Ottawa, Ontario

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The city of Ottawa is 240 feet [73.15 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Ottawa lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Ottawa can be found in:

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Ottawa had a population of 812,129 people^<2>. This is an increase of 4.92% since the previous Census (with 774,072 people in 2001).

With 812,129 people, Ottawa represented 6.68% of the total population of Ontario.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2006 Population	Change Since 2001
	Blossom Park	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Britannia	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Hawthorne	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Aylmer (QC)	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Buckingham (QC)	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Cantley (QC)	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	7,926	34.38% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Ottawa.

Websites for Ottawa

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Ottawa. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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