Ottawa and Region |
Ottawa is a beautiful city located in a green valley between two rivers. The city hosts many international cultural and sports events, including summer music festivals, theatre and hockey. We offer students the widest choice of recreational activities – from miles of bicycling and rollerblading paths, to boating and, of course, winter sports such as skiing and skating. The Ottawa area is home to 1.1 million people.
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, a nation known for its peacekeeping activities. Canada is a multicultural country that welcomes visitors from all over the world. There are over 110 national embassies in Ottawa.
Where in the world is Ottawa?
Ottawa is in eastern North America, in the province of Ontario, Canada. Ottawa is at Latitude 45° 22' N and Longitude 75° 43' W. It is 114 metres above sea level. It is 665 km northwest of New York City (about 1.5 hours by air).
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Ottawa is famous for its excellent quality of life – ranked sixth of all the cities in the world. Ottawa residents are better educated and make more money than residents of any other Canadian city. We have more engineers, scientists and PhDs per capita than anywhere else in Canada.
Many technology companies – and a growing number of financial firms – are located in Ottawa. The city is home to several of Canada's advanced science laboratories and two large universities, Ottawa University and Carleton University. Together, these universities have an international reputation for excellence in engineering, medicine and social sciences. Ottawa is also home to Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology.
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Ottawa covers a wide area – it is 4,662 square kilometres, including 525 square kilometres of parkland. Most people live in the urban area but Ottawa also includes countryside and farms. The wide and fast-running Ottawa River is Ottawa's northern border. The Rideau River and Rideau Canal flow out of the Rideau Lakes district south of the city and join the Ottawa River downtown.
