Somerset Ward
Somerset (Ward 14) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centre Town, Lebreton Flats and most of Centre Town West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Diane Holmes. It has an area of 6.5 sq. km. and a projected 2006 population of 38,500. According to Canada 2001 Census it had a population of 36,365.
Population data
Languages (mother tongue):
- English: 60.2%
- French: 9.9%
- Chinese: 7.9% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
- Vietnamese: 1.9%
- Arabic: 1.8%
- Italian: 1.7%
- Spanish: 1.6%
Religion:
- Roman Catholic: 36.0%
- No religion: 27.3%
- Anglican: 6.7%
- United Church: 5.2%
- Muslim: 4.7%
- Buddhist: 3.5%
- Presbyterian: 1.3%
- Baptist: 1.3%
- Jewish: 1.0%
- Greek Orthodox: 1.0%
Income:
- Average household income: $51,319
- Average income: $36,042
Election results
| City council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Elisabeth Arnold | 6517 | 75.77 |
| Olivia Bradley | 2084 | 24.2 |
| City council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Diane Holmes | 4105 | 61.62% |
| Dawn Pickering | 1195 | 17.94% |
| David MacDonald | 567 | 8.51% |
| William A. Ostapyk | 366 | 5.49% |
| Steve Sweeney | 189 | 2.84% |
| Sotos Petrides | 132 | 1.98% |
| Bill Driver 55 | 0.83% | |
| Mike Jung 53 | 0.80% | |