Ottawa River water level today
Ottawa River gage height right now: 57.833 m at the Britannia (Ottawa) gauge (Oct 18, 2026, 3:35 PM ET), up 0.156 m in 7 days. Updated · source: Water Survey of Canada
Datum: station datum (gauge level, not elevation above sea level), metres
These are gauge readings above each station's own reference point, not elevations above sea level. Compare a gauge only with its own history.
Source: Water Survey of Canada 02KF005 ↗
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