Edwards is a dispersed rural community at the headwaters of Bear Brook in the Osgoode Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the surrounding blocks had a population of 346.Edwards was named in 1901 after William Cameron Edwards. Edwards was a lumberman, MP for Russell 1887-1903 and a senator. From 1898 to 1957 Edwards was a flag stop for the New York and Ottawa Railway.