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Kitchissippi Ward

FieldValue
nameKitchissippi
image_mapKitchissippi.PNG
map_captionLocation within Ottawa
pushpin_map
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2City
subdivision_name2Ottawa
leader_titleCouncillor
leader_nameJeff Leiper
population_footnotesCanada 2016 Census
population_total38,640
population_as_of2016
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Languages (2016)
demographics1_title1English
demographics1_info177.0%
demographics1_title2French
demographics1_info29.9%
demographics1_title3Mandarin
demographics1_info31.2%
demographics1_title4Italian
demographics1_info41.2%
demographics1_title5Arabic
demographics1_info51.1%

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

As of the 2014 election on October 27, 2014, the ward is represented by Councillor Jeff Leiper.

The ward was created in 1994 from parts of Queensboro Ward, Richmond Ward and Elmdale Ward. It was known as just Ward 7 until given the Kitchissippi name in 1995.

City councillors

  1. Joan Wong (1994-1997)
  2. Shawn Little (1997-2006)
  3. Christine Leadman (2006-2010)
  4. Katherine Hobbs (2010-2014)
  5. Jeff Leiper (2014–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

[[2022 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVote%
Jeff Leiper11,05571.97
Oonagh Fitzgerald3,24721.14
Dan Stringer1,0586.89

[[2018 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVote%
Jeff Leiper12,06885.28
Daniel Stringer2,08314.72

[[2014 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVote%
Jeff Leiper7,55755.36
Katherine Hobbs4,19730.75
Michelle Reimer1,53011.21
Ellen Lougheed2721.99
Larry Wasslenn950.70
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)CandidateVote%
Jim Watson10,97983.39
Mike Maguire1,64912.52
Rebecca Pyrah1691.28
Anwar Syed1331.01
Darren W. Wood680.52
Robert White660.50
Bernard Couchman560.43
Michael St. Arnaud460.35

[[2010 Ottawa municipal election]]

CandidateVotes%
Katherine Hobbs611644.18
Christine Leadman554040.02
Daniel Stringer218615.79

[[2006 Ottawa municipal election]]

CandidateVotes%
Christine Leadman594941.12
Gary Ludington457131.59
Vicky Smallman357624.72
Daniel Narwa3722.57

Dropped Out

[[2003 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVotes%
Shawn Little290727.12
Kris Klein233021.74
Gary Ludington221720.68
Linda Davis154014.37
Daniel Stringer10589.87
David McConnell6255.83
Les Gangé420.39

[[2000 Ottawa municipal election]]

City councilCandidateVotes%
Shawn Little572147.32
Linda Davis484540.07
Ray Kostuch152512.61

1997 elections

City councilCandidateVotes%
Shawn Little2,96835.03
Paul Copeland1,80921.35
Andre Vertes1,60518.94
Brenda Parris85110.04
Linda Kitchikeesic Juden8229.70
Michael Kostiuk2532.99
Michael Bartholomew1651.95
Regional councilCandidateVotes%
Linda Davis4,44049.84
Joan Wong3,77942.42
Diana Brebner6907.74

1994 elections

City councilCandidateVotes%
Joan Wong (X)5,05246.03
Shawn Little3,64333.19
David Goldstein2,28120.78
Regional councilCandidateVotes%
Linda Davis4,07137.64
Marian Lothian3,57933.09
Art Pope3,16629.27

References

References

  1. [https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)]
  2. "Kitchissippi Ward voters decide change is good as Leiper ousts Hobbs in bitter contest".
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