Local time
Mon, 2:04 AM EDTAmerica/MontrealCityCapital
Ottawa
45.42° N, 75.70° W
- Population
- 1,145,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 4 of 42
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 42 cities of Canada in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Canada, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- America/Montreal
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Ottawa, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Ottawa have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
On the south bank of the Ottawa River, the city takes its name from the river, whose name comes from the Algonquin word "adawe", meaning "to trade".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person