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unusual facts about Ottawa, Ontario



2010 Men's World Floorball Championships Qualifying

The North American Qualifying rounds of the 2010 World Championships took place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from February 5 to February 6, 2010.

29th century

The CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) lease on the O&Q (Ontario and Quebec) will end on 4 January 2883 after a 999-year lease.

Andreas Felder

In December that year he won the World cup competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Biscotasing, Ontario

From railway construction camp, to fur trade depot and lumbering centre, in 1922 Biscotasing became the first place in Northern Ontario to use aircraft (Curtiss NC) for forest fire surveillance.

Brampton Excelsiors

Brampton Excelsiors Jr. A, a box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, who compete in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

Bryan Ryley

His work is found in numerous private and public collections, such as, The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna; Vernon Public Art Gallery; The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York; Petro Canada Collection; Shell Collection in Calgary, Alberta.

Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball

Barring any unforeseen troubles, this would mark a return to Ottawa for the first time since the Ottawa Rapidz played in 2008.

Carillon Generating Station

The dam also includes a modern lock that facilitates traffic up the Ottawa River, superseding the Carillon Canal.

Centretown Movies Outdoor Film Festival

Centretown Movies Outdoor Film Festival is an open-air, pay-what-you-can community film festival held annually in Ottawa during late summer in Dundonald Park.

CHOV

CHRO-TV, a television station (channel 5) licensed to Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CHOV-TV from 1961 to 1977

CKEY

CFLZ-FM, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CKEY-FM from 1991 to 2011

Don LePan

He received a BA in English Literature from Carleton University in Ottawa and an MA in Renaissance Studies from the University of Sussex, where he studied under A.D. Nuttall; his research on Shakespeare’s plots became the basis for a monograph (The Birth of Expectation).

Duncan Frederick Campbell

Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Frederick Campbell, DSO (28 April 1876 Simcoe, Ontario – 4 September 1916) was Unionist MP for North Ayrshire who died in World War I.

Dylan Hudecki

Dylan Hudecki (born in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian musician, who has been associated with the bands By Divine Right, Cowlick and Junior Blue.

Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act

Both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border are highly populated with major population centres on both sides - Ottawa and Cornwall on the Ontario side, and Montreal and Hull on the Quebec side.

Ferrone

Dan Ferrone (born April 3, 1958, in Oakville, Ontario) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 1981 to 1992.

George Clarke Chandler

George Clarke Chandler was born in Ontario, March 18, 1906 and died in Vancouver, BC April 20, 1964 at the age of 56.

George F. Le Feuvre

Unable to find a civil service post in Quebec, George joined the civil service in Ottawa.

George Harrison Dunbar

The George Dunbar Bridge which crosses the Rideau River near Carleton University in Ottawa was named in his honour.

Hockley Valley

The Hockley Valley Resort is a ski retreat, golf course, conference centre, and hotel in Mono, Ontario, Canada.

Honeoye

Honeoye, New York, a hamlet in Ontario County, New York, on north end of Honeoye Lake

Horatio Luro

Taylor hired Luro to run his Windfields Farm, a large breeding and racing operation with two farms in Ontario and another in Chesapeake City, Maryland.

Isabel Bassett

She served as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for St. Andrew—St. Patrick for the next four years.

Jody Wildman

He served as a municipal councillor for the Township of St. Joseph, Ontario on St. Joseph Island from 2000 to 2003, when he was elected reeve.

Juana Muñoz-Liceras

Juana Muñoz-Liceras is Professor of Hispanic and General Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

Kazutoshi Nagahama

Nagahama's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 33rd in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1995.

Ken Fogarty

:For the former mayor of Ottawa, see Kenneth Hubert Fogarty

Mark Romanchuk

Romanchuk represents the 124,475 residents of Richland County, including Mansfield, Shelby, Ontario, Lexington and Bellville, Ohio.

Mickey Hennessy

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Iain Angus by 2,256 votes in Fort William.

Montréal Québec Temple

The temple serves more than 12,200 church members from the Montréal; Ottawa, Ontario; Montpelier, Vermont; and upstate New York areas.

Number nine

Number 9 Audio Group, a recording studio located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Government Buildings

The massive construction site for the Ontario Government Buildings was the filming location for Buster Keaton's last film, "The Reporter," an industrial safety short that was released under the title The Scribe.

Ontario Hockey Association

Only three teams from Ontario ever won the Hardy Cup (that ran from 1968–1990), two from the OHA: Georgetown Raiders in 1982 and Dundas Real McCoys in 1986.

Ottawa Valley

Among the well-known people who hail from the Ottawa Valley, are former governor-general and broadcaser Adrienne Clarkson, Alanis Morissette, Margaret Atwood, Lorne Greene, Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Frank Finnigan, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Jennings, Matthew Perry, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Redman, Tom Green, Rich Little, Paul Anka, Alan Verch and Princess Margriet, sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Peter Shurman

Shurman subsequently brought a resolution to the floor of the Ontario Legislative Assembly condemning Israeli Apartheid Week on Ontario campuses.

Reform Party of Ontario

The Reform Party of Ontario is not to be confused with the pre-Confederation Reform Party, which later became the Liberal Party of Ontario, or with the leftist United Reform party of the 1940s.

Roderick Rose

Roderick Rose (born Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada May 15, 1838; died Jamestown, North Dakota, September 10, 1903) was a Canadian-born American educator, lawyer, politician, and judge.

Ron Mueck

An exhibit of his work was also on view at the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa from 2 March to 6 May 2007, organized by the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris), in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, the Brooklyn Museum and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

Samuel Lyness Howe

He was born in St. Vincent township, Grey County, Ontario, the son of Andrew Howe and Margaret Lyness, and was educated at the Ontario College of Pharmacy.

Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator

The album was released in 1991 and recorded live in London and Kitchener (misspelled in the liner notes at "Kitchner") Ontario, Canada, in October 1990.

Sophie Atkinson

Taking advantage of Canadian Pacific’s free passes to artists and writers, she travelled from British Columbia through Canada to Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal.

Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League

The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Starlight Investments

Starlight Investments is a Canadian real estate asset management company based in Toronto, Ontario.

Stéphane Émard-Chabot

Stéphane Émard-Chabot is a former Ottawa city councillor and has been Assistant Dean of the University of Ottawa law school since 2001.

TD Canada Trust Scugog Cup

The event is an annual event held in November and takes place at the Port Perry Community Curling Club in Port Perry, Ontario.

Tom Froese

Froese was born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where his father Jake Froese would later serve as the town's mayor and as a federal Member of Parliament.

Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory

Sir John Henry Lefroy, a pioneer in the study of terrestrial magnetism served as director of the magnetic observatory from 1842 to 1853; In 1960, the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Citizenship and Culture erected a Provincial Military Plaque in his honour on the University of Toronto campus.

TST Overland Express

TST Overland Express is a less than truckload carrier (LTL) located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Tumbi

20 Inch by Master P (featuring Jamaican reggae artist Cutty Ranks and rap artist Kobra Khan) included tumbi played by Toronto, Ontario, Canadian native Shawn Ramta (grandson of the famous Punjabi folk singer, Hazara Singh Ramta).


see also

Brittania Beach

Britannia, Ottawa - a westend suburban community of Ottawa, Ontario

Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Federal Bridge

The Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Bridge is a railway plate girder bridge over the Rideau River from the Merivale area to the Mooney's Bay neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Carp, Ontario

Carp is a community in West Carleton-March Ward in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located in the northwestern portion of the municipality on the Carp River.

CBOT

CBOT-DT, a television station (channel 4.1, digital UHF 25) licensed to serve Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Centre Town

Centretown, a downtown neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Ceremonial Guard

The primary and most visible function of the Ceremonial Guard is, as mentioned, the Changing of the Guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, the national capital of Canada.

CJSB

CKQB-FM, a radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CJSB from 1982 to 1994

CKCO

CIWW, a radio station (1310 AM) licensed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CKCO from 1922 to 1949

CMC Electronics

The company's principal manufacturing facility is located in Montreal, Quebec, with additional facilities located in Ottawa, Ontario and Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Confederation Station

Confederation O-Train Station is an O-Train station located near Heron Road and Bronson Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, which primarily serves the Government of Canada offices in the Confederation Heights area, and students from Brookfield High School.

David Megginson

Formerly employed by the University of Ottawa, he maintains his consulting and development practice in Ottawa, Ontario.

David Schumacher

David is the son of Stanley and Virginia Schumacher and was Born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada and later moved to Drumheller, Alberta where he completed high school after attending St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg, Manitoba for his eighth grade.

Dey's

Dey's Arena, a series of ice rinks and arenas located in Ottawa, Ontario

Disgorge Mexico

The instruments were recorded from the 6th to the 17th of August 2007 at Liverpool Court Studios in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Dominican University

Dominican University College a bilingual Roman Catholic university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Emmanuel Essien

Essien studied Electrical/Electronics Engineering at the College of Technology, Calabar (1975 - 1977), the University of Ife (1977 - 1978) and Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, graduating in 1982 with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Herzing University

In Canada, Herzing College campuses are located in Montreal, Quebec (established in 1968); Ottawa, Ontario (1980); Toronto, Ontario (1965); and Winnipeg, Manitoba (1970).

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison or IBM, is an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario and an adjunct Associate Professor at both Dalhousie University and the University of Victoria.

Jean Talon

The Jean Talon Building (Building 5) in Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario (a Statistics Canada building, so named because Jean Talon conducted the first census in what is now Canada)

Jerry S.T. Pitzul

Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul, CMM, CD, QC, was the Judge-Advocate-General for the Canadian Forces at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario from 1998 to 2006.

Jokers of the Scene

Initially formed in Ottawa, Ontario in 2003 as loft party disc jockeys; they evolved into a full-time partnership after signing a recording deal with Fool's Gold Records in 2007.

Joy Kogawa

The opera was also performed before the general public in the greater Vancouver area, Red Deer and Lethbridge, Alberta, Seattle, Washington, and Ottawa, Ontario at the National War Museum.

Larry Regan

Lawrence Emmett Regan (b. August 9, 1930 in North Bay, Ontario - d. March 9, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario), was a retired Canadian National Hockey League(NHL) professional ice hockey player and hockey executive.

Late Night Counsell

Late Night Counsell or LNC is a late night conservative talk show hosted by John Counsell on the radio station CFRA in Ottawa, Ontario.

Lorne Campbell

Lorne Campbell (born in Ottawa, Ontario) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 140 games in various professional leagues, including the National Hockey Association (NHA) and International Professional Hockey League (IPHL).

Meredith Henderson

Meredith Henderson (born November 24, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario, grew up in Aylmer, Quebec) is a Canadian actress best known for playing the title role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes.

Merridee Bujaki

Merridee Bujaki is an associate professor of accounting at the University of Ottawa located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Michael Kesterton

The person he credits with inspiring his career in journalism was his uncle, Wilf Kesterton, a journalism professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

OBJ

Ottawa Business Journal, a weekly business publication in Ottawa Ontario Canada

Ottawa Athletics

The Ottawa Athletics were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that operated from 1952-1954.

Ottawa Giants

The Ottawa Giants were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that operated in 1951.

Power Holding Company of Nigeria

In 2007, the Bureau of Public Enterprises hired CPCS Transcom Limited, an international consulting firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, to provide advice about the best ways to move forward with the privatization of the country's 11 distribution companies and the 6 generation companies.

Robin Brûlé

Robin Brûlé (born 1974 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, who is best known for her role as Susan Hunter in the Roxy Hunter series.

Salvatore DiMasi

According to the Boston Globe "DiMasi and three of his close friends and associates are the subjects of the Ethics Commission probe and other investigations relating to large payments the associates received from Cognos ULC..." an IBM owned company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with a United States headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Steve Hull

Steve Hull (born 29 August 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 60 games in the World Hockey Association with the Calgary Cowboys during the 1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons.

Students Coalition Against War

The Students Coalition Against War is a Canadian organization with members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Edmonton, Alberta, Victoria, British Columbia, Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.

The Prime Radicals

Produced by GAPC Entertainment of Ottawa, Ontario for TVO and distributed by Picture Box Distribution, The Prime Radicals features comedic actor and high school teacher Norm MacQueen as Uncle Norm, 12-year-old Kevin Wang as Kevin and 19-year-old Alanna Bale as Alanna.

Transpo

OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Wilson Parasiuk

Parasiuk returned to Canada in 1968 and worked for the Canadian federal government’s Department of Regional Economic Expansion as an Economic Development Planner in Ottawa, Ontario.