Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10, and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview, Alta Vista, Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997. The ward covers an area of 20.3 km2. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way.

Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014.

Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor , the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion.

Councillors Council Aldermen 1967-69 Don Kay Pierre Benoit 1970-72 Jeffrey King 1973-74 Don Kay 1975-76 1977-78 1978-80 1980-82 Greg MacDougall 1982-85 1985-88 Darrel Kent 1988-91 1991-94 Peter HumeCouncil City Councillor Regional Councillor 1994-97 Allan Higdon Peter Hume 1997-00Council City Councillor 2001-03 Peter Hume 2003-06 2006-10 2010-14 2014-18 Jean Cloutier 2018-22 2022-26 Marty Carr

School trustees Ottawa-Carleton District School Board: Nili Kaplan-Myrth (resigned June 2025) (Zone 9, with Capital Ward) Ottawa Catholic School Board: Mark Mullan (Zone 8, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward) Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario: Marielle Godbout (Zone 9, with Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward) Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est: Monique Briand (Zone 10, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward and Osgoode Ward)

Population data The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people.

Languages (mother tongue) English: 54.6% French: 15.6% Arabic: 7.9% Spanish: 1.8% Chinese: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese) Italian: 1.1%

Religion Roman Catholic: 40.0% Muslim: 11.7% No religion: 11.4% Anglican: 8.3% United Church of Canada: 8.2% Jewish: 2.0% Presbyterian: 1.6% Buddhist: 1.3% Baptist: 1.3% Pentecostal: 1.1%

Income Average household income: $64,697 Average income: $34,941

Election results

1966 elections 2 elected 1966 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%Don Kay 6,879 37.49Pierre Benoit 4,309 23.48Jack Stanton 2,957 16.11Ralph Stewart 2,645 14.41Charles Kruger 1,560 8.50

1969 elections 2 elected 1969 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Don Kay 6,914 39.36Jeffrey King 6,419 36.54Gwendeline Power-Binns 2,250 12.81Ross Potter 1,982 11.28

1972 elections 1972 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Don Kay Acclaimed

1974 elections 1974 Ottawa municipal election: City and councilCandidateVotes%Don Kay 4,596 57.27Phil Graham 3,429 42.33

1976 elections 1976 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Don Kay 3,702 54.07Nancy McGee 3,145 45.93

1978 elections 1978 Ottawa municipal election: City council and regionalCandidateVotes%Don Kay 5,749 48.85Keith Martin 3,571 30.35Darrel Kent 2,448 20.80

1980 elections 1980 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Greg MacDougall 2,927 43.38 Roy Bushfield 2,124 31.48John Coe 1,005 14.90Fern Payne 691 10.24

1982 elections 1982 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Greg MacDougall 6,413 79.31Earle MacPhail 1,673 20.69

1985 elections Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.

1985 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Darrel Kent 2,927 36.57Dylan McGuinty 2,725 34.05Angie Herzog 1,831 22.87Phil Massad 353 4.41Rebecca Liff 169 2.11

1988 elections 1988 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Darrel KentACCLAIMED

1991 elections

1991 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional councilCandidateVotes%Peter Hume 4,660 55.80Stephen Amesse 2,827 33.85Rebecca Liff 865 10.36

1994 elections

1994 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%Allan Higdon 6,401 46.83Jack MacKinnon 4,057 29.68Georges Jarbouh 1,526 11.16Patrick Basham 977 7.15Robert White 489 3.58 J.J. Pawlak 218 1.59

RMOC elections, 1994: Regional councilCandidateVotes%Peter Hume 11,142 82.66Rebecca Liff 1,172 8.69 Sean Abdallah 1,166 8.65

1997 elections

1997 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%Allan HigdonACCLAIMED

RMOC elections, 1997: Regional councilCandidateVotes%Peter Hume 6,277 65.32Patricia O'Reilly 2,383 24.80John Yarmo 657 6.84John Wiebe 239 3.05

2000 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Peter Hume8,62555.67Allan Higdon6,34540.96Ahmed Mohamed Nor5223.37 Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%Bob Chiarelli9,41060.48Claudette Cain5,38734.62Georges Saade4492.89Marc-André Belair930.60James A. Hall540.35Ken Mills480.31John Turmel480.31Paula Nemchin370.24Morteza Naini340.22

2003 Ottawa municipal election 2003 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%Peter HumeACCLAIMED Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%Bob Chiarelli5,38256.90Terry Kilrea3,42136.17Ike Awgu2472.61Ron Burke1171.24John A. Bell1031.09Paula Nemchin660.70John Turmel660.70Donna Upson560.59

2006 Ottawa municipal election After running unopposed in 2003, Hume is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee.

2006 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes% Peter Hume 10,433 69.53 James Ryan 1,955 13.03 Perry Marleau 1,190 7.93 Yusef Al Mezel 1,063 7.08 Ahmed Ibrahim 224 1.49 Ismael Lediye 141 0.94

Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes%Larry O'Brien6,78444.25Alex Munter5,31934.70Bob Chiarelli3,05519.93Jane Scharf780.51Robert Larter450.29Piotr Anweiler360.23Barkley Pollock130.08

2010 Ottawa municipal election 2010 Ottawa municipal election: City councilCandidateVotes%Peter Hume 7,553 59.49Clinton Cowan 2,374 18.70Ernie Lauzon 1,851 14.58Kevin Hogan 919 7.24

Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)CandidateVotes% Jim Watson 6,666 51.44 Larry O'Brien 2,672 20.62 Clive Doucet 2,114 16.31 Andrew S. Haydon 801 6.18 Mike Maguire 265 2.04 Idris Ben-Tahir 89 0.69 Robert G. Gauthier 74 0.57 Charlie Taylor 60 0.46 Cesar Bello 58 0.45 Jane Scharf 52 0.40 Samuel Wright 22 0.17 Robin Lawrance 15 0.12 Sean Ryan 15 0.12 Julio Pita 13 0.10 Joseph Furtenbacher 12 0.09 Daniel J. Lyrette 9 0.07 Robert Larter 8 0.06 Michael St. Arnaud 8 0.06 Vincent Libweshya 5 0.04 Fraser Liscumb 2 0.02

2014 Ottawa municipal election City council Candidate Vote %     Jean Cloutier 5,295 47.37     Clinton Cowan 3,287 29.40     Hussein Mahmoud 1,600 14.31     Daher Muse Calin 263 2.35     Brandon Scharfe 195 1.74     Jeff Dubois 169 1.51     Perry Marleau 159 1.42     Adam Bowick 112 1.00     John Redins 99 0.89

Ottawa mayor (Ward results) Candidate Vote %     Jim Watson 8,766 79.08     Mike Maguire 1,719 15.51     Anwar Syed 228 2.06     Rebecca Pyrah 105 0.95     Darren W. Wood 74 0.67     Robert White 72 0.65     Michael St. Arnaud 65 0.59     Bernard Couchman 56 0.51

2018 Ottawa municipal election City council Council candidate Vote %     Jean Cloutier 3,866 32.81     Raylene Lang-Dion 3,665 31.10     Kevin Kit 2,616 22.20     Clinton Cowan 1,415 12.01     John Redins 127 1.08     Mike McHarg 84 0.80

Ottawa mayor (Ward results) Candidate Vote %     Jim Watson 7,898 69.86     Clive Doucet 2,729 24.14     Bruce McConville 147 1.30     Hamid Alakozai 88 0.78     Craig MacAulay 86 0.76     Joey Drouin 81 0.71     Ahmed Bouragba 75 0.66     Moises Schachtler 52 0.46     Ryan Lythall 50 0.44     James T. Sheahan 43 0.38     Michael Pastien 34 0.30     Bernard Couchman 23 0.20

2022 Ottawa municipal election City council Council candidate Vote % Marty Carr 6,088 47.12 Carolyn Kropp 4,107 31.79 Bob Perkins 2,453 18.99 Angelo Gino Scaffidi 271 2.10

Ottawa mayor (Ward results) Candidate Vote % Mark Sutcliffe 5,757 45.96 Catherine McKenney 5,417 43.25 Bob Chiarelli 655 5.23 Nour Kadri 329 2.63 Mike Maguire 83 0.66 Graham MacDonald 64 0.51 Brandon Bay 46 0.37 Param Singh 43 0.34 Celine Debassige 34 0.27 Jacob Solomon 23 0.18 Zed Chebib 20 0.16 Gregory Jreg Guevara 19 0.15 Bernard Couchman 18 0.14 Ade Olumide 18 0.14

References

External links

Map of Alta Vista Ward