Somerset
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°25′N 75°42′W / 45.417°N 75.700°W / 45.417; -75.700
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
• Councillor	Ariel Troster
Area
• Total	5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population  (2011)Canada 2011 Census[1]
• Total	35,110
• Density	6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
• English	66.6%
• French	13.0%
• Cantonese	2.1%
• Arabic	1.9%
• Mandarin	1.8%
• Spanish	1.6%
• Vietnamese	1.3%
• Persian	1.0%
Avg. income	38,202

Somerset (Ward 14) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Ariel Troster. It has an area of 6.5 km² and a projected 2006 population of 38,500. According to Canada 2001 Census it had a population of 36,365. The ward was created in 1994 when Dalhousie Ward and Wellington Ward were merged. At the time it was known as just Ward 6 until 1995 when it was given the Somerset name.

City councillors

1. Elisabeth Arnold (1994-2003)
2. Diane Holmes (2003-2014)
3. Catherine McKenney (2014–2022)
4. Ariel Troster (2022–present)

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

References

External links

• Map of Somerset Ward