Osgoode Township is a former township that is now a part of the city of

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, Canada. The township along the

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was established in 1798 and incorporated in 1850. It was an independent township in

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until its amalgamation with the city in 2001. It remains a largely rural area with only some 23,285 inhabitants as of the 2016 census. As of the

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, this had increased to 24,199. On Ottawa city council it is represented by

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. Several branches of the

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, a tributary of the

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, flow through the township. The township took its name from

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, the first Chief Justice of

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History

Originally the territory of the

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, the land for the township was acquired by the British in the 1780s. But not until 1827 did the first European settlers, the McDonnell and York families, arrive. The early settlers were attracted to the area by the good farm land and the large stands of white pine and white oak. The first two township roads intersected in Baker's Corners (now Metcalfe). Further settlement in the township followed the construction of the

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and the railway through Osgoode. Osgoode Township was incorporated in 1850. It was merged into the City of Ottawa on January 1, 2001.

Reeves

* 1850 - Arthur Allen * 1855 - John Dow * 1857 - John C. Bower * 1858 - John Dow * 1871 - Alexander McEwen * 1873 - Ira Morgan * 1876 - Adam J. Baker * 1879 - Ira Morgan * 1883 - W.F. Campbell * 1884 - Ira Morgan * 1892 - James Whiteside * 1893 - Allan P. McDonell * 1900 - James Simpson * 1904 - Thomas James * 1907 - Alex Dow * 1918 - Duncan McDiarmid * 1922 - S.J. Loney * 1926 - J.H. Nixon * 1934 - George S. Lewis * 1948 - Dr. W. A. Taylor * 1950 - John E. Boland * 1958 - Dr. W. A. Taylor * 1976 -

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Mayors

* 1982 - 1995 - Al Bouwers * 1995 - 1998 - Lloyd Cranston * 1998 - 2001 -

Doug Thompson Douglas Thompson was a councillor in the city of Ottawa for the Osgoode Ward. Thompson was also the former mayor of Osgoode Township prior to the amalgamation with the new City of Ottawa. Prior to being mayor of Osgoode, Thompson was a municipal ...

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census: *Population: 22,239 *% Change (2006-2011): +9.4% *Dwellings: *Area (km²): 379.86 *Density (persons per km²): 58.5

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