The City of Ottawa is the corporate entity of municipal government in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The corporation is responsible for provision of services to the public as well as enforcement of municipal by-laws. It is overseen by the City Manager (Wendy Stephanson), and responsible to the Mayor of Ottawa (Mark Sutcliffe) and City Council.

History

Founded in 1826 as Bytown and later renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city in 1855. The City of Ottawa Act, 1999 is an act of the legislature of Ontario which created the City of Ottawa. The Act was first passed in 1999 to provide for the 2001 amalgamation of the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton, the former cities of Ottawa, Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Vanier and Cumberland, the former townships of West Carleton, Goulbourn, Rideau, and Osgoode, and the former village of Rockcliffe Park into the new City of Ottawa.

City of Ottawa departments

The City of Ottawa's organizational structure consists of City Council, City Manager Wendy Stephanson and the following City departments and offices:

City of Ottawa facilities

The City operates two main administrative buildings and six client service centres.

City Hall

The current Ottawa City Hall is the chief administrative building of the City. The downtown complex consists of two connected buildings: a modern wing located on Laurier Avenue and a 19th-century heritage wing located on Elgin Street. Although City Hall has frontage on two major streets, the main entrance is on Laurier Avenue, and the municipal address is 110 Laurier Avenue West.

Mary Pitt Centre

Located at 100 Constellation Drive in the west end neighbourhood of Centrepointe, the Mary Pitt Centre houses the administrative offices of Ottawa Public Health, the Ontario Court of Justice, Community and Social Services, and Finance and Corporate Services. The nine-storey former Nortel Networks office complex is named after former City of Nepean mayor Mary Pitt.

Client Service Centres

The City operates six satellite public service counters in addition to the one found at City Hall.