Ottawa-Rideau
Ottawa and the Rideau Lakes are located around the Rideau Canal and Rideau River in Eastern Ontario, Canada. This subregion includes much of Lanark County, the northern portion of Leeds-Grenville and Ontario's portion of the National Capital Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ottawa and Perth.
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.
Perth
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Perth is a small, historic town in eastern Ontario, Canada, home to around 6,500 people.
Carleton Place
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Carleton Place is a town of about 13,000 people in Lanark County, midway between Smiths Falls and Ottawa. It is just outside of the Ottawa municipal boundary, and has become a suburb of that city.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Smiths Falls and Merrickville.
Smiths Falls
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Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, 78 kilometres southwest of Ottawa. As of the 2021 census it has a population of 9,254. It is in the Census division for Lanark County, but is administratively separated from the county.
Merrickville
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Merrickville is a village of 1200 people on the Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario. It is a village of picturesque Victorian-era stone houses and modestly claims to be Canada’s prettiest village, a claim not without merit.
Westport
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Westport is a tranquil village of 700 people in the Rideau Lakes at the west end of Upper Rideau Lake, the head of navigation for the Rideau Canal system.
Kanata
Kanata is a non-descript suburb of Ottawa with a population of about 137,000 that is separated from the rest of the city by a greenbelt. It is the home of Ottawa's National Hockey League team, the Senators.Almonte
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Almonte is a historic town of about 5000 people outside of Ottawa. It is part of Mississippi Mills in eastern Ontario's Lanark County.
Carp
Carp is a historic village of about 1,500 people within the municipal boundaries of Ottawa, Ontario.
Ottawa-Rideau
- Type: electoral district of Canada
- Description: electoral district in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Ottawa–Rideau”
- Location: Eastern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
45.249° or 45° 14′ 56″ northLongitude of center
-75.848° or 75° 50′ 53″ westWikidata ID
Q7109331
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Ottawa-Rideau” goes by many names.
- French: “Ottawa–Rideau”
- Galician: “Ottawa-Rideau”
- German: “Ottawa–Rideau”
- Italian: “Ottawa Rideau”
- Spanish: “Ottawa–Rideau”
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