Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2016, Ottawa had a city population of 934,243 and a metropolitan population of 1,323,783 making it the fourth-largest city and the fifth-largest CMA in Canada. In June 2019, the City of Ottawa estimated it had surpassed a population of a million. We can help you get homes for sale in Ottawa | Ottawa Homes For sale today.
Education:
Ottawa is known as one of the most educated cities in Canada, with over half the population having graduated from college and/or university. Ottawa has the highest per capita concentration of engineers, scientists, and residents with PhDs in Canada.
The city has two main public universities:
Carleton University was founded in 1942 to meet the needs of returning World War II veterans and later became Ontario’s first private, non-denominational college. Over time, Carleton would make the transition to the public university that it is today. In recent years, Carleton has become ranked highly among comprehensive universities in Canada. The university’s campus sits between Old Ottawa South and Dow’s Lake.
The University of Ottawa (originally named the “College of Bytown”) was the first post-secondary institution established in the city in 1848. The university would eventually expand to become the largest English-French bilingual university in the world. It is also a member of the U15, a group of highly respected research-intensive universities in Canada. The university’s campus is in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood, just adjacent to the city’s downtown core.
Ottawa also has two main public colleges – Algonquin College and La Cité collégiale. It also has two Catholic universities – Dominican University College and Saint Paul University. Other colleges and universities in nearby areas (namely, the neighbouring city of Gatineau) include the University of Quebec en Outaouais, Cégep de l’Outaouais, and Heritage College.
Tansportation:
Ottawa is served by a number of airlines that fly into the Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport (IATA: YOW, ICAO: CYOW), as well as two main regional airports Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport, and the Ottawa/Carp Airport.
Inter-city trains and buses
Ottawa station (IATA: XDS), is the main inter-city train station operated by Via Rail. It is located 4 km to the east of downtown in Eastway Gardens and serves Via Rail’s Corridor Route. The city is also served by inter-city passenger rail service at Fallowfield station in Barrhaven.
Inter-city bus services operate out of Ottawa Central Station, 1.5 km south of downtown in Centretown and just north of Highway 417.
Bus and rail:
OC Transpo, a department of the city, operates the public transit system.OC Transpo operates an integrated, multi-modal Rapid Transit system which includes:
Line 1, also known as the Confederation Line, which operates medium-capacity trains which travel under the city’s downtown core,
Line 2, also known as the Trillium Line, which is a north-south light rail transit corridor connecting the airport and south end of Ottawa to Line 1, and
a vast system of over 190 bus routes[186] served by a fleet of ordinary, articulated and double-decker buses along grade-separated, transit-only corridors with long distances between stops and full station amenities (including platforms, walkways, ticket booths, elevators and convenience stores), which connects Ottawa’s suburbs to the inner city.
The Rapid bus service network operates all day, 7 days a week, reaching Kanata to the West, Barrhaven to the South-West, Orléans to the East, and South Keys to the South.[186] There are also several night bus routes that cover Line 1’s downtown stations while it is shut off for the night, and backup service to downtown while the train is delayed.
Both OC Transpo and the Quebec-based Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) operate bus services between Ottawa and Gatineau.
OC Transpo also operates a door-to-door bus service for the differently-abled known as ParaTranspo.
Construction was recently completed on the Confederation Line, a 12.5-kilometre (7.8 mi) light-rail transit line (LRT), which includes a 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) tunnel through the downtown area featuring three underground stations. The project broke ground in 2013, and opened in September 2019. A further 30 km (19 mi) and 19 stations will be built by 2023, referred to as the Stage 2 plan. There is a proposed LRT system that would link Ottawa with Gatineau. Homes for sale in Ottawa | Ottawa Homes For sale today