Ottawa

:This article is about the capital city of Canada. For other meanings see Ottawa (disambiguation).

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census, there are 774,072 people, 310,132 households, and 210,875 families residing in the city. The population density is 278.6/km².

Related Topics:
Canada 2001 Census - Population density

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The lingustic makeup (mother tongue) of the city is 63.6% anglophone, 15.0% francophone, 0.9% both languages, 20.3% allophone. Provincial law requires the City of Ottawa to have a policy respecting its use of French and English; accordingly, City Council has passed an official bilingualism policy recognising both of Canada's official languages as having the same rights, status and privileges within the municipal government. This policy is controversial. See also Bilingualism in Ottawa for a greater discussion of the City's official bilingualism policy.

Related Topics:
Allophone - Controversial - Bilingualism in Ottawa

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Other languages include (20% sample data):

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• Chinese: 3.0% (includes Mandarin, Cantonese and "other Chinese")
• Arabic: 2.7%
• Italian: 1.4%