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What's reported in Ottawa
9,801 civic reports · 2016–2026
| Governance & Policy | 2,553 | 26.0% of civic news | |
| Protest & Civil Unrest | 2,445 | 24.9% of civic news | |
| Crime & Violence | 941 | 9.6% of civic news | |
| Policing & Law Enforcement | 807 | 8.2% of civic news | |
| Public Health | 444 | 4.5% of civic news | |
| Courts & Judiciary | 408 | 4.2% of civic news | |
| Accidents & Road Safety | 401 | 4.1% of civic news | |
| Infrastructure & Utilities | 297 | 3.0% of civic news |
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Rising concerns in Ottawa
Change in share of local civic news, 2024–26 vs 2021–23 (percentage points)
| Governance & Policy | 2,553 | +14.1 pp | ▲ |
| Crime & Violence | 941 | +6.7 pp | ▲ |
| Policing & Law Enforcement | 807 | +2.9 pp | ▲ |
| Courts & Judiciary | 408 | +2.8 pp | ▲ |
| Elections & Politics | 106 | +2.1 pp | ▲ |
| Labour & Employment | 161 | +1.9 pp | ▲ |
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Receding concerns in Ottawa
Change in share of local civic news, 2024–26 vs 2021–23 (percentage points)
| Protest & Civil Unrest | 2,445 | -39.0 pp | ▼ |
| Public Health | 444 | -2.0 pp | ▼ |
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Protest & civil unrest in Ottawa
| Demonstration | 1,020 | type | |
| Border Blockade | 204 | type | |
| Political Protest | 119 | type | |
| Anti Vaccine Protest | 113 | type | |
| Anti Government Protest | 108 | type | |
| Vaccine Mandate Protest | 87 | type | |
| Trucker Protest | 65 | type |
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Crime & violence in Ottawa
| Homicide | 393 | type | |
| Sexual Assault | 70 | type | |
| Assault | 46 | type | |
| Shooting | 27 | type | |
| Theft | 24 | type | |
| Stabbing | 19 | type | |
| Vandalism | 18 | type |
Real incidents behind the numbers the Mar 2024 homicide (4–6 deaths across news reports); the Nov 2025 homicide (4 deaths across news reports); the Mar 2016 homicide (3 deaths across news reports).
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Public health in Ottawa
| Disease Outbreak | 34 | type | |
| Pandemic Outbreak | 23 | type | |
| Vaccine Mandate Protest | 18 | type | |
| Opioid Overdose | 14 | type | |
| Drug Overdose | 13 | type | |
| Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak | 11 | type | |
| Viral Outbreak | 9 | type |
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