If you’re looking for that special person to share your life with, you may just meet them online. Statistics show that up to one third of recently married couples met online, usually through online dating sites. There are also studies that seem to indicate that couples who met online are happier and more likely to stay together.

There’s just one problem with finding a potential partner on most dating sites – you can meet someone who lives so far away from you that regular meetings and normal dating becomes impossible. Finding someone who is actually in your area is very difficult indeed because you have to trawl through hundreds of profiles representing people who are geographically unavailable to you. Generic dating sites like POF.com and Match.com still enjoy huge popularity, but the globalized nature of their service can make finding the right person online as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack. This is especially true if you want Mr or Ms Right to live nearby so that you can progress to a normal dating experience once you’ve decided that you might get along well.

Ottawa-based dating site Singles-Ottawa.com solves this problem neatly by ensuring that their membership are all Ottawa locals. So, you don’t feel like hanging out in a singles bar? Not sure where else you could meet potential partners? There’s the answer.

Discovery News reports that you are likely to meet a larger number of people online than you would ever be able to meet in person. Could this be why relationships that began online seem to be so successful? Having more people to choose from would statistically give you a better chance of meeting a ‘perfect’ match. Most of us seldom have the opportunity to meet new people in person, but when it’s only a matter of logging in to a website, the opportunities to meet, greet and get to know people of the opposite sex are exponentially increased.

This is especially true for adults who have begun their working careers and simply don’t have the time to participate in a wide range of social activities. Now, people living in Ottawa are able to meet local singles online. From there onwards, anything could happen: you might even find your life partner.