|
|
|
City Of Ottawa
Welcome to the privately owned cityofottawa.com website . With over 1 million residents and 30 thousand businesses in the Greater Ottawa Area , cityofottawa.com is pleased to be part of the beautiful and internationally known Capital of Canada . CBC ... Ottawa News ... CLICK HERE CTV ... Ottawa News ... CLICK HERE Parliament Hill Cam ... CLICK HERE City of Ottawa Traffic Cameras CLICK HERE |
A Brief History Of
Ottawa
Bytown was the original name for Ottawa . Bytown was founded in 1826 as a community . In 1855 Bytown was renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city. Ottawa became Canada's Capital in 1857 . The origin of the name "Ottawa" is derived from the Algonquin word adawe, meaning "to trade". The word refers to the Indigenous Peoples who used the river to trade, hunt, fish, camp, harvest plants, ceremonies, and for other traditional uses. |