// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Ottawa?
Ottawa scores 77.4% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #32 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
77.4%
Rank
#32 / 213
Criteria present
55 / 82
Evidence coverage
87.8%
Ottawa's smart city score by area
12 present · 6 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
8 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
14 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
15 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
6 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
Where Ottawa is strong
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
- ▸Smart Energy & Buildings
- ▸Digital Inclusion & Literacy
- ▸Outcome Measurement & KPIs
- ▸Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
Where the gaps are
- ▸City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
Evidence highlights
Pervasive IoT Sensing · IoT connectivity
The City of Ottawa is piloting a connected water solution for water quality testing with Rogers and Ericsson, indicating the deployment of IoT connectivity to support sensing.
https://about.rogers.com/news-ideas/ericsson-and-rogers-pilot-connected-water-solution-for-water-quality-testing-with-the-city-of-ottawa/Digital Twin · 3D city model / digital twin
The City of Ottawa provides a 3D buildings dataset (LOD1) on its open data portal and has a memorandum regarding a digital twin for traffic assets infrastructure mapping.
https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ottawa::3d-buildings-lod1/aboutReal-time Public Transit Intelligence · Real-time arrivals / GTFS-RT
A public API for OC Transpo's 'nextrip' system indicates the availability of real-time transit data for Ottawa.
https://nextrip-public-api.azure-api.net/octranspo/Real-time Public Transit Intelligence · Open transit data
The existence of a public API for OC Transpo's transit data suggests that open transit data is available for Ottawa.
https://nextrip-public-api.azure-api.net/octranspo/About this assessment
Ottawa was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-06-26 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.