Wikipedia:WikiProject Ottawa

Title

WikiProject Ottawa

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to establish a Community-driven Wikipedia standard for articles related to Ottawa and the surrounding region. As members of the community, we understand how important Ottawa and National Capital Region articles are to new users.

Goals

1. Improve the quality of Ottawa-related articles.
2. Expand the number of articles related to Ottawa and the National Capital Region in Wikipedia

Parentage

The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Cities.

Descendant WikiProjects

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Provinces/territories

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan
• Canadian Territories

Communities

• Montreal
• Ottawa
• Prescott-Russell
• Saskatchewan communities
• Toronto
• Vancouver

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Politics

• Electoral districts
• Governments
• Political parties and politicians
• Canadian law

Culture

• Canadian music
• Canadian sport
  • Canadian football
• Canadian TV shows
  • Degrassi

Other Canadian topics

• Education in Canada
• Canadian geography
  • Canada Roads
• History of Canada

Canada-related tasks in other projects

• Canadian cinema
• Military history task force
• Volcanism of Canada task force

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Motivation

1. Ottawa is the national capital of Canada, a nation historically rated #1 by the UN Human Development Index.
2. Ottawa-Gatineau is the fourth largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada.
3. The National Capital Region is home to a vibrant and colourful history and population that should be brought to life in this living encyclopedia.
4. Ottawa is home to a wide range of notable institutions and structures, including the Rideau Canal, recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
5. Ottawa has been named as one of "The Smart21 Communities" by the "The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF)" for both 2006 and 2007. ()

Naming conventions

• Places: as [[Bank Street (Ottawa)]] with a redirect from [[Bank Street]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one place or thing with this name.
• All OC Transpo stations: as [[Fallowfield Station (OC Transpo)]].
• Cities: as their former official full names but recognized as part of Ottawa (their current status), i.e. [[Osgoode Township, Ontario]], [[Gloucester, Ontario]].
  • Neighbourhoods: Urban neighbourhoods are not disambiguated (example: [[New Edinburgh]]) unless another place exists in the world with the same name (example: [[Riverview (Ottawa]]). In this case, the pre-2001 municipality is used as a disambiguation. For rural villages like [[Greely, Ontario]], use ", Ontario" afterwards.
• Embassies: as [[Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ottawa]] or [[Embassy of Iraq in Ottawa]] with a redirect from [[Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Canada]] or [[Embassy of Iraq in Canada]]. For an example see Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa.
  • High Commissions: as [[High Commission of the United Kingdom in Ottawa]] with a redirect from [[High Commission of the United Kingdom in Canada]]. For an example see Category:Embassies and High Commissions in Ottawa.
• Schools: as [[Brookfield High School (Ottawa)]] with a redirect from [[Brookfield High School]], or a disambiguation page if there is more than one school with this name. This does not apply to Colleges or Universities.

Notability

WikiProject Ottawa consensus is that the following criteria are sufficient, but not necessary conditions for notable articles:

• Politics: Ottawa and Gatineau's Mayor and Councillors; Mayors of surrounding municipalities; other local politicians as secondary sources (e.g. media coverage) warrants
• Roads: Roadways formally classified by the City of Ottawa as city freeway, arterial or major collector (Ottawa 2020 Transportation Master Plan, see roads in Maps 6 through 9)
• Embassies and High Commissions: All primary national diplomatic missions to Canada.
• (other subjects to be determined)

People

• Vince Bevan
• Dwight Eastman
• Brian Ford (police officer)
• Gerry Lalonde
• Julian Armour
• Patrick Murray (politician) (aka Patrick J. Murray)
• Merle Nicholds
• Anton Wytenburg, former mayor of Goulbourn
• Paul Bradley (politician), former mayor of Goulbourn and related(?) to Matt Bradley
• Mary Pitt (politician)
• Wendy Stewart
• Jimmy Allen (firefighter)
• Wayne Rostad
• Larry O'Brien, 58th Mayor of Ottawa and founder of Calian
• Eva Avila, gradual expansion as Canadian Idol progress - never thought an article was already created.
• Hugo Girard, former strongest man in the world and former Gatineau policeman
• Jennifer Teague (or the murder case - currently put in the parent Barrhaven article).
• Brian Nolan, author and journalist - died Sept 2006
• Steffi DiDomenicantonio - Canadian Idol participant from Ottawa and École secondaire publique De La Salle
• Kevin Nelson, Ottawa radio personality (Majic 100)and occasionnal weather presentator on CBC and A-Channel
• Ian Black, meteorologist at CBC
• Vernon White (police), Ottawa Police Service Chief - stub in need of expansion
• Dick Maloney, crooner - stub created December 15, 2008
• Dean Brown (sportscaster), play-by-play commentator for Ottawa Senators games on the Team 1200, A-Channel and Rogers Sportsnet, and occasionnally for CBC
• Denzil Doyle, located Digital in Kanata
• Grete Hale, community builder
• Gay Cook, community builder
• Mike Scott, 1971 ACT Sportsman of the Year, Commodore of RCC (1961-85) and Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame inductee
• Mark Sutcliffe, 59th mayor of Ottawa

Companies

• Ahearn & Soper
• Calian
• Hydro Ottawa
• J.R. Booth Company
• Ottawa Electric Railway Company
• Ottawa Gas Company
• Market Fresh (now defunct on the Ottawa side) or Marché Frais in French if you want to wrote the article with the French title
• Morisson-Lamothe Ottawa Valley bakery and food business
• Quickie Convenience Stores

History

1. Bytown
2. Great Fire of 1900
3. Stony Monday Riot
4. Corktown
5. Shiners' War

Events

1. Juno Awards of 2003
2. Ottawa municipal election, 2006 This will need watching

City Services

1. Ottawa Police Service
2. Ottawa Fire Service
3. OC Transpo

Lists

need articles for red links within each list:

1. list of Ottawa neighbourhoods (lots to be done here)
2. list of Ottawa mayors (former municipalities)
3. list of Ottawa parks
4. list of Ottawa roads
5. list of Ottawa festivals

Schools

need articles for red links within each list:

1. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
2. Ottawa Catholic School Board
3. Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
4. Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est
5. List of schools in Ottawa

Buildings and structures

1. List of Ottawa Buildings (only red link is List of Ottawa Mosques, see below)
2. JetForm Park
3. Some sort of map-chart with links to Ottawa buildings.
4. List of Ottawa Mosques
5. List of bridges in Ottawa (need articles for red links in here)
6. Bayshore Shopping Centre (needs some clean-up)'
7. Grace Hospital (Ottawa), now Grace Manor
8. St. Laurent Shopping Centre
9. Carlingwood Mall
10. Les Promenades de l'Outaouais (Gatineau)
11. Kanata Centrum
12. RioCan Marketplace (Barrhaven) (currently redirects to Greenbank Road article)
13. Nepean Sportsplex (if there is enough of historic and factual info)
14. Ray Friel Recreation Complex huge now, should be lots of info (currently redirect to Orleans, Ontario)
15. Constitution Square (Ottawa), with the tenants, construction projects and architecture probably there is enough to put down an article. - stub created Dec 14, 2008
16. Maison du Citoyen (Gatineau City Hall)
17. Centre Hospitalier des Vallées-de-l'Outaouais more known as the CHVO or the Gatineau hospital
18. Confederation Square
19. Teron Station in Kanata. Looks like OC has officially included this into a Transitway Station, based on the new fall timetables. I may start this new article in a few days.
20. Rideau Carleton Raceway. Very popular attraction in Ottawa.
21. Bronson Centre - former school, now community centre and concert venue.
22. Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge
23. Canadian International Hockey Academy
24. Bayne House Also known as Bayne-Morrison House, 40 Fuller Street, built 1828 (oldest house in Ottawa)

Community Organizations and Clubs

1. Britannia Yacht Club
2. Camera Club of Ottawa
3. Minto Skating Club including famous skaters such as Jackson
4. Nepean Sailing Club
5. Nortel Retirees and former employees Protection Canada (NRPC)
6. Ottawa Amateur Radio Clubs http://www.ovmrc.on.ca/ http://www.oarc.net/ (there are more)
7. Ottawa Bicycle Club
8. Ottawa Curling Club
9. Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (redirects to Canadian Field-Naturalist)
10. Ottawa Flying Club
11. Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club
12. Ottawa Kennel Club
13. Ottawa Rowing Club
14. Ottawa Ski Club
15. Ottawa Vintage Radio Club
16. RA Centre stub created December 16, 2008
17. RA Photo Club
18. Rideau Canoe Club
19. Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association
20. Nepean Masters Swim Club

Embassies and High Commissions

So are only the dozen or so remaining diplomatic missions in Canada notable while *ALL* of the ones in Washington D.C. are? STRANGE. eh?

1. Embassy of Albania in Ottawa
2. Embassy of Argentina in Ottawa
3. Embassy of the Federal Republic of Austria in Ottawa
4. Embassy of Azerbaijan in Ottawa
5. High Commission of The Bahamas in Ottawa
6. High Commission of Bangladesh in Ottawa
7. High Commission of Barbados in Ottawa
8. Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Ottawa
9. Embassy of Belgium in Ottawa
10. Embassy of Benin in Ottawa
11. Embassy of Bolivia in Ottawa
12. Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Ottawa
13. Embassy of Brazil in Ottawa
14. Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ottawa
15. Embassy of Burkina Faso in Ottawa
16. Embassy of Burundi in Ottawa
17. High Commission of the Republic of Cameroon in Ottawa
18. Embassy of Chile in Ottawa
19. Embassy of Colombia in Ottawa
20. Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Ottawa
21. Embassy of Costa Rica in Ottawa
22. Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Ottawa
23. High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in Ottawa
24. Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa
25. Embassy of Denmark in Ottawa
26. Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Ottawa
27. Embassy of Ecuador in Ottawa
28. Embassy of Egypt in Ottawa
29. Embassy of El Salvador in Ottawa
30. Embassy of Eritrea in Ottawa
31. Embassy of Estonia in Ottawa
32. Embassy of Ethiopia in Ottawa
33. Embassy of Finland in Ottawa
34. Embassy of France in Ottawa
35. Embassy of Gabon in Ottawa
36. Embassy of Guinea in Ottawa
37. Embassy of Guyana in Ottawa
38. Embassy of Greece in Ottawa
39. Embassy of Guatemala in Ottawa
40. Embassy of the Republic of Haiti in Ottawa
41. Embassy of the Republic of Honduras in Ottawa
42. Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa
43. High Commission of the Republic of India in Ottawa
44. Embassy of Ireland in Ottawa
45. Embassy of Israel in Ottawa
46. Embassy of Italy in Ottawa
47. High Commission of Jamaica in Ottawa
48. Embassy of Jordan in Ottawa
49. High Commission of Kenya in Ottawa
50. Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Ottawa
51. Embassy of Kuwait in Ottawa
52. Embassy of Latvia in Ottawa
53. Embassy of Lebanon in Ottawa
54. High Commission of Lesotho in Ottawa
55. Embassy of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in Ottawa
56. Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ottawa
57. Embassy of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Ottawa
58. Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar in Ottawa
59. High Commission of the Republic of Malawi in Ottawa
60. High Commission of Malaysia in Ottawa
61. Embassy of the Republic of Mali in Ottawa
62. Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in Ottawa
63. Embassy of Mexico in Ottawa
64. Embassy of Mongolia in Ottawa
65. Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Ottawa
66. Embassy of the Union of Myanmar in Ottawa
67. Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ottawa
68. Embassy of the Republic of Niger in Ottawa
69. High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Ottawa
70. Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Ottawa
71. Embassy of the Republic of Panama in Ottawa
72. Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay in Ottawa
73. Embassy of the Republic of Peru in Ottawa
74. Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ottawa
75. Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Ottawa
76. Embassy of Romania in Ottawa
77. Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Ottawa
78. Embassy of the Republic of Senegal in Ottawa
79. Embassy of Serbia in Ottawa
80. Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Ottawa
81. Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Ottawa
82. Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Ottawa
83. High Commission of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Ottawa
84. Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Ottawa
85. Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa
86. Embassy of Switzerland in Ottawa
87. Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic in Ottawa
88. Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ottawa
89. High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania in Ottawa
90. The Royal Thai Embassy in Ottawa
91. Embassy of the Republic of Togo in Ottawa
92. High Commission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Ottawa
93. Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia in Ottawa
94. Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Ottawa
95. Embassy of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay in Ottawa
96. Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Ottawa
97. Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Ottawa
98. Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Ottawa
99. High Commission of the Republic of Zambia in Ottawa
100. Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Ottawa

See also List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa for other embassies and high commissions that need working on.

Stubs

1. Ottawa stubs

Photos needed

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• Photo of Featherston Drive Public School as I've had to list the previous one as {{imagevio}} (see WP:EiC#Pictures needed)
• Chief Vince Bevan
• Carlingwood Mall

• Looks like somebody uploaded an image from the Carling Avenue side. Is this good enough or do we want more photos?--MaerlynsRainbow (talk) 20:37, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

• Bayshore Shopping Centre
• St. Laurent Shopping Centre
• OC Transpo Routes 95, 96 & 97

• Is it sufficient to put the map found on Ottawa Rapid Transit on these pages? What else would be needed? --Someones life 04:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Books of Remembrance - Parliament Hill, new article
• Kent Street (Ottawa)

I will upload a new photo of Kent St. soon, this is just temporary. --Deenoe 21:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Canadian Police Memorium
• Champlain Bridge (Ottawa)
• Embassy Row (Ottawa)
• Pretoria Bridge in the Up position. It has been removed from the Vertical lift bridge article as someone did not belive it was a lift bridge.
• Collège Saint-Joseph de Hull - Private girls school - as requested by a user so it will become a B-class article
• Island Park Drive - mostly due for the replacement of the 417 overpass in which the operation will last about 15 hours this weekend using lift equipment that will bring the new bridge to the Queensway.
• Early December 2007 North American winter storm, winter storms images for the area
• Outdoor shot of Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, new building on Sussex
• Sir Leonard Tilley Building
• Bob Chiarelli, former mayor of Ottawa
• Alex Cullen, city councillor and mayoral candidate

Photos needing articles

Photos of Ottawa subjects that may be usable for articles.

• 
  Ottawa Hydro Electric Substation No. 4 on King Edward just north of Rideau Street
• 
  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Edinburgh
• 
  St. Margaret's Anglican Church in Vanier
• 
  St-Charles-Borromée Catholic Church in northern Vanier near Beechwood
• 
  St. Matthias Anglican Church
• 
  St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church
• 
  Parkdale United Church
• 
  St. Luke's Anglican Church
• 
  George McIlraith Bridge

Articles to improve

• Bridlewood, Ottawa (see message on Talk:Bridlewood, Ottawa)

Volunteer recognition

• 

  This is for outstanding contributions to Canadian related pages on Wikipedia.
• {{subst:The Maple Leaf Award|type=|--your text here--}} to award the Maple Leaf Award

The Silver Maple Leaf Award Award for editors that contribute to Canada related projects and topics.

Wikiproject watchlist

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Ottawa