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Ottawa right now11:25 p.m. local · Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · UTC−04:00
Weather
10°Partly Cloudy
Feels -2°95%
Air quality
2
Low risk
Daylight
11h 47m
6:59 a.m. – 6:46 p.m.
Population
1,188,114
Statistics Canada, 2025
Weather and air quality from Environment Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada). Population from Statistics Canada.
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Ottawa key numberschecked 2026-02-14
- City services (311)311, or 613-580-2400 from outside Ottawa
- Police non-emergency (Ottawa Police Service)613-236-1222
- OC Transpo customer service613-560-5000
Emergency: call 911. Numbers are taken from each organisation’s own published contact page.
- OC Transpo fares — Per-ride, DayPass, monthly and reduced fares, including the Presto and O-Payment options.
- OC Transpo travel planner — Official trip planner for buses and the O-Train.
- OC Transpo alerts — Detours, route changes and station impacts; individual alerts can also be subscribed to.
- Ottawa Public Library — The library is an independent board; biblioottawalibrary.ca redirects to this site.
- Garbage and recycling — Collection is run by the City of Ottawa; see the caveat at the top of this file.
Every link goes to the municipality’s or agency’s own website.