Ottawa. A picture paints a thousand words...

The capital of Canada, Ottawa is situated in Ontario on the border between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It´s located 352 Km east of Toronto, 192 km west of Montreal, and just a short 1,5h flight from New York or Boston. It´s the second largest city in the Province of Ontario and the fourth largest in the country.

Ottawa is connected by several bridges to its Quebec neighbour on the shores of the Ottawa River. On 2010, Ottawa had the 2nd highest quality of living of any city in America, and the 14th highest in the world.

Talking about Education, Ottawa has the highest per capita concentration of engineers, scientists, and residents with PhDs in Canada. It is known as the "most educated city in Canada" with over half the population having graduated from College and/or University.
Roughly 40% of Ottawa´s population, are able to speak English and French the co-official languages of Canada,with rates approaching 80% in the age category under-25 due to wide scale education programs.

Source: Wikipedia