About Ottawa & Kanata

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Located in the province of Ontario, Ottawa is the capital city of Canada and home to many Canadian Government offices, landmark buildings & Parliament Hill.

Ottawa is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River, and contains the mouths of the Rideau River and Rideau Canal (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The oldest part of the city is known as Lower Town and occupies an area between the canal and the rivers. Across the canal to the west lies Centretown (also known as downtown) the city's financial and commercial hub.

Just a short drive to all Ottawa has to offer.

The City of Ottawa includes many urban areas. The main one extends a considerable distance to the east, west and south of the centre, and includes the former cities of Gloucester, Nepean and Vanier, the former village of Rockcliffe Park and the suburban communities of Blackburn Hamlet and Orléans. In addition to the main urban area, there is the Kanata urban area consisting of the urbanized part of the former city of Kanata.

Kanata is an important hi-tech centre in Ottawa and is home to many of the major hi-tech employers of Ottawa, such as Mitel, March Networks, Ubiquity Software, Alcatel-Lucent, Dell Canada, HP, Smart Technologies, Norpak, Nortel, MDS Nordion, Breconridge, and Cisco Systems, Inc.. The hi-tech industry is clustered along March Road, in the Kanata North Business Park and Kanata Research Park, and along Eagleson Road, in the Kanata South Business Park. Kanata is also one of the wealthiest parts of Ottawa.