OTTAWA FACTS ABOUT OTTAWA Capital of Canada Fourth largest city in the country 2,778.13 km2 Founded in 1826 as Bytown Incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada City's population 883,391 INTERESTING FACTS The name Ottawa comes from the Algonquin word adawe – which means to trade Ottawa is located on the banks of the Ottawa, Rideau and Gatineau Rivers Ottawa is the seventh coldest capital in the world About 25% of Ottawa residents were born outside of Canada Languages spoken include English (50%), French (32%) and a host of some other languages
populations. Ottawa was also well away from the border surrounded by a dense forest, and the War of 1812 had shown how vulnerable the principal Canadian cities were to American attack. Also, the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal network meant that Ottawa could be supplied by water from Kingston and Montreal without going along the potentially treacherous US-Canada border. Originally called Bytown after Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers who supervised the building of the Rideau Canal. 22. Development of nationalist and separatist movements in Quebec. Referendums for separation from Canada. The separatist movements in Quebec seeked independence from Canada for the province of Quebec. It spawned a variety of political parties, such as the Parti Québécois and the Bloc Québécois. There have also been terrorist
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