Kitchissippi Ward
Kitchissippi Ward 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.- Joan Wong
- Shawn Little
- Christine Leadman
- Katherine Hobbs
- Jeff Leiper
Population data
The Ward's estimated population will be 38,900 in 2006. At the Canada 2001 Census it had 36,795 people.
Languages
- English: 54.5%
- French: 15.6%
- Arabic: 7.9%
- Spanish: 1.8%
- Chinese: 1.1%
- Italian: 1.1%
Religion
- Roman Catholic: 36.2%
- No religion: 21.4%
- United Church of Canada: 10.2%
- Anglican: 9.9%
- Muslim: 3.2%
- Jewish: 2.6%
- Presbyterian: 2.5%
- Buddhist: 1.6%
- Baptist: 1.6%
- Lutheran: 1.0%
Income
- Average household income: $70,307
- Average income : $46,904
- Average income : $33,443
Election results
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1994 elections