Your one-stop shop for Ottawa's municipal election

It's shaping up to be one of the most exciting elections in Ottawa in more than a decade.

Voters will be electing a new mayor and at least 11 new councillorson Oct. 24. Candidates have been certified, and campaigns are in full swing.

This isyour one-stop shop for information on who's running in Ottawa'snewly redrawn24 wardsand the long list of candidates vyingto be the nextmayor.

You can find a complete list of candidates for councillor below, separated by ward.To help you understand who the candidates in your ward are and what they stand for,we asked them to complete a questionnaire and more than 80 responded. You can read their answers in the ward profiles.

As for the 14 mayoral candidates,you can find out more about them, and their questionnaire responses, here.

Election day is Monday, Oct. 24, with advance voting days done.

For the first time ever, voters from across Ottawa could vote by mail. The deadline to apply for a special mail-in ballot was Sept. 16.

For more information about where and how to vote, visit thecity's election pageor CBC's guide.

CBC Ottawa is sending detailed questionnaires to allcandidatesand their answers will added later this month, as will many more stories about the race as the campaign continues.

Ward races

• Ward 1:Orleans East-Cumberland
• Ward 2:Orleans West-Innes
• Ward 3:Barrhaven West
• Ward 4:Kanata North
• Ward 5:West Carleton-March
• Ward 6:Stittsville
• Ward 7:Bay
• Ward 8:College
• Ward 9:Knoxdale-Merivale
• Ward 10:Gloucester-Southgate
• Ward 11:Beacon Hill-Cyrville
• Ward 12:Rideau-Vanier
• Ward 13:Rideau-Rockcliffe
• Ward 14:Somerset
• Ward 15:Kitchissippi
• Ward 16:River
• Ward 17: Capital
• Ward 18:Alta Vista
• Ward 19:Orleans South-Navan
• Ward 20:Osgoode
• Ward 21:Rideau-Jock
• Ward 22:Riverside South-Findlay Creek
• Ward 23:Kanata South
• Ward 24:Barrhaven East