Kitchissippi Ward

Kitchissippi
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°24′N 75°45′W / 45.400°N 75.750°W / 45.400; -75.750Coordinates: 45°24′N 75°45′W / 45.400°N 75.750°W / 45.400; -75.750
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
• Councillor	Katherine Hobbs

Kitchissippi Ward (Ward 15) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park, McKellar Heights, McKellar Park, Mechanicsville, Westboro Beach, Westboro, and Wellington Street West.

As of the 2010 election on October 25th,2010, the ward is represented by Katherine Hobbs.

The ward was created in 1994 from parts of Queensboro Ward, Richmond Ward and Elmdale Ward.

City councillors

1. Joan Wong (1994-1997)
2. Shawn Little (1997-2006)
3. Christine Leadman (2006-2010)
4. Katherine Hobbs (2010-present)

Population data

The Ward's estimated population will be 38,900 in 2006. At the Canada 2001 Census it had 36,795 people.

Languages (mother tongue)

1. English: 54.5%
2. French: 15.6%
3. Arabic: 7.9%
4. Spanish: 1.8%
5. Chinese: 1.1% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
6. Italian: 1.1%

Religion

1. Roman Catholic: 36.2%
2. No religion: 21.4%
3. United Church of Canada: 10.2%
4. Anglican: 9.9%
5. Muslim: 3.2%
6. Jewish: 2.6%
7. Presbyterian: 2.5%
8. Buddhist: 1.6%
9. Baptist: 1.6%
10. Lutheran: 1.0%

Income

• Average household income: $70,307
• Average income (male): $46,904
• Average income (female): $33,443

Election results

Ottawa municipal election, 2010

Ottawa municipal election, 2006

Dropped Out

• Daniel Stringer
• Shawn Little

Ottawa municipal election, 2003

Ottawa municipal election, 2000

1997 elections

1994 elections

External links

• 2001 Census
• Map of Kitchissippi Ward