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.

Languages (mother tongue): Religion: Income: Arnold defeated Harris in a rematch of the 1991 election in Dalhousie Ward for city council.

Diane Holmes is running for re-election against Don Fex, a former festival production manager and manager of a local book store, Susan Miller, a former elected School Commissioner for the Western Quebec School Board 2007, and Barkley Pollock, an unsuccessful mayoral candidate from 2006 election, and past supporter of Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney.