Editing Ottawa (section)

==Government and politics==
{{further|List of Ottawa municipal elections|Canadian federal election results in Ottawa|List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa}}
[[File:Ottawa City Hall Hotel de ville d'Ottawa.jpg|thumb|[[Ottawa City Hall]] houses the [[Ottawa City Council|seat of the local government]].]]
The [[City of Ottawa]] is a [[Census divisions of Ontario#Single-tier municipalities|single-tier municipality]], meaning it is in itself a [[census division]] and has no county or regional municipality government above it, and has no subsidiary municipalities to provide municipal services.<ref name="SlackChattopadhyay2009">{{cite book |author1=Enid Slack |author2=Rupak Chattopadhyay |title=Finance and Governance of Capital Cities in Federal Systems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RBv66RWYHQC&pg=PA61 |year=2009 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-3565-7 |page=61 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429113526/https://books.google.com/books?id=2RBv66RWYHQC&pg=PA61 |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ontario Municipalities {{!}} AMO |url=https://www.amo.on.ca/about-us/municipal-101/ontario-municipalities#Single |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412221617/https://www.amo.on.ca/about-us/municipal-101/ontario-municipalities#Single |archive-date=12 April 2022 |access-date=14 July 2022 |website=www.amo.on.ca}}</ref> Ottawa is governed by the 25-member [[Ottawa City Council]] consisting of 24 councillors each representing one [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]] and the mayor, [[Mark Sutcliffe]] as of the [[2022 Ottawa municipal election]], is elected in a citywide vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor and City Councillors {{!}} City of Ottawa |url=https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayor-and-city-councillors |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=ottawa.ca |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802214459/https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayor-and-city-councillors |url-status=live}}</ref> 

Along with being the capital of Canada, Ottawa is politically diverse in local politics. Most of the city has traditionally supported the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] in federal elections.<ref name="Hill2002">{{cite book |author=Tony L. Hill |title=Canadian politics, riding by riding: an in-depth analysis of Canada's 301 federal electoral districts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opvmE2AExc8C&pg=PA184 |year=2002 |publisher=Prospect Park Press |isbn=978-0-9723436-0-2 |page=184 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609194025/https://books.google.com/books?id=opvmE2AExc8C&pg=PA184 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Piper |first=Jillian |date=21 September 2021 |title=In stand-pat federal vote, Ottawa remains Liberal stronghold |url=https://capitalcurrent.ca/in-stand-pat-federal-vote-that-changes-little-nationwide-ottawa-remains-the-liberal-stronghold-it-was-in-2019/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=Capital Current |language=en-CA |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529044810/https://capitalcurrent.ca/in-stand-pat-federal-vote-that-changes-little-nationwide-ottawa-remains-the-liberal-stronghold-it-was-in-2019/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The safest areas for the Liberals are the ones dominated by [[Francophones]], especially in Vanier and central Gloucester.<ref name="Hill2002" /> Central Ottawa is usually more [[Left-wing politics|left]]-leaning, and the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] have won ridings there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar: 1963-2019 |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/former-ottawa-centre-mp-paul-dewar-has-died |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=ottawacitizen |language=en-CA |archive-date=5 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205222224/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/former-ottawa-centre-mp-paul-dewar-has-died |url-status=live}}</ref> Some of Ottawa's suburbs are swing areas, such as central Nepean. Another example of a swing area is Orleans, despite its often Liberal Party-aligned francophone population.<ref name="Hill2002" /> Ridings further outside the city centre, such as those including Kanata, Barrhaven and rural areas, tend to be more conservative, fiscally and socially.<ref name="Hill2002"/> This is especially true in the former Townships of [[West Carleton Township, Ontario|West Carleton]], [[Goulbourn Township, Ontario|Goulbourn]], [[Rideau Township, Ontario|Rideau]] and [[Osgoode Township, Ontario|Osgoode]], which are more in line with the conservative areas in the surrounding [[county|counties]].<ref name="Hill2002"/> Rural parts of the former township of [[Cumberland Township, Ontario|Cumberland]], with a large number of Francophones, traditionally support the Liberal Party, though their support has recently weakened.<ref name="Hill2002"/>

At present, Ottawa is host to [[List of diplomatic missions in Canada|130 embassies]].<ref name="international1">{{cite web |url=http://w01.international.gc.ca/Protocol-Protocole/Heads-Chefs.aspx?lang=eng |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318010712/http://w01.international.gc.ca/Protocol-Protocole/Heads-Chefs.aspx?lang=eng |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 March 2009 |title=Heads of Missions |publisher=W01.international.gc.ca |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=3 November 2010}}</ref> A further 49 countries accredit their [[List of diplomatic missions in Canada#Accredited Embassies and High Commissions|embassies and missions in the United States]] to Canada.<ref name="international1"/>