Situated on the south bank of the Ottawa River, Ottawa, with a population of 812,000 has been the federal capital Canada. The story goes that the capital moved from Kingston (Ontario) to Ottawa during the 1812 war because Kingston, located on the northern shores of Lake Ontario, was deemed too vulnerable to a US attack, whereas the American, so the government sought thought, would never find the new capital if it were moved away from the lake into a heavy forested area.
Ottawa is a nearly bilingual city and not just for political reasons, but also for a geographic reason: the Ottawa River, which separates the province of Quebec from Ontario, is crossed by many bridges connecting the city to Gatineau (Quebec), lying on the northern shore of the river, making the Ottawa-Gatineau couple a nearly integrated economic entity. In fact, Ottawa is part of the National Capital Region (NCR). The NCR comprises Ottawa, Gatineau and surroundings areas with a total population of nearly a million and a half people.
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