Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000. The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview, Alta Vista, Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997. The ward covers an area of 20.3 km2. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way. Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014. Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor , the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion. Councillors School trustees Ottawa-Carleton District School Board: Chris Ellis (Zone 6, with Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward) Ottawa Catholic School Board: Mark Mullan (Zone 8, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward) Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario: Marielle Godbout (Zone 9, with Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward) Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est: Monique Briand (Zone 10, with Gloucester-Southgate Ward and Osgoode Ward) Population data The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people. Languages (mother tongue) English: 54.6% French: 15.6% Arabic: 7.9% Spanish: 1.8% Chinese: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese) Italian: 1.1% Religion Roman Catholic: 40.0% Muslim: 11.7% No religion: 11.4% Anglican: 8.3% United Church of Canada: 8.2% Jewish: 2.0% Presbyterian: 1.6% Buddhist: