While 2020 was a year of hardship for many, it was also a year of change. The search giant Google was tracking those changes in Ottawa, noting just how much residents of the nation's capital switched ...

In an odd case of serendipity, Google Maps’ omni-present Street View cameras appear to have documented the capital’s hazy, smoggy air conditions in almost real time. Alert users have been surprised ...

Ottawa residents’ interests in cycling, gardening and other outdoor activities spiked in the first eight months of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to recently released data from Google Maps.

There are no-entry and one-way signs posted at intersections along Glen Avenue in Old Ottawa South, but that doesn't stop Google Maps from sending drivers down the street in the wrong direction.

For city archivist Paul Henry, maps are just one more way to tell Ottawa's story. "You can see the resilience of community over time. You can see the evolution of a community over time," says Henry, ...