Ottawa
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2021, Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
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The next week in Ottawa
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
18° / 7°
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
20° / 7°
0.7 mm
UV High
Sun
Overcast
19° / 10°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
27° / 9°
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
29° / 18°
0.7 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
24° / 11°
2.1 mm
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / -4°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.9h
05:33 – 20:24local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Ottawa
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport (YRO) at 6 km.
Getting around Ottawa
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
AmtrakVIA RailGreyhoundFlixbusOntario NorthlandTrain de CharlevoixSTOOC TranspoTranscollinesRider ExpressB MetroOrléans Express
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, City of Ottawa; SVG artwork by Zach Harden (Zscout370).
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.