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In the city of Ottawa , Ontario , 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[1] [ ]
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 , , & Shirleys Bay
8
College Ward
50,795
46.2
Algonquin College
9
Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
38,380
47.5
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
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 , , Leslie Park , Briargreen
Bell-South Nepean Ward
1994 (RC)
2006
Bells Corners , Barrhaven
Billings Ward
1980
1994
Heron Park , Heron Gate , , 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
1980
1994
Lower Town , ByWard Market , New Edinburgh , Manor Park
By-St. George's Ward
1972
1980
Sandy Hill , Lower Town , ByWard Market
1980
1994
Elmvale Acres , Sheffield Glen , Urbandale , Hawthorne Meadows , Hunt Club Park
Carleton Ward
1950
2000
Redwood , Kenson Park , , , Britannia
Central Ward
1889
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
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 , , 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 [ ]