Stats and Data About Ottawa, Canada

• Ottawa had the highest growth of millionaires in Canada between 2007 and 2012.
• Ottawa is one of the fastest growing, least congested and most affordable cities in North America
• Ottawa is ranked 1st in Canada, 3rd in North America for the world’s most sustainable cities
• The number of millionaires in Ottawa rose at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country during the past five years, according to a new report by U.K.-based market research firm WealthInsight
• The total amount of venture capital invested in Ottawa technology companies over the last decade amounted to over $4.3 billion CDN.
• Ottawa is the best overall 145 Canadian cities in terms of livability for singles, mid-career professionals, and retirees
• Ottawa is the 14th best city in the world to live in, 1st in Canada
• Ottawa is in the top 10 best places to live in Canada (ranked #6)
• More than 50 annual festivals including Winterlude, RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest, Ottawa International Animation Festival and the Canadian Tulip Festival.
• The Ottawa Capital region welcomes  more than 7.3 million visitors annually
• Ottawa is home to 300km of bike pathways, over 850 parks, the largest outdoor skating rink, 200+ km of cross-country ski trails, 50+ golf courses, 7 sailing clubs, 14 national museums and 13 art galleries
• Ottawa is Canada’s most affordable city, ranking 115th out of 144 on the list of most expensive cities internationally
• Ottawa is included in the top 20 safest cities in the world
• Ottawa ranks as the most educated city in Canada
• Ottawa has the 3rd youngest population in Canada (median age is 38) only behind Saskatoon and Edmonton
• 4 universities and colleges with 2300 faculty in science and tech w/ 120,000 students strong
• A bilingual rate of 44 per cent
• Where the smart people lived in 2011
• Boasts the highest number of residents with a post-secondary education in Canada
• More engineers, scientists and PhDs per capita than any other city in the country
• Ottawa is Canada’s 4th largest city
• Ottawa-Gatineau population is 1,236,324
• More than 25,000 employers
• More than 728, 000 jobs
• The Federal Government employs over 110,000 people in Ottawa
• Boasts the most stable unemployment rate in Canada
• Ottawa-Gatineau has the second largest concentration of science and engineering employment out of 316 North American cities, surpassed only by Silicon Valley. One in nine employees is a scientist or engineer
• Ottawa is home to 101 Fortune 500 companies
• Ottawa is ranked 1st in Canada, 3rd in North America for proportion of creative class workers
• Ottawa is home to over 1900 knowledge -based companies employing over 75,000 people
• Ottawa has 44 federal research labs
• Ottawa has Canada’s most educated workforce with the 2nd highest concentration of scientists and engineers in North America out of 316 cities (#1 in Canada)
• Over 300 companies engaged in the aerospace, defence and security ecosystem
• Over 17,000 company and sector-related research institute employees, faculty and new graduates
• Over 140 companies developing products and services related to personnel and military equipment
• Over 200 companies engaged in cleantech
• Over 4,600 employees at cleantech companies
• The estimated total of Ottawa’s cleantech sector GDP for 2012 is $10 billion.
• Over 150 companies with a specialization in interactive digital media
• Over 6,000 employees, faculty and graduates in sector talent pool
• 13 sector-specific academic programs across Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions
• Over 100 companies with a specialization in film and television
• Over 1000 artists, freelancers and consultants
• Over 140 companies with primary or secondary focus on life sciences
• Over 8,500 people in the life sciences talent pool
• $156 million in funding annually for research in Ottawa’s 10 hospitals.
• Over 100 companies engaged in the optics and photonics ecosystem
• 74% of the global optical telecom market is owned by firms with a presence in Ottawa
• $35 million in public funding for photonics research annually in Ottawa
• Over 400 companies engaged in the wireless ecosystem
• Over 35,000 employees, faculty and new graduates in the wireless and telecom sector
• 90% of Canada’s industrial telecommunications research and development is conducted in Ottawa
• The knowledge-based support services sector is the largest with 570 companies established in the community
• Software is the second-largest sector with 362 companies in the region
• Ottawa is Canada’s most connected city, with virtually 100% of Ottawa’s schools, universities, libraries, research institutes and municipal facilities being wired with high-speed internet access.
• There are over 1500 high tech companies with less than 50 employees
• There are 130 embassies and consulates in Ottawa
• Canada has the best worldwide reputation
• Best Canadian city to raise a family with a population over 200,000
• The top five white-water rafting spots in the world
• 7.8 kilometers of the world’s largest skating rink
• 2061 hours of sunshine a year
• 2300 HA available business park land for development
• 74,500 engineers in the public and private sector
• 61% of workers have a post-secondary degree in Ottawa. 128,870 have graduate level degrees.
• There are 2,300 faculty and 12,000 students from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Algonquin College and La cité collégiale.
• $320 million – annually sponspored research from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Algonquin College and La cité collégiale.
• Federal research labs spend $6.2 billion annually
• Ottawa is ranked as first out of 61 global cities as the “Rise of the Creative Class”

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