Ottawa, Ontario
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Ottawa is the capital of the country of Canada, and the home of a Bahá'í community of around 1,000 people. The population of its metropolitan area is the fourth highest in Canada at 1,130,761 people.
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[edit] Overview
Ottawa is one of the major cities in the province of Ontario, situated on the Ottawa River, which acts as an interprovincial border between it and city of Gatineau, Quebec. The current City of Ottawa is the result of the amalgamation in 2001 of several smaller cities to form one large "mega-city" of around 1 million people, with a consequent amalgamation of many smaller Bahá'í communities into a much larger Bahá'í community. Ottawa is also home to a number of notable Bahá'í institutions; to take advantage of its status as national capital, the Canadian National Spiritual Assembly operates its Office of Governmental Relations in the city. The Association for Bahá'í Studies in North America is also headquartered in Ottawa, on the campus of the University of Ottawa.
[edit] History
Ottawa's Spiritual Assembly was the 14th in Canada to be established, in April 1948. One of the first Bahá'ís in Ottawa was Winifred Harvey, who arrived in 1940 from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1]. Bahá'ís had visited before, such as Queen Marie of Rumania in her visit to Canada in October 1926, as well as Laura Dreyfus-Barney in 1932[2].
[edit] Contact
PO Box 4826 Station E
Ottawa ON K1S 5H9
Phone: (613) 297-9406
Email: info[at]bahai-ottawa.org
Ottawa Bahá'í Centre
211 MacArthur Avenue
Ottawa ON K1L 6P6
Phone: (613) 742-8250
[edit] References
- ↑ Van den Hoonaard, Will. The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948, p.224.
- ↑ Van den Hoonaard, Will. The Origins of the Bahá'í Community of Canada, 1898-1948, p.185.
