Ottawa people have a rich and diversified culture. The major religions of Ottawa include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and others. Christianity is the most popular religion of Ottawa as about 79% of the total population includes Christian people. Christianity in Ottawa includes Roman Catholics, Protestants, Christian Orthodox and independent Christians. Apart from Christianity, the other popular religions in Ottawa include Buddhism, Islam and Judaism. The city of Ottawa has a strong bilingual community who speak both English and French, which is the official language of Ottawa. The other languages commonly spoken in Ottawa include Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Chinese, etc.
Ottawa has a major influx of foreign residents who account for about half of the population. Most of these people come from Iran, Lebanon and China among other nations. The total population of Ottawa in the year 2001 was 774,072 and in 2005 the population of Ottawa was 839,620. According to the 2002 survey
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reports, the life expectancy at birth was 82.3 years for females and 78.6 years for males. In 2002 out of 100,000 people, 546 deaths were recorded in Ottawa.
Ottawa's people are engaged in various kinds of jobs like engineering, mechanical, telecommunications, education, accounting, architecture, manufacturing, information technology and other fields. The culture of Ottawa people provides a strange mix of traditions on the one hand and modernity on the other. This mix is depicted by the traditional cultural events like Ottawa Bluefest, Ottawa Fringe Festival, Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Canada Dance Festival which are celebrated with great pomp and pleasure. On the other hand, the city also has a vibrating nightlife which is depicted by the nightclubs, pubs, discos and dance clubs.
Ottawa people exemplify the uniqueness of Canadian culture.
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