Gatineau, Quebec
—  City  —
Ville de Gatineau
The sun sets on office buildings in Hull
Logo
Motto: Fortunae meae, multorum faber [1]
Location of Gatineau in Quebec, Canada
Coordinates (25, rue Laurier): 45°25′40″N 75°42′38″W / 45.42778, -75.71056
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Administrative Region	Outaouais
Amalgamated	2002
Government
- Mayor	Marc Bureau
- Governing body	Gatineau City Council
- MPs	Lawrence Cannon, Richard Nadeau, Marcel Proulx
- MNAs	Maryse Gaudreault, Stéphanie Vallée, Charlotte L'Écuyer, Norman MacMillan, Benoît Pelletier
Area
- Total	342. Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Outaouais is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the cities of Gatineau (Hull Aylmer Montebello Pontiac and Maniwaki and is located on This is a list of Mayors of Gatineau, Quebec. Note that major amalgamations occurred in 1975 and again in 2002 Marc Bureau (born August 11, 1955 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is the current Mayor of the city of Gatineau in the The Gatineau Municipal Council (French Le conseil municipal de Gatineau is the governing body of the city of Gatineau Quebec, Canada. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Lawrence Cannon, PC, MP (born December 6, 1947 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian politician from Richard Nadeau (born April 5, 1959 in Hawkesbury Ontario) is a teacher and Bloc Québécois politician in Quebec, Canada Marcel Proulx (/pruː/ (born March 6, 1946 in L'Orignal Ontario) is a Canadian politician The National Assembly of Quebec (Assemblée nationale du Québec is the name for the legislative body of the province of Quebec, Canada. Maryse Gaudreault (born July 6, 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Quebec provincial politician Stephanie Vallee is a Politician, Lawyer and Negotiator in Quebec, Canada. Charlotte L'Écuyer (born August 16, 1943 in Smooth Rock Falls Ontario)is a Politician in Quebec, Canada. Normand MacMillan (born December 14, 1947 in Buckingham Quebec) is a Quebec Politician, Businessman and Insurance Benoît Pelletier (born January 10, 1960 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Politician and Lawyer in Quebec, Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 21 km² (132. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi)
Population (2006)[2]
- Total	242,124 (Ranked 17th)
- Density	662. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (1,715. 3/sq mi)
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	819
Access Routes A-5 A-50	Route 105 Route 148 Route 307 Route 315 Route 366
Website: Ville de Gatineau

Gatineau (2006 census population 242,124)^[2] is a city in western Quebec, Canada. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 819 is an Area code for western Quebec, Canada, including the Quebec portion of the capital region Ottawa - Gatineau, and Autoroute 5 (or A-5, also called Autoroute de la Gatineau) is a short Autoroute in the Outaouais region of western Quebec. Autoroute 50 ( Autoroute de l'Outaouais) is an Autoroute in western Quebec. Route 105 is a north-south highway in Quebec, Canada. It runs from Hull (now part of Gatineau) where it is known as Boulevard Saint-Joseph Route 148 (formerly Route 8 before 1970 is a major east/west highway on the north shore of the St Route 307 is a provincial road located in the Outaouais region of Quebec. Route 315 is a road in the Canadian province of Quebec that connects the Gatineau sector of Masson-Angers to Namur Route 366 is a secondary highway in the Outaouais region of Quebec. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is situated on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and is located within Canada's National Capital Region. This is about the river in Canada For other uses see Ottawa River (disambiguation. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighboring city of Gatineau, Quebec Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census Metropolitan Area. The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to

Gatineau is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of the same name, whose geographical code is 81. The term regional county municipality or RCM ( French: municipalité régionale de comté MRC) is used in the Canadian The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to

Contents 1 History 1.1 1939 to 1975 1.2 1975 to 2002 1.3 Amalgamation 2 Economy 3 Recreation 4 Education 5 Transportation 5.1 Key roads 6 Neighbourhoods 7 Gatineau City Council 8 Media 9 Population and demographics 10 Notable persons from Gatineau 11 Communities 12 Geographic Location 13 See also 14 References 15 External links

History

• July 1, 1855: The cantons of Hull, Templeton, and Buckingham, as well as the villages of Aylmer and Buckingham are formed as part of the first municipal divisions in Quebec. A canton is an Administrative division of a country eg a region or state
• February 23, 1875: The city of Hull is separated from Hull Canton.
• 1876: The village of Pointe-à-Gatineau separates from Templeton.
• 1877: The parish of L'Ange-Gardien separates from Buckingham Canton.
• 1880: The canton of Hull is divided into the cantons of Hull-South and Hull-West (now Chelsea). Chelsea is a municipality located immediately north of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and about 15 minutes
• 1886: The canton of Templeton is divided into the cantons of Templeton-West and Templeton-East.
• 1889: The canton of Hull-East separates from Hull-West.
• 1890: The village of Buckingham changed its status to "city".
• 1897: The town of Masson separates from Buckingham Canton.
• March 23, 1897: The canton of Buckingham-South-East separates from Buckingham Canton.
• 1900: Great Fire of Hull
• 1909: The canton of Templeton-North (now Val-des-Monts) separates from Templeton-East. The Hull-Ottawa fire of 1900 was a devastating fire in 1900 that destroyed much of Hull Quebec and large portions of Ottawa Ontario. Val-des-Monts, population 9200 is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada located about 40 kilometres
• 1915: The village of Angers separates of L'Ange-Gardien.
• 1918: The canton of Buckingham-South-West separates from Buckingham Canton.
• 1920: The village of Deschênes separates from Hull-South. The village of Templeton and the canton of Templeton-East-Part-East separates from Templeton-East.
• 1933: The village of Gatineau separates from Templeton-West.

1939 to 1975

Gatineau was incorporated in 1939. From 1939 to 1975, the City of Gatineau encompassed a very small area compared to its current borders. Old Gatineau consisted of the area north of the Ottawa River opposite Kettle Island. Its western border was at present day Boulevard de la Cité and its eastern border went through present day Parc du Lac-Beauchamp. Its northern border was Boulevard Saint-René, but it was extended northward as the city expanded.

• 1957: Pointe-à-Gatineau becomes the town of Pointe-Gatineau. Gatineau changed its status to "city".
• 1964: Hull-South changed its name to Municipality of Lucerne.
• 1971: Hull-East changed its name to Town of Touraine.
• January 1, 1975: Hull changed its status to city. The towns of Pointe-Gatineau, Gatineau, and Touraine, the cantons of Templeton-West, Templeton-East, and Templeton-East-Part-East, as well as the village of Templeton amalgamate to form the City of Gatineau.
• January 1, 1975: The towns of Buckingham and Masson, the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, the cantons of Buckingham, Buckingham-South-East, and Buckingham-South-West, the parish of L'Ange-Gardien and the village of Angers amalgamate to form the town of Buckingham.
• January 1, 1975: Aylmer, Lucerne, and Deschênes amalgamate to form the town of Aylmer.

1975 to 2002

On January 1, 1975, the municipalities of Gatineau, Pointe-Gatineau, Touraine, Templeton, Templeton-Ouest and Templeton-Est were merged to form the City of Gatineau in an effort to improve municipal services and coordinate urban growth. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. With the 1975 amalgamation, Gatineau became the largest city in the Outaouais and fourth largest municipality in Quebec behind Montreal, Quebec City and Laval. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Outaouais is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the cities of Gatineau (Hull Aylmer Montebello Pontiac and Maniwaki and is located on Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Laval ( IPA læˈvæl is a City and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Greater Montreal Area.

• May 17, 1979: Following public demand, the town of Masson and the municipalities of L'Ange-Gardien and Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette are separated from Buckingham. There are several municipalities in Quebec name L'Ange-Gardien or Ange-Gardien: L'Ange-Gardien Outaouais Quebec, in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec Canada
• January 1, 1989: Following public demand, the municipality of Cantley separates from Gatineau. Cantley, Quebec, Canada is a small rural village north of the city of Gatineau, east of the Gatineau River Nevertheless, Gatineau remained the fourth largest municipality in Quebec by population.
• January 1991: The Communauté Urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community) and Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM are formed out of the Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Regional Community). Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais (French for "The hills of the Outaouais" is a regional county municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec ^[3]
• 1993: Masson changed its name to town of Masson-Angers.
• 2000: Bicentennial of city of Hull is celebrated.
• January 1, 2002: The cities of Aylmer, Buckingham, Gatineau, Hull, and Masson-Angers are amalgamated to form the new City of Gatineau. These 5 cities used to constitute the Communauté Urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community) supra-regional organization. ^[4] The former City of Gatineau was the largest of these municipalities, both in area and population.

Amalgamation

On January 1, 2002, the Parti Québécois government of Quebec amalgamated a number of municipalities throughout the Province, including the five former cities that constitute the current City of Gatineau (Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham and Masson-Angers). New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and Hull was still considered the primary city within this region, although the former Gatineau had a larger population. Nonetheless, the name Gatineau was chosen for the new amalgamated municipality because it was more representative of the region (given that the former Gatineau county, the federal Gatineau Park, the Gatineau Hills, and the Gatineau River defined the area geographically, in a less restrictive manner than Hull). Gatineau Park (Parc de la Gatineau is a park near Gatineau, Québec, Canada, just north of Ottawa, Ontario. The Gatineau Hills are a geological formation in Canada that makes up part of the southern tip of the Canadian Shield, and acts as the northern shoulder of the Ottawa The Gatineau River is a River in western Quebec, Canada which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The Gatineau name was chosen, despite the fact that "Hull-Gatineau" was the most popular choice in opinion polls, because the transition committee excluded hyphenated names from the ballot, and despite the fact that the Hull name had represented the earliest urban development in the area.

On June 20, 2004, the current Liberal government of Quebec fulfilled a campaign promise by holding a referendum vote, giving the residents of the former cities the choice of separating from Gatineau. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Quebec Liberal Party, (or PLQ) is a liberal Political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita In order to separate, the residents of a former city required a double-win: more than 50% of the vote representing at least 35% of the electorate. The majority of the votes cast in Aylmer and Masson-Angers were in favour of separation, but they did not represent at least 35% of the electorate in their respective communities. The majority of voters in Buckingham and Hull, chose to remain part of Gatineau. The participation was very low, and the status quo can be partly attributed to the indifference of the citizens. There was no referendum in the former city of Gatineau.

It was originally reported that the residents of Masson-Angers were able to meet the 50%-35% rule, and that they would be separating from Gatineau. However, a recount caused seventeen votes to be rejected. Because of this, the number of votes cast in favour of separation was fifteen votes short of being at least 35% of the electorate. As a result, the city of Gatineau remained intact.

Economy

A number of federal and provincial government offices are located in Gatineau, due to its proximity to the national capital, and its status as the main town of the Outaouais region of Quebec. The Casino du Lac Leamy (formerly the Casino de Hull) is a government run Casino in Gatineau Quebec. Outaouais is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the cities of Gatineau (Hull Aylmer Montebello Pontiac and Maniwaki and is located on

A policy of the federal government to distribute federal jobs on both sides of the Ottawa River led to the construction of several massive office towers to house federal civil servants in what was then Hull (now Hull sector in Gatineau); the largest of these are Place du Portage and Terrasses de la Chaudière, occupying part of what had been the downtown core of Hull. This is about the river in Canada For other uses see Ottawa River (disambiguation. Place du Portage is a large office complex in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec Canada situated along Boulevard Maisonneuve and facing the Ottawa Terrasses de la Chaudière is a complex of government Office buildings in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

Recreation

Two important tourist attractions located in Gatineau are the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Casino du Lac Leamy. The Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC is Canada’s national museum of human history and the most-visited museum in the country The Casino du Lac Leamy (formerly the Casino de Hull) is a government run Casino in Gatineau Quebec. In August, the Casino hosts an international fireworks competition which opposes four different countries with the winner being awarded a Prix Zeus prize for the best overall show (based on several criteria) and can return in the following year. A firework is classified as a low explosive pyrotechnic device used primarily for aesthetic and entertainment purposes At the beginning of September, on Labour Day weekend, Gatineau hosts an annual hot air balloon festival which fills the skies with colourful gas-fired passenger balloons. The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is a yearly festival held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by the city during which hundreds of

There are many parks. Some of them are well gardened playgrounds or resting spaces while others, like Lac Beauchamp Park, are relatively wild green areas which often merge with the woods and fields of the surrounding municipalities. Lac Beauchamp Park in Gatineau, Quebec Canada is a large wooded park of 1 Streams of all sizes run through these natural expanses. Most of the city is on level ground but the Northern and Eastern parts lie on the beginnings of the foothills of the massive Canadian Shield, or Laurentian mountains. The Canadian Shield &mdash also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien (French &mdash is a large geological shield covered by The Laurentian Mountains (French Laurentides) are a Mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St These are the "Gatineau Hills", and are visible in the background of the companion picture. The Gatineau Hills are a geological formation in Canada that makes up part of the southern tip of the Canadian Shield, and acts as the northern shoulder of the Ottawa One of Gatineau's urban parks, Jacques Cartier Park is used by the National Capital Commission during the popular festival, Winterlude. Jacques Cartier (December 31 1491&ndashSeptember 1 1557 was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France The National Capital Commission (NCC known in French as the Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN is a Canadian Crown corporation that administers the federally Winterlude ( Bal de neige in French) is an annual festival in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec that celebrates

Education

The city contains a campus of the Université du Québec, the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO). The Université du Québec is a system of ten provincially-run public universities in Quebec, Canada. The Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO is a branch of the Université du Québec located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

It is also the home of two provincial junior colleges (or CEGEPs): the francophone CEGEP de l'Outaouais and the anglophone Heritage College. A CEGEP (ˈseɪʒɛp or /ˈsiːʤɛp/ French: Cégep) is a post-secondary education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Cégep de l'Outaouais (formerly known as Collège de l'Outaouais) is the biggest public college ( Cégep) in the Outaouais region of Quebec English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Heritage College in Gatineau is the only English-language CEGEP in western Quebec. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has a campus in Gatineau.

Transportation

Gatineau has a municipal airport capable of handling small jets. There are Canada customs facilities for aircraft coming from outside Canada, a car rental counter and a restaurant. Various attempts to provide regularly scheduled flights from Gatineau's airport have not been successful. Most residents of Gatineau use the nearby Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, or travel to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal.

Ottawa and Gatineau have two distinct bus-based public transit systems with different fare structures, OC Transpo and the Société de transport de l'Outaouais. OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO operates public transit routes in Gatineau Quebec, including the Hull, Aylmer, Gatineau Buckingham Tickets are not interchangeable between the two, and use of passes and transfers from one system to the other can require payment of a surcharge on certain routes (such as express lines).

Many Gatineau highways and major arteries feed directly into the bridges crossing over to Ottawa, but once there the roads land into the dense downtown grid or into residential areas, with no easy connection to the main highway in Ottawa, the East-West 417 or Queensway. The Queensway is a major controlled-access Freeway running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from Kanata in the west to Orléans This difficulty is further magnified by the lack of a major highway on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River connecting Gatineau to Montreal, Quebec, the metropolis of the province; most travelers from Gatineau to Montreal first cross over to Ottawa, and use Ontario highways to access Montreal. This is about the river in Canada For other uses see Ottawa River (disambiguation. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec A metropolis (from the Greek μήτηρ mētēr meaning 'mother' and πόλις pólis meaning 'city/town' is a big City, in most cases with Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec However, it is expected that Autoroute 50's gap between Gatineau and Lachute will be completed by 2010, making a new link between Gatineau and the Laurentians popular tourist area, and may serve as part of a Montreal by-pass by the north shore for Outaouais residents. Autoroute 50 ( Autoroute de l'Outaouais) is an Autoroute in western Quebec. Lachute, is a town in southwest Quebec, 75km northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of For the film see 2010 The Year We Make Contact. For the book see 2010 Odyssey Two. The Laurentians ( Laurentides) is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains

Key roads

Main article: List of Gatineau roads

Neighbourhoods

Main article: Neighbourhoods of Gatineau

Gatineau City Council

Main article: Gatineau City Council

The Gatineau Municipal Council (French: Le conseil municipal de Gatineau) is the governing body of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. This list contains the main roads throughout the city of Gatineau Autoroutes Autoroute 5 ( Autoroute de la Gatineau) List of neighbourhoods in the City of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The Gatineau Municipal Council (French Le conseil municipal de Gatineau is the governing body of the city of Gatineau Quebec, Canada. It is composed of 17 city councillors and the mayor.

Media

Main article: Media of Ottawa-Gatineau

Gatineau is the city of license for several television and radio stations, although many more stations licensed to Ottawa are also available in the area. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Both cities are generally considered to constitute a single media market, and all of the region's broadcast stations transmit from the Ryan Tower site at Camp Fortune just north of Gatineau. Ryan Tower is a 2289 metre (750 feet tall guyed mast that was erected in 1968. Gatineau Park (Parc de la Gatineau is a park near Gatineau, Québec, Canada, just north of Ottawa, Ontario. All of the stations licensed directly to Gatineau broadcast in French. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people

Gatineau is also served primarily by daily newspapers published in Ottawa, including the French Le Droit and the English Ottawa Citizen, although a number of weekly community newspapers are published in Gatineau. Le Droit (established on March 27, 1913) is a Canadian daily newspaper published in Ottawa, Canada and is operated The Ottawa Citizen is an English -language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada.

Population and demographics

According to the 2006 census the city of Gatineau had a population of 242,124. The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population This was an increase of 6. 8% compared to 2001. There were 104,607 private dwellings on a surface area of 342km² and a population density of 707 persons per km². Most of the citizens of the new city live in the urban cores of Aylmer, Hull and the former Gatineau. Buckingham and Masson-Angers are more rural communities.

The Quebec portion of the Ottawa - Gatineau Urban Area has a population of 212,448 and an area of 136km². The Quebec portion of the Ottawa - Gatineau Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) -- which includes the municipalities of Val-des-Monts (population 9,539), Cantley (7,928), La Pêche (7,477), Chelsea (6,703), Pontiac (5,238), L'Ange-Gardien (4,348), and Denholm (604) -- had a total population of 283,959. The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to Val-des-Monts, population 9200 is a municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada located about 40 kilometres Cantley could be: Cantley Norfolk, a village in the county of Norfolk England Cantley South Yorkshire, a suburb of Doncaster England La Pêche is a municipality along both sides of the Gatineau River in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada about north of downtown Hull Chelsea is a municipality located immediately north of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and about 15 minutes Pontiac is a Municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality on the Rivière des Outaouais

The following statistics refer to the Quebec portion of the Ottawa – Gatineau CMA:

Aboriginal status: Indigenous peoples comprise 2. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people 7% of the population. ^[5]

Languages: Counting both single and multiple responses, French was a mother tongue for 80. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A first language (also mother tongue, native language, arterial language, or L1) is the language a human being learns from birth 0% of residents in 2006, English for 13. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 9%, Arabic for 1. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language 7%, Spanish for 1. 1%, and Portuguese for 1. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. 0%. ^[6] (Figures below are for single responses only. ) ^[7]

Mother Tongue	Population	Percentage
French	220,970	78. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people 5%
English	35,580	12. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States 6%
Arabic	4,450	1. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language 6%
Portuguese	2,845	1. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. 0%
Spanish	2,820	1. 0%
Chinese	1,205	0. 4%
Serbo-Croatian	635	0. The Serbo-Croatian language or Croato-Serbian language (cрпскохрватски језик srpskohrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic Diasystem 2%
Romanian	620	0. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance 2%
German	590	0. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. 2%
Vietnamese	475	0. Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) 2%
Polish	465	0. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. 2%

Mother Tongue	Population	Percentage
Italian	445	0. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. 2%
Creole	380	0. Haitian Creole language ( kreyòl ayisyen) often called simply Creole or Kreyòl ( pronounced) is a language spoken in Haiti 1%
Russian	370	0. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages 1%
Rundi (Kirundi)	350	0. Kirundi (also written Rundi) is a Bantu language (D62 in Guthrie 's classification spoken by some 6 million people in Burundi and adjacent 1%
Persian (Farsi)	345	0. 1%
Lao	290	0. Lao or Laotian (BGN/PCGN phasa lao IPA: pʰaːsaː laːw is a Tonal Language of the Tai-Kadai language family 1%
Bosnian	250	0. Bosnian language (Bosnian bosanski jezik) sometimes referred as Bosniak language or Bosniac language is a South Slavic language native 1%
Dutch	235	0. Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname 1%
Serbian	230	0. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, 1%
Kinyarwanda	225	0. Kinyarwanda (also known simply as Rwanda) is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Rwanda, where it is one of the Official languages of the 1%
Hungarian	220	0. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. 1%

Mother Tongue	Population	Percentage
English and French	3,345	1. 2%
English and a non-official language	240	0. 1%
French and a non-official language	940	0. 3%
English, French and a non-official language	115	~

Religion: About 83% of the population identified as Roman Catholic in 2001 while 7% said they had no religion and 5. 5% identified as Protestant (1. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. 3% Anglican, 1. The Anglican Church of Canada is the sole Canadian representative of the Anglican Communion. 3% United, 0. The United Church of Canada was founded in 1925 as a merger of four Christian denominations two thirds of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (then the largest Canadian Protestant 7% Baptist, 0. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. 5% Jehovah’s Witnesses, 0. Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenialist Christian denomination 3% Lutheran, 0. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther 2% Pentecostal, 0. Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism 2% Presbyterian). Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity About 1% of the population identified as Muslim, 0. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion 3% as Buddhist, and 0. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices 2% as Eastern Orthodox. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world ^[8]

Visible minorities: The 2001 census found that 4. 3% of the population self-identified as having a visible minority status, including, among others, about 1. Visible minority is a term used primarily in Canada to describe persons who are not of the majority race in a given population 3% who self-identified as Black, about 1. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse 0% self-identifying as Arab, 0. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding 5% as Latin American, 0. 4% as Chinese, 0. Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. 3% as Southeast Asian, 0. 2% as South Asian, and about 0. 1% as Filipino. Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. (Statistics Canada terminology is used throughout. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help )^[9]

Immigration: The area is home to more than five thousand recent immigrants (i. e. those arriving between 2001 and 2006), who now comprise about two percent of the total population. 11% of these new immigrants have come from Colombia, 10% from China, 7% from France, 6% from Lebanon, 6% from Romania, 4% from Algeria, 3% from the United States and 3% from Congo. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to ^[10]

Internal migration: Between 2001 and 2006 there was a net influx of 5,205 people (equivalent to 2% of the total 2001 population) who moved to Gatineau from outside of the Ottawa - Gatineau area. There was also a net outmigration of 630 anglophones (equivalent to 2% of the 2001 anglophone population). Overall there was a net influx of 1,100 people from Quebec City, 1,060 from Montreal, 545 from Saguenay, 315 from Toronto, 240 from Trois-Rivières, 225 from Kingston, and 180 from Sudbury. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Saguenay (officially Ville de Saguenay) is a city ( 2006 population 143692 in the Saguenay&ndashLac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Trois-Rivières is a City in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located along the densely populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. ^[11]

Ethnocultural ancestries: Canadians were able to self-identify one or more ethnocultural ancestries in the 2001 census. The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population (It should be noted that percentages may therefore add up to more than 100%. ) The most common response was Canadian / Canadien and since the term 'Canadian' is as much an expression of citizenship as of ethnicity these figures should not be considered an exact record of the relative prevalence of different ethnocultural ancestries. Canadian identity refers to the set of characteristics and Symbols that many Canadians regard as expressing their unique place and role in the world 43. 1% of respondents gave a single response of Canadian / Canadien while a further 26. 5% identified both Canadian / Canadien and one or more other ethnocultural ancestries. 10. 4% of respondents gave a single response of French, 1. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( 1% gave a single response of Portuguese, 1. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west 0% gave a single response of Irish, 0. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate 9% gave a single response of Lebanese, 0. The Lebanese people ( الشعب اللبناني, el shaab el libnene) are a Middle Eastern people originating in the country of Lebanon 8% gave a single response of English, 0. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English 7% gave a single responses of Québécois and 0. A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the 7% gave a single response of North American Indian. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:

	2006 %	2001 %
Canadian / Canadien		69. 6%
French		37. 6%
Irish		7. Irish Canadians are immigrants and descendants of immigrants who origninated in Ireland. 6%
English		6. English Canada|Canadians of English descentAn English Canadian is a Canadian whose principal language is English or who is of English ancestry; it is used 4%
Scottish		3. Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. 8%
North American Indian		3. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people 4%
German		2. The 2006 Canadian census put the number of Canadians of German ethnicity at 3179425 4%
Portuguese		1. Portuguese Canadians' (luso-canadianos are Canadians of Portuguese descent 4%
Italian		1. An Italian Canadian' is a Canadian of Italian descent or heritage 4%
Québécois		1. A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the 3%

	2006 %	2001 %
Lebanese		1. 2%
Métis		1. A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences regarded as racial or the descendant of such persons 1%
Polish		0. Polish Canadians are Canadians of Polish ancestry According to the 2001 census by Statistics Canada, 817085 Canadians claim full or partial Polish ancestry 8%
Belgian		0. Belgium has a population of about 10666866 citizens as of January 2008 6%
Spanish		0. Canadians of Spanish descent are also known as Spanish Canadians, and in Spanish as Hispano Canadienses. 5%
Dutch (Netherlands)		0. According to the Canada 2006 Census, there are 1035965 Canadians of Dutch descent, including those of full or partial ancestry 5%
Chinese		0. Chinese Canadians are Canadians of Chinese descent and constitute the second-largest Visible minority group in Canada standing at 1346510 which 5%
Haitian		0. A Haitian Canadian is a Canadian -born person of Haitian descent or a Haitian-born person with Canadian citizenship 4%
Ukrainian		0. A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. 4%
American (USA)		0. The United States is an urbanized nation with 808 percent of its population of 305186613 residing in cities and suburbs as of mid-year 2005 4%

The data to the left is also presented more geographically by Statistics Canada as: 70. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help 7% North Ameican, 37. 8% French, 14. 3% British Isles, 4. 5% Aboriginal, 4. 0% Southern European, 3. 8% Western European, 1. 9% Arab, 1. 7% Eastern European, 1. 0% East and Southeast Asian, 0. 8% African, 0. 7% Latin, Central and South American, 0. 7% Caribbean and 0. 5% Northern European.
(Percentages may total more than 100% due to rounding and multiple responses).

Notable persons from Gatineau

Eva Avila - Canadian Idol winner Daniel Brière- NHL ice hockey player Jon Cassar - Director and producer of the television series 24 Bill Clement, ice hockey player, broadcaster Hugo Girard - strongman, named "Canada's Strongest Man" Daniel Lanois- Canadian record producer and singer-songwriter Charlie Major - country and western singer

Steve Martins - NHL ice hockey player Denis Savard - NHL coach and ice hockey player Polly Shannon - actress Claude Lemieux - Former NHL ice hockey player Alain Vigneault - NHL coach and ice hockey player Philemon Wright - early settler, founder of Ottawa-Gatineau

• Pat Burns - former NHL coach

Communities

Aylmer Bassin-du-Lièvre Beau-Mont Acres Buckingham

Cousineau Farmers Rapids Gatineau Hull Ironside

Jeanne-d'Arc Masson-Angers Quinnville Simmons

Geographic Location

See also

• List of crossings of the Ottawa River
• List of communities in Quebec
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec
• Twin cities
• Mayor of Gatineau

References

External links

• City of Gatineau, Quebec
• Official website of the City of Gatineau Youth Commission

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