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Ottawa is the capital of Canada. Direct employment in government still accounts for about 1 job in 5 in the Ottawa area. Since the 1970s Ottawa has become a center for high-technology industry, which now accounts for a large part of the manufacturing in the area. The region is home to many computer, research and development, and communications firms, and Ottawa ranks as one of Canada’s leaders in the manufacture of electronics and communications equipment. This sector of Ottawa’s economy comprises more than 700 firms, which employ more than 37,000 people. Tourism also plays an important role in Ottawa’s economy. Ottawa is a city of great natural beauty. It is located in the southeastern part of the province of Ontario, on the southern bank of the Ottawa River opposite the city of Hull. Ottawa is situated on a bluff above the Ottawa River, and both the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal flow through the city. The Canadian Parliament buildings are located on Parliament Hill, which overlooks the Ottawa River just west of the Rideau Canal. The Parliament buildings include the Peace Tower, the dominant feature of the complex, and the East, Centre, and West blocks. A 2006 real estate survey has estimated the population of Ottawa, Ontario at 846,802. |
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Before European explorers arrived in Canada, the area around Ottawa was inhabited by hunters and gatherers of the Algonquian and Iroquoian (see: Iroquoian Family) peoples. In 1613 the area was visited by Samuel de Champlain, founder of the French empire in North America. In 1800, several years after the British captured Canada from the French, Philemon Wright, an American immigrant, established the first permanent settlement on the north bank of the Ottawa River. In 1826 the British government began building the Rideau Canal between the Ottawa River and Lake Ontario as a military project under the direction of Colonel John By. The project also included the establishment of a village, named Bytown in the colonel’s honor. Bytown grew as a center for lumbering in the Ottawa River Valley. The area became a leading producer of lumber after Chaudière Falls (located nearby on the Ottawa River) and Rideau Falls (where the Rideau River enters the Ottawa River) were harnessed to provide waterpower in the 1850s. Bytown was incorporated as a town in 1847 and became the city of Ottawa in 1855. In 1857 Ottawa became the capital of the Province of Canada, which included the present-day provinces of Québec and Ontario. It was chosen because it was located on the border between Québec and Ontario and was safe from American attack. Parliament buildings were constructed, and the government moved to Ottawa in 1866. When the Dominion of Canada was formed in 1867, Ottawa became its capital. In the 20th century, the lumber industry declined, but the federal civil service grew, especially during World War II (1939-1945) and in the postwar period. Efforts by the federal governments of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979, 1980-1984) changed the character of the National Capital Region. Work to make the civil service operate in both French and English and to establish a significant government presence in nearby French-speaking Hull, Québec, allowed the capital and the federal government to reflect both of Canada’s main cultures. In the 1990s, as government expansion gave way to cutbacks, Ottawa took on a new identity as a high-technology center. |
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