- Source: Kitchissippi Ward
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
Joan Wong (1994-1997)
Shawn Little (1997-2006)
Christine Leadman (2006-2010)
Katherine Hobbs (2010-2014)
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)
English: 54.5%
French: 15.6%
Arabic: 7.9%
Spanish: 1.8%
Chinese: 1.1% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
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 (male): $46,904
Average income (female): $33,443
Election results
= 2022 Ottawa municipal election
== 2018 Ottawa municipal election
== 2014 Ottawa municipal election
== 2010 Ottawa municipal election
== 2006 Ottawa municipal election
=Dropped Out
Daniel Stringer
Shawn Little [1]
= 2003 Ottawa municipal election
== 2000 Ottawa municipal election
== 1997 elections
== 1994 elections
=References
External links
2001 Census
Map of Kitchissippi Ward