page_title: Outline of Ottawa
section_title: Areas of Ottawa
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Ottawa / Geography of Ottawa / Geographic features of Ottawa / Areas of Ottawa
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Ottawa's wards used since the 2014 municipal election (slight change in Stittsville Ward's boundaries)
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Ottawa:
  Ottawa – capital city of Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the southern shore of the Ottawa River. Although the Algonquin people have portaged through the waterways of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River for centuries, Ottawa is a relatively modern city. Its modern history began in 1610 when the first European settler came to the area. In 1826 was founded as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855.
context_section_description: Neighbourhoods in Ottawa
  Wards of the City of Ottawa
  Orléans Ward
  Innes Ward
  Barrhaven Ward
  Kanata North Ward
  West Carleton-March Ward
  Stittsville Ward
  Bay Ward
  College Ward
  Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
  Gloucester-Southgate Ward
  Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward
  Rideau-Vanier Ward
  Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
  Somerset Ward
  Kitchissippi Ward
  River Ward
  Capital Ward
  Alta Vista Ward
  Cumberland Ward
  Osgoode Ward
  Rideau-Goulbourn Ward
  Gloucester-South Nepean Ward
  Kanata South Ward
  Former cities, townships, and villages prior to amalgamation
  Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton
  City of Ottawa
  Nepean
  Kanata
  Gloucester
  Vanier
  Cumberland
  Rockcliffe Park
  West Carleton
  Goulbourn
  Rideau
  Osgoode
caption: Ottawa wards map
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