Reasons why ottawa became the capital of canada?

Question

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Answer 1

I don't know about less popular but sure it is the coldest capital in the world.

Answer 2

Basically the Queen's Adviser's helped her choose.

She personally liked Ottawa, but the main reasons were:

That it was a populous city just right in size located along

the Ottawa River.  She saw good opportunity for more

Industry, and travel, and tourism.

It was halfway between the two largest cities at the time,

Toronto and Montreal.  She picked Ottawa also, because

she thought better to put the Capital with Its' Government

Buildings in a smaller city than the above two, In case

Politcal Unrest occured, there would be less chance of

mobs of many marching on the gov.t.

For the full story, - She picked it on Dec. 31, 1857 by the way,

I'll give you the link.

Good question, I loved re-visiting that history, thanks.

:-)

Answer 3

Basically because Montreal didn't want Toronto to be capital and Toronto didn't want Montreal.

Answer 4

Ehm..

Ottawa was chosen as the capital  because .. it was actually the least popular option. Compared to Montreal and Toronto, two rival cities ( English dominant and french dominant) There was a lot of conflict between the two if you look back in Canadian history. And were both pretty populous. Which would increase  the porbability of attacks if they were well known populaous cities right?

Can someone elaborate on this? I'm not 100% sure the reason for Ottawa as capital is correct, but I do know it was chosen for it's unpopularity.

Answer 5

the real reason is because Queen Victoria.. the Queen who reigned Britain from 1838 to 1901 was also the first Queen of Canada...and she chose Ottawa as the capital city because in Victorian times French was spoken a lot.. but also Ottawa speaks English it's their first language.. that was one reason the other was.. the 18 hundreds.. she wanted to chose a city far enough away from American borders...That is true...

Queen Elisabeth is our Queen because she is queen of all commonwealth countries of which Canada is one..Queen Victoria was our first Monarch from Britain who also was was Queen of Canada...and the Commonwealth..