Boroughs of Ottawa

The Capital District Municipality of Ottawa, the federal capital city of the Canadian Republic, consists of six boroughs, each of which is administered by the Capital District Municipality separate from the 12 provinces and 6 territories of Canada. Each borough has its own community council, which meets regularly to deliberate on issues affecting the borough and its residents. The six borough councils come together for a plenary meeting annually (the Borough Summit, during which the speaker of each borough's community council has an opportunity to present and/or address concerns and issues, which are then debated upon, with the deliberation continuing until the summit can agree upon a policy. The final responsibility of a borough summit is to elect the Capital District Municipal Council (CDMC), which acts as the top policymaking body of the municipality between plenary summits. Following a borough summit, the newly elected/confirmed CDMC appoints an outside individual as District Manager, the highest executive office between summits. It is relatively common for an already sitting district manager to be re-elected following a summit, especially if the district manager's political party has a majority of seats a majority of the borough councils.

While several aspects of local services are funded and coordinated by the borough councils, especially social and charity services, the majority of standard urban services are provided to all six boroughs by the central government of Ottawa (the Capital District Municipal Council). One such example is the Metropolitan Police Department, which is responsible for policing within and across all six boroughs of the capital.

List of boroughs

 * Population according to 2016 census