Ward 17
Capital Ward or Ward 17 is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University, and Riverside Out of all the wards currently in existence, Capital ward has existed the longest.- Type: Locality with 33,800 residents
- Description: place in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Capital” and “Capital Ward”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carleton University and Canadian Museum of Nature.
Carleton University
University
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Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World War II veterans.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Museum
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The Canadian Museum of Nature is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, a 18,910-square-metre structure in Ottawa, Ontario.
TD Place Stadium
Stadium
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TD Place Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located at Lansdowne Park, on the southern edge of The Glebe neighbourhood, where Bank Street crosses the Rideau Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ottawa and Gatineau.
Ottawa
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Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Across the Ottawa River is Gatineau, Quebec.
Gatineau
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Gatineau is a city in the Outaouais region of Quebec, on the north shore of the Ottawa River, across from Canada's capital, Ottawa. It is part of the official National Capital Region which constitutes the fourth largest urban area in the country, after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Centretown
Suburb
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Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Queensway freeway and on the west by Bronson Avenue." Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, while Lower Town was everything to the east.
Ward 17
- Categories: ward and municipal electoral district of Ottawa
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Ward 17” goes by many names.
- French: “Capitale”
- French: “Quartier 17”
- German: “Capital Ward”
- Persian: “کاپیتال وارد”
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