Short answers, pulled from the story.
Philemon Wright established a lumber town on the north side of the Ottawa River on the 7th of March 1800. This event marked the beginning of European colonization in what is now the capital of Canada.
Queen Victoria selected Ottawa as the permanent capital effective the 31st of December 1857 for strategic reasons including its defensible location surrounded by dense forest far from the Canada-US border. The city also sat on the border between Canada West and Canada East making it an important political compromise.
The Hull-Ottawa fire of 1900 destroyed approximately 3,200 buildings causing estimated damage worth $300 million in 2020 Canadian dollars. A chimney fire in Hull spread rapidly through wooden structures due to strong winds affecting both sides of the river leaving 14% of Ottawans homeless.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King hired French architect-planner Jacques Greber to design an urban plan for managing development in the National Capital Region in 1950. The resulting Greber Plan included creation of the National Capital Greenbelt Kichi Zibi Mikan and Queensway highway system.
The 2021 Census reported that immigrants comprise 259,215 persons or 25.9% of Ottawa's total population. Top countries of origin included China with 20,320 persons India with 16,200 persons United Kingdom with 14,760 persons Lebanon with 11,900 persons and Philippines with 10,505 persons.