Ottawa

Ottawa, the Nation’s Capital, is a wonderful place to live and is expected to grow by 400,000 people, 190,000 homes, and 300,000 jobs over the next 20 years. Recently, the National Capital Region was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa and includes the former townships, towns and villages of Cumberland, Gloucester, Goulbourn, Kanata, Nepean, Osgoode, Ottawa, Rideau, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier, and West Carleton.

Ottawa is a “Bright City”. It is one of the world’s safest and most beautiful communities in which to live, work, learn, play, and raise a family. The city prides itself on its quality of life. It is home to a wide range of age groups from families with children to adult professionals to university students and senior citizens. As a G8 capital city, Ottawa is Canada’s showcase city to the world. It is endowed with a number of national museums and performing arts institutions, as well as a rich local cultural and heritage fabric. The city is graced with a civic design that places high priority on green spaces, parklands and trails, making Ottawa a bright and beautiful landscape for all to enjoy.

As Canada's capital, and seat of its federal government, Ottawa is a place steeped in history and tradition. But just as Ottawa honors its past, it also embraces its future. Ottawa offers a wealth of choices in employment opportunities, from the federal government to the high technology and life sciences sectors, to professional services and the tourism and convention industry. Ottawa offers a bright future for all.

Quick Facts about Ottawa:

A population of 1,221,000 makes Ottawa the fourth-largest urban area in Canada.
Ottawa as the seat of federal government with the majority of departments and international embassies housed within the region.
Ottawa is home to such high tech giants as Nortel Networks, Alcatel S.A, Mitel Corporation, JDS Uniphase, Cognos Inc. and Corel Corporation.
More than 1,300 advanced technology companies employ 72,000 individuals.
With the highest educated workforce in Canada, Ottawa has more engineers, scientists and PhDs per capita than any other city in the country
The advanced technology industry generates annual sales of $CDN 20 billion with 90% of Ottawa's products and services being exported.
Today, the region has 17 local venture capital companies, up from zero as recently as 1995.
$1.3 billion in venture capital was invested in Ottawa technology companies in 2000; $922 million was invested in 2001.
With 90 per cent of all industrial telecommunications research and development in Canada conducted here, Ottawa is one of the world's top five sites for R&D
Ottawa has ranked sixth in the world in terms of its quality of life by the Corporate Resources Group, a Swiss-based management firm.