ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · CANADA
Capital of Canada
The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The largest, Ottawa, has around 1,017,449 residents in the city proper — a major capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALOttawa
POPULATION1,017,449
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Ottawa1,017,449 people
In context
Where Ottawasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5MOttawa is here
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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