Goulbourn Township, Ontario, was formed in 1818, roughly 20 km southwest of downtown
Ottawa
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, with the first major settlement occurring in
Richmond
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. Other communities in the township include
Stittsville
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,
Munster
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, and
Ashton.
Stittsville
Stittsville is a suburban community, part of the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario. It is within the former Goulbourn Township. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is immediately to the southwest of Kanata, adjacent to Richmon ...
is the largest community in the township, owing in part to its proximity to
Kanata and the
Queensway. The township was amalgamated into the current City of
Ottawa
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in 2001.
According to the
Canada 2001 Census:
*Population: 23,604 (approx. 39,250 with original boundaries)
*% Change (1996-2001): 22.5
*Dwellings: 7,975
*Area (km².): 271.32
*Density (persons per km².): 87.0
*At the 2006 census the population of Goulbourn had increased to 28,583.
*At the 2011 census, the population had increased to 36,320.
*At the 2016 census, the population had increased to 40,010.
Three quarters of the population (30,032) live in Stittsville. Richmond has a population of 4,833 (4,055 in the
population centre
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) and the remaining 5,145 live in rural parts of the Township.
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Goulbourn took its name from
Henry Goulburn
Henry Goulburn PC FRS (19 March 1784 – 12 January 1856) was a British Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.
Background and education
Born in London, Goulburn was the eldest son of a wealthy planter, Munbee ...
,
Undersecretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1812 to 1826.
Reeves
*1850 Thomas Garland
*1858 J. Sumner
*1860 T. McCaffrey
*1861 John Scott
*1867 C.M. Church
*1868 Hiram Stykes
*1869 Robinson Lyon
*1870 Hiram Sykes
*1871 Robinson Lyon
*1873 John Scott
*1874 Robinson Lyon
*1875 Neil Stewart
*1885 John Kemp
*1887 H.G. Cowan
*1895 John C. Bradley
*1897 n/a (1897-1906 County Council was composed of division representatives, not reeves)
*1907 S.A. Jinkinson
*1909 George Llewellyn
*1920 R. Sample
*1924 T. Alfred Bradley
*1925 R.N. Sample
*1932 J.W. Patrick
*1935 Norman McCaffrey
*1951 H. Spearman
*1959 Alan R. Simpson
*1962 Albert Argue (died in 1964, term completed by Reginald Faulkner)
*1965 Reginald Faulkner
*1967 Garnet Bradley
*1972 Clarence Maheral
Mayors
Goulbourn amalgamated with Stittsville and Richmond on January 1, 1974.
*1974-1981
Betty Hill
*1982-1991
Anton Wytenburg
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*1992-1996
Paul Bradley
*1997-2001
Janet Stavinga
Janet Stavinga she was an Ottawa City Councillor. She represented the Goulbourn ward covering what was once the independent Goulbourn Township, Ontario, Goulbourn Township. Career Local councillor and mayor
She was first a Goulbourn councillor an ...
See also
*
List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
References
External links
- Early Settlers in Goulbourn Township - bytown.net
Populated places established in 1888
Former municipalities now in Ottawa
Former township municipalities in Ontario
Populated places disestablished in 2000
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