Gatineau
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| Province : | Quebec | ||
| Administrative region : | Outaouais | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 29 ′ N , 75 ° 39 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 342.98 km² | ||
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265,349 (status: 2011) 1,236,324 (status: 2011) |
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| Population density : | 773.7 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern Time ( UTC − 5 ) | ||
| Municipality number: | 81017 | ||
| Foundation : | 2002 | ||
| Mayor : | Marc Bureau | ||
| Website : | www.gatineau.ca | ||
Gatineau is a city in Canada . It is located in the western part of the province of Québec on Ottawa (French Rivière des Outaouais ) and has 265,349 inhabitants. The capital of the Outaouais administrative region is the fourth largest city in the province after Montréal , Québec and Laval .
The Canadian capital Ottawa is located directly south of Gatineau - only separated from each other by the Ottawa River . Both cities together form the metropolitan region ( Census Metropolitan Area ) Ottawa-Gatineau, which covers an area of 6,287 km² and has a total of 1.24 million inhabitants. Ottawa-Gatineau, also known as the National Capital Region , is the fourth largest census metropolitan area in Canada (after Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver) and the only one whose area is spread over two provinces ( Ontario , Québec ).
Merger in 2002
Gatineau was founded on January 1, 2002 by merging the parishes of Hull , Gatineau, Buckingham, Aylmer and Masson-Angers. The urban amalgamations initiated by the then provincial government of Québec took place with the aim of reuniting richer suburbs or cities and the mostly poorer inner-city areas. There was therefore criticism primarily from both English-speaking residents and wealthy suburban residents. In the course of the mergers, around 200 cities and municipalities in the province of Québec were merged into newly formed cities.
According to opinion polls, Hull-Gatineau was preferred as the name of the new town by a large number of citizens, as the first urban settlement structures had developed in Hull. But since Gatineau had the larger population, Gatineau was chosen as the name for the new city. On the one hand the name should sound French, on the other hand there were already some geographically distinctive points in the city area that had Gatineau as a name (e.g. Gatineau Park , Gatineau Hills, Rivière Gatineau ).
Social spatial structure
The metropolitan area of Gatineau extends over an area of 342 km² and is divided into 17 districts, seven of which are in the area of old Gatineau, five in the area of Hull, three in Aylmer and one each in Masson-Angers and Buckingham . The former Gatineau has 111,069 inhabitants, Hull 72,160, Aylmer 42,992, Masson-Angers 11,269 and Buckingham 11,884.
Population development
(Territory as of January 1, 2002)
- 1996: 220.585
- 1997: 222.193
- 1998: 223.665
- 1999: 225.052
- 2000: 227,959
- 2001: 231.344
- 2002: 235.038
- 2003: 239.067
- 2004: 243.259
- 2005: 246,695
- 2006: 249.374
- 2011: 265,349
- 2016: 276.245
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
Due to the proximity of the federal capital Ottawa, several federal agencies and ministries have their headquarters in Gatineau, including Employment and Social Development Canada , Environment and Climate Change Canada , Public Services and Procurement Canada , Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada , Transportation Safety Board of Canada and Canadian International Development Agency .
education
In the city there is a campus of the Université du Québec , where around 6,000 students are enrolled in 14 subject areas in bachelor's or master's degrees. There are also two private junior colleges that are also located on campus. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) also operates a campus in Gatineau.
Gatineau has several urban elementary schools and high schools that run through 12th grade. French is the language of instruction in some classes and English in others. There are also private schools that lead up to 12th grade with a high school degree. All schools are under the supervision of the Western Quebec School Board .
The Cégep de l'Outaouais , which is similar to a German technical college or technical school for assistant professions and prepares students for a degree, has two locations in the city, the Gabrielle Roy campus and the Félix-Leclerq campus.
Culture and sights
Gatineau is home to Canada's National Museum of History and Society , one of Canada's largest museums.
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There is a casino on Leamy Lake that attracts many tourists.
The Gatineau Satellite Station is approximately 20 km away , but in the area of the municipality of Cantley .
traffic
The Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport is the city's local airport, on which mainly smaller passenger planes operate. The airport connects Gatineau with major airports in Montreal and Quebec. The closest international airports are Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport .
In Gatineau buses run by the local public transport company OC Transpo from Ottawa and Société de transport de l'Outaouais from Gatineau.
There are several country roads and highways that run past Gatineau. Major motorway routes are the Ontario Highway 417 and Quebec Autoroute 50. These connect the region with Montreal.
Some streets are managed as so-called Promenades panoramiques by the Commission de la capitale nationale , they are mainly intended for recreational traffic and are therefore closed to trucks. On the summer weekends, some scenic parkways are closed to motorized traffic and are used by pedestrians, roller skaters and cyclists .
sons and daughters of the town
- Hector Gratton (1900–1970), composer, arranger, conductor and music teacher
- Daniel Lanois (* 1951), musician and music producer
- Michel Larocque (1952–1992), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Denis Savard (* 1961), ice hockey player and coach and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- Isabelle Duchesnay (* 1963), figure skater
- Claude Lemieux (* 1965), ice hockey player
- Stéphane Richer (* 1966), ice hockey player and coach
- François Guay (* 1968), ice hockey player
- Dominic Roussel (* 1970), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Éric Landry (* 1975), ice hockey player and coach
- Daniel Brière (* 1977), ice hockey player
- Janice Nadeau (* 1977), illustrator, artistic director and animation filmmaker
- Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Alexandre Picard (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Derick Brassard (born 1987), ice hockey player
- Mélodie Collard (* 2003), tennis player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses. Statistics Canada, accessed August 12, 2012 .
- ^ Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas, 2011 and 2006 censuses. Statistics Canada, accessed August 12, 2012 .
- ^ Institute de la statistique Québec
- ↑ 2016