What is the area around Ottawa that preserves the capital’s heritage called?
- The Capital Territory
- The Golden Horseshoe
- The National Capital Region
- The Ottawa Valley Reserve
Answer: The National Capital Region
The National Capital Region covers 4,700 square kilometres around Ottawa. It protects and improves the area’s built heritage and natural environment. Ottawa itself was chosen as the capital by Queen Victoria in 1857.
Learn more: Ottawa and the capital cities
- Ottawa is the capital of Canada. Queen Victoria, great-great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, chose it in 1857.
- Ottawa is Canada’s fourth largest metropolitan area. The Duke of Wellington chose Bytown (Ottawa) as the endpoint of the Rideau Canal.
- The National Capital Region (4,700 km² around Ottawa) preserves the area’s built heritage and natural environment.
- Atlantic capitals: St. John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador), Charlottetown (P.E.I.), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Fredericton (New Brunswick).
- Central capitals: Québec City (Quebec) and Toronto (Ontario).
- Prairie capitals: Winnipeg (Manitoba), Regina (Saskatchewan), Edmonton (Alberta).
- West Coast capital: Victoria (British Columbia).
- Northern capitals: Whitehorse (Yukon), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories), Iqaluit (Nunavut).