Council seats in Ottawa are spread thin, 47,520 residents each, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Who to ask

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

Its council answers to no county or region: Ottawa is a single-tier city.

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   Ottawa councilelected October 2022
   Mark Sutcliffe
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   Legislative Assembly of OntarioOttawa—Vanier
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   House of CommonsOttawa—Vanier—Gloucester
   Mona Fortier

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada

25 members and how they were elected

Mark Sutcliffe became mayor on 51% of the votes cast. Seats on Ottawa council are tied to wards, apart from the mayor, whom every voter helps choose.

Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)

44% of those on the list cast a ballot for Ottawa council on 24 October 2022, more than in a typical municipality.

How Pineview voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election. 28 October 2030 is the next council election in Ottawa, fixed by the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 for the fourth Monday in October every four years. Voters last chose the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 27 February 2025 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

By law (the Representation Act, 2015), southern Ontario’s provincial ridings follow the 2013 federal boundaries, so each place is located from those. For the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Pineview votes in Ottawa—Vanier, which has one MPP.

Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada

Of the 122 MPs from Ontario, 71 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Mona Fortier among them.

The MP’s record

Mapped onto today’s Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 49%; in 2025 Mona Fortier kept the seat in the same hands. Mona Fortier has sat in the Commons since 2017, now for the 4th Parliament. Roles held by Mona Fortier include President of the Treasury Board (2021–2023), Associate Minister of Finance (2019–2021) and Minister of Middle Class Prosperity (2019–2021).

MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026

In 2021, 65% of electors cast a ballot in Ottawa—Vanier, more than the national 63%. The 2021 count in Ottawa—Vanier put Mona Fortier (Liberal Party of Canada) first at 49%, with Lyse-Pascale Inamuco (New Democratic Party) 14,759 votes back. The 2019 result had favoured Mona Fortier as well, at 51%.

Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Ottawa council’s borrowing is on the heavy side: $4.2 billion long term, $3,809 a resident where the median is $971. Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 42% of revenue, against 37% across the province’s returns. No service costs more than roads and transit, at $1,219 per resident and 28% of the total. It employs the equivalent of 15,793 full-time positions, or 14.4 for each thousand people. At $4,324 for every resident in 2024, Ottawa council sits above the $3,796 median of Ontario’s single-tier municipalities.

Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

How Ottawa council compares is at the top of the page; here it stands beside its neighbours.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list