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Alta Vista Ward

FieldValue
nameAlta Vista
image_mapAlta Vista Ward locator map.svg
map_captionLocation within Ottawa
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2City
subdivision_name2Ottawa
leader_titleCouncillor
leader_nameMarty Carr
area_total_km220.3
population_footnotesCanada 2016 Census
population_total42,410
population_as_of2016
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Languages (2016)
demographics1_title1English
demographics1_info157.2%
demographics1_title2French
demographics1_info216.9%
demographics1_title3Arabic
demographics1_info36.4%
demographics1_title4Somali
demographics1_info42.2%
demographics1_title5Spanish
demographics1_info51.7%
demographics1_title6Mandarin
demographics1_info61.5%
demographics1_title7Persian
demographics1_info71.3%
demographics1_title8Tagalog
demographics1_info81.0%
blank_name_sec1Avg. income
blank_info_sec1$34,941

Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10, and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview, Alta Vista, Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997. The ward covers an area of 20.3 km2. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way.

Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014.

Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor , the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion.

Councillors

CouncilAldermenCouncilCity CouncillorRegional CouncillorCouncilCity Councillor
1967-69Don KayPierre Benoit
1970-72Jeffrey King
1973-74Don Kay
1975-76
1977-78
1978-80
1980-82Greg MacDougall
1982-85
1985-88Darrel Kent
1988-91
1991-94Peter Hume
1994-97Allan HigdonPeter Hume
1997-00
2001-03Peter Hume
2003-06
2006-10
2010-14
2014-18Jean Cloutier
2018-22
2022-26Marty Carr

School trustees

  • Ottawa-Carleton District School Board: Nili Kaplan-Myrth (resigned June 2025) (Zone 9, with Capital Ward)
  • Ottawa Catholic School Board: Mark Mullan (Zone 8, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward)
  • Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario: Marielle Godbout (Zone 9, with Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward)
  • Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est: Monique Briand (Zone 10, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward and Osgoode Ward)

Population data

The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people.

Languages (mother tongue)

  1. English: 54.6%
  2. French: 15.6%
  3. Arabic: 7.9%
  4. Spanish: 1.8%
  5. Chinese: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
  6. Italian: 1.1%

Religion

  1. Roman Catholic: 40.0%
  2. Muslim: 11.7%
  3. No religion: 11.4%
  4. Anglican: 8.3%
  5. United Church of Canada: 8.2%
  6. Jewish: 2.0%
  7. Presbyterian: 1.6%
  8. Buddhist: 1.3%
  9. Baptist: 1.3%
  10. Pentecostal: 1.1%

Income

  • Average household income: $64,697
  • Average income: $34,941

Election results

1966 elections

  • 2 elected
1966 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%
Don Kay6,87937.49
Pierre Benoit4,30923.48
Jack Stanton2,95716.11
Ralph Stewart2,64514.41
Charles Kruger1,5608.50

1969 elections

  • 2 elected
1969 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Don Kay6,91439.36
Jeffrey King6,41936.54
Gwendeline Power-Binns2,25012.81
Ross Potter1,98211.28

1972 elections

1972 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Don KayAcclaimed

1974 elections

1974 Ottawa municipal election: City and councilCandidateVotes%
Don Kay4,59657.27
Phil Graham3,42942.33

1976 elections

1976 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Don Kay3,70254.07
Nancy McGee3,14545.93

1978 elections

1978 Ottawa municipal election: City council and regionalCandidateVotes%
Don Kay5,74948.85
Keith Martin3,57130.35
Darrel Kent2,44820.80

1980 elections

1980 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Greg MacDougall2,92743.38
Roy Bushfield2,12431.48
John Coe1,00514.90
Fern Payne69110.24

1982 elections

1982 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Greg MacDougall6,41379.31
Earle MacPhail1,67320.69

1985 elections

Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.

1985 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Darrel Kent2,92736.57
Dylan McGuinty2,72534.05
Angie Herzog1,83122.87
Phil Massad3534.41
Rebecca Liff1692.11

1988 elections

1988 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Darrel KentACCLAIMED

1991 elections

1991 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume4,66055.80
Stephen Amesse2,82733.85
Rebecca Liff86510.36

1994 elections

1994 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%
Allan Higdon6,40146.83
Jack MacKinnon4,05729.68
Georges Jarbouh1,52611.16
Patrick Basham9777.15
Robert White4893.58
J.J. Pawlak2181.59
RMOC elections, 1994: Regional councilCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume11,14282.66
Rebecca Liff1,1728.69
Sean Abdallah1,1668.65

1997 elections

1997 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%
Allan HigdonACCLAIMED
RMOC elections, 1997: Regional councilCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume6,27765.32
Patricia O'Reilly2,38324.80
John Yarmo6576.84
John Wiebe2393.05

[[2000 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume8,62555.67
Allan Higdon6,34540.96
Ahmed Mohamed Nor5223.37
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%
Bob Chiarelli9,41060.48
Claudette Cain5,38734.62
Georges Saade4492.89
Marc-André Belair930.60
James A. Hall540.35
Ken Mills480.31
John Turmel480.31
Paula Nemchin370.24
Morteza Naini340.22

[[2003 Ottawa municipal election]]

2003 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%
Peter HumeACCLAIMED
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%
Bob Chiarelli5,38256.90
Terry Kilrea3,42136.17
Ike Awgu2472.61
Ron Burke1171.24
John A. Bell1031.09
Paula Nemchin660.70
John Turmel660.70
Donna Upson560.59

[[2006 Ottawa municipal election]]

After running unopposed in 2003, Hume is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee.

2006 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume10,43369.53
James Ryan1,95513.03
Perry Marleau1,1907.93
Yusef Al Mezel1,0637.08
Ahmed Ibrahim2241.49
Ismael Lediye1410.94
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%
Larry O'Brien6,78444.25
Alex Munter5,31934.70
Bob Chiarelli3,05519.93
Jane Scharf780.51
Robert Larter450.29
Piotr Anweiler360.23
Barkley Pollock130.08

[[2010 Ottawa municipal election]]

2010 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume7,55359.49
Clinton Cowan2,37418.70
Ernie Lauzon1,85114.58
Kevin Hogan9197.24
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%
Jim Watson6,66651.44
Larry O'Brien2,67220.62
Clive Doucet2,11416.31
Andrew S. Haydon8016.18
Mike Maguire2652.04
Idris Ben-Tahir890.69
Robert G. Gauthier740.57
Charlie Taylor600.46
Cesar Bello580.45
Jane Scharf520.40
Samuel Wright220.17
Robin Lawrance150.12
Sean Ryan150.12
Julio Pita130.10
Joseph Furtenbacher120.09
Daniel J. Lyrette90.07
Robert Larter80.06
Michael St. Arnaud80.06
Vincent Libweshya50.04
Fraser Liscumb20.02

[[2014 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVote%
Jean Cloutier5,29547.37
Clinton Cowan3,28729.40
Hussein Mahmoud1,60014.31
Daher Muse Calin2632.35
Brandon Scharfe1951.74
Jeff Dubois1691.51
Perry Marleau1591.42
Adam Bowick1121.00
John Redins990.89
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)CandidateVote%
Jim Watson8,76679.08
Mike Maguire1,71915.51
Anwar Syed2282.06
Rebecca Pyrah1050.95
Darren W. Wood740.67
Robert White720.65
Michael St. Arnaud650.59
Bernard Couchman560.51

[[2018 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCouncil candidateVote%
Jean Cloutier3,86632.81
Raylene Lang-Dion3,66531.10
Kevin Kit2,61622.20
Clinton Cowan1,41512.01
John Redins1271.08
Mike McHarg840.80
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)CandidateVote%
Jim Watson7,89869.86
Clive Doucet2,72924.14
Bruce McConville1471.30
Hamid Alakozai880.78
Craig MacAulay860.76
Joey Drouin810.71
Ahmed Bouragba750.66
Moises Schachtler520.46
Ryan Lythall500.44
James T. Sheahan430.38
Michael Pastien340.30
Bernard Couchman230.20

[[2022 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCouncil candidateVote%
Marty Carr6,08847.12
Carolyn Kropp4,10731.79
Bob Perkins2,45318.99
Angelo Gino Scaffidi2712.10
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)CandidateVote%
Mark Sutcliffe5,75745.96
Catherine McKenney5,41743.25
Bob Chiarelli6555.23
Nour Kadri3292.63
Mike Maguire830.66
Graham MacDonald640.51
Brandon Bay460.37
Param Singh430.34
Celine Debassige340.27
Jacob Solomon230.18
Zed Chebib200.16
Gregory Jreg Guevara190.15
Bernard Couchman180.14
Ade Olumide180.14

References

References

  1. [https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)]
  2. (May 16, 1997). "New ward name had Canterbury feeling left out". Ottawa Citizen.
  3. "Archived copy".
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