
2000 |
2006 |
Goulbourn |
Kanata Ward |
1994 (RC) |
2006 |
Kanata |
Mooney's Bay Ward |
1994 |
2000 |
Riverside Park, Carleton Heights, Hunt Club, Carlington |
Ottawa Ward |
1855 |
1952 |
Lower Town |
Overbrook-Forbes Ward |
1980 |
1994 |
Overbrook, Forbes, Carson Grove, Viscount Alexander Park |
Queensboro Ward |
1956 |
1994 |
Westboro, Carlington |
Richmond Ward |
1980 |
1994 |
Highland Park, Woodroffe North, Carlingwood |
Rideau Ward |
1887 |
1980 |
New Edinburgh, Overbrook, Forbes |
Rideau Ward (II) |
2000 |
2006 |
Rideau Twp. |
Riverdale Ward |
1929 |
1952 |
Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East |
Riverside Ward |
1980 |
1994 |
Riverside Park, Carleton Heights, Hunt Club |
Southgate Ward |
1994 |
2000 |
South Keys, Greenboro, Hunt Club Park |
St. George's Ward |
1855 |
1972 |
Sandy Hill, Old Ottawa East (also 1980 to 1994) |
Victoria Ward |
1855 |
1952 |
LeBreton Flats, Mechanicsville |
Wellington Ward |
1855 |
1994 |
Centretown, Downtown |
West Carleton Ward |
2000 |
2006 |
West Carleton |
References
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