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Country
  
Canada

Avg. income
  
38,202

Native english speakers
  
63.8%

Province
  
Ontario

City
  
Ottawa

Area
  
6.5 km²

Population
  
35,110 (2011)

Somerset Ward

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Somerset (Ward 14) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Catherine McKenney. It has an area of 6.5 km² and a projected 2006 population of 38,500. According to Canada 2001 Census it had a population of 36,365. The ward was created in 1994 when Dalhousie Ward and Wellington Ward were merged.

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City councillors

  1. Elisabeth Arnold (1994-2003)
  2. Diane Holmes (2003-2014)
  3. Catherine McKenney (2014–present)

Population data

Languages (mother tongue):

  • English: 60.2%
  • French: 9.9%
  • Chinese: 7.9% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
  • Vietnamese: 1.9%
  • Arabic: 1.8%
  • Italian: 1.7%
  • Spanish: 1.6%
  • Religion:

  • Roman Catholic: 36.0%
  • No religion: 27.3%
  • Anglican: 6.7%
  • United Church: 5.2%
  • Muslim: 4.7%
  • Buddhist: 3.5%
  • Presbyterian: 1.3%
  • Baptist: 1.3%
  • Jewish: 1.0%
  • Greek Orthodox: 1.0%
  • Income:

  • Average household income: $51,319
  • Average income: $36,042
  • 1994 elections

    Arnold defeated Harris in a rematch of the 1991 election in Dalhousie Ward for city council.

    Ottawa municipal election, 2010

    Diane Holmes is running for re-election against Don Fex, a former festival production manager and manager of a local book store, Susan Miller, a former elected School Commissioner for the Western Quebec School Board 2007, and Barkley Pollock, an unsuccessful mayoral candidate from 2006 election, and past supporter of Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney.

    Ottawa municipal election, 2014

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    References

    Somerset Ward Wikipedia