| Government Name: | City of Ottawa |
| Government Form: | Municipal government |
| Date: |
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| Document: | City of Ottawa Act, 1999[1] |
| Division Type: | Type |
| Division: | Single-tier municipality with a mayor-council system |
| Branch1: | City of Ottawa |
| Branch1 Label1: | Mayor |
| Branch1 Data1: | Mark Sutcliffe |
| Branch1 Data2: | Wendy Stephanson[2] |
| Branch1 Label3: | Budget |
| Branch1 Data3: | $4.6billion (operating budget; 2024) |
| Branch3: | Ottawa City Council |
| Leader Title: | Mark Sutcliffe |
| Leader Type2: | Deputy Mayors |
| Leader Title2: | Clarke Kelly Glen Gower Theresa Kavanagh |
| Leader Type3: | Members |
| Leader Title3: | 24 councillors plus the mayor |
| Appointed: | Direct election |
| Seat: | Ottawa City Hall |
The City of Ottawa is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The corporation is responsible for provision of services to the public as well as enforcement of municipal by-laws. It is overseen by the City Manager (Wendy Stephanson), and responsible to the Mayor of Ottawa (Mark Sutcliffe) and City Council.
Founded in 1826 as Bytown and later renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city in 1855.
The City of Ottawa Act, 1999 (French: Loi de 1999 sur la ville d'Ottawa) is an act of the legislature of Ontario which created the City of Ottawa. The Act was first passed in 1999 to provide for the 2001 amalgamation of the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton, the former cities of Ottawa, Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Vanier and Cumberland, the former townships of West Carleton, Goulbourn, Rideau, and Osgoode, and the former village of Rockcliffe Park into the new City of Ottawa.
The City of Ottawa’s organizational structure consists of City Council, City Manager Wendy Stephanson and the following City departments and offices:
The City operates two main administrative buildings and six client service centres.
The current Ottawa City Hall is the chief administrative building of the City. The downtown complex consists of two connected buildings: a modern wing located on Laurier Avenue and a 19th-century heritage wing located on Elgin Street. Although City Hall has frontage on two major streets, the main entrance is on Laurier Avenue, and the municipal address is 110 Laurier Avenue West.
Located at 100 Constellation Drive in the west end neighbourhood of Centrepointe, the Mary Pitt Centre houses the administrative offices of Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Court of Justice, Community and Social Services, and Finance and Corporate Services. The nine-storey former Nortel Networks office complex is named after former City of Nepean mayor Mary Pitt.[3]
The City operates six satellite public service counters in addition to the one found at City Hall.