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Gatineau, Quebec
Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also part of Canada's National Capital Region. As of 2021, Gatineau is the fourth-largest city in Quebec with a population of 291,041. Gatineau is also part of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area with a population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth largest in Canada. 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. It is the seat of the judicial district of Hull. It is also the most bilingual (French-English) city in Canada. Toponomy In 1613, during his first passage on the Ottawa River, the great explorer Samuel de Champlain was the first European to speak of "the river that comes from the north", traveled for millenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Quebec
This is the list of municipalities that have the Classification of municipalities in Quebec, Quebec municipality type of city (Quebec), city (''ville'', code=V), an Administrative divisions of Quebec, administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy (Quebec), Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. Although the terms "city" and "town" are both used in the category name because of common English usage, Quebec does not contain any City (Quebec), cities under the current law; this list thus includes all ''villes'', regardless of whether they are referred to as cities or towns in English. List File:Montreal skyline 2011.jpg, Montreal is Quebec's largest city and Canada's second largest city. File:Québec-City-Skyline.jpg, Quebec City is Quebec's capital and second largest city. File:Laval City Hall (edited).jpg, Laval, Quebec, Laval townhall File:Gatineau (view from the Peace Tower of Parliament Centre Block).JPG, Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Codes 819, 873, And 468
Area codes 819, 873, and 468 are overlay telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for central and western Quebec, Canada, including the Quebec portion of the National Capital Region, and the Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coastlines of Quebec. Major cities in the territory include Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Drummondville, Shawinigan, Victoriaville, Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Magog and Mont-Laurier. The incumbent local exchange carriers for the numbering plan area are Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Telus, as well as Télébec and other independent companies. From 1992 to 1997, Northwestel was also an incumbent carrier in 819, as it included former Bell Canada areas in the Northwest Territories. History Ontario and Quebec were the only Canadian provinces that received assignments of multiple area codes from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) when the original North American area codes were created in 1947. The eastern part of Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantley, Quebec
Cantley is a rural municipality in Quebec, Canada, north of the city of Gatineau, east of the Gatineau River, located within Canada's National Capital Region approximately from Parliament Hill. Cantley is one of six municipalities within the Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality. Its roots are in farmland and mining, but recent housing projects since its creation in 1989 have resulted in a high rate of population growth. The population at the 2021 Canadian Census was 11,449, an increase of 7.0% from the 2016 population of 10,699. French is the first language of 86.7% of Cantley's residents. History The town of Cantley was founded in the early 1830s by Colonel Cantley, a subordinate of Colonel John By during the period that included the birth of the city of Bytown (now Ottawa). During this time, Colonel Cantley went north and set foot in land several kilometres from Bytown where he remained until his death. Andrew Blackburn and his 2 sons arrived in 1829. Others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowman, Quebec
Bowman is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Laurentian Hills, north-east of Gatineau. Geography The municipality is bordered to the east by the Du Lièvre River and by Whitefish Lake (''lac du Poisson Blanc'') in the north-west. Its terrain is characterized by several deep lakes (including Reservoir l'Escalier) in a hilly terrain with altitudes between and . History Bowman Township was formed in 1861 and named after one of the first inhabitants of this place, Baxter Bowman, who operated a sawmill at Dufferin Chutes in Buckingham and was owner of a large tract of forest in the Outaouais in the late nineteenth century. On 1 January 1885, Bowman was combined with Villeneuve Township to form the United Township Municipality of Bowman-et-Villeneuve. In 1913, the Township Municipality of Bowman was formed when the two townships separated (Villeneuve was renamed to Val-des-Bois in 1958), and in 1954, its statutes were amende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontiac (provincial Electoral District)
Pontiac is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes parts of the city of Gatineau as well as the municipalities of Pontiac, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Shawville and Clarendon. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada). Its final election was in 1970. It disappeared in the 1973 election and its successor electoral district was Pontiac-Témiscamingue. However, Pontiac–Témiscamingue disappeared in the 1981 election and its successor electoral district was the re-created Pontiac. It was named after Chief Pontiac, who led Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 in the Great Lakes region. Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada This riding has elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada: * John Egan, (1854–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papineau (provincial Electoral District)
Papineau () is a provincial electoral district located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, which elects members to the National Assembly. It notably includes part of the City of Gatineau as well as the municipalities of L'Ange-Gardien, Outaouais, Quebec, L'Ange-Gardien, Saint-André-Avellin, Quebec, Saint-André-Avellin, Thurso, Quebec, Thurso and Papineauville, Quebec, Papineauville. It was created for the 1923 Quebec general election, 1923 election from part of Labelle (provincial electoral district), Labelle. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Val-des-Monts, Quebec, Val-des-Monts to Gatineau (provincial electoral district), Gatineau electoral district but gained some territory in the city of Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull (provincial Electoral District)
Hull is provincial electoral riding located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It includes the entire Hull, Quebec, Hull sector of the city of Gatineau, as well as some additional territory. It was created for the 1919 Quebec general election, 1919 election from part of the Ottawa (Quebec provincial electoral district), Ottawa electoral district. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained some territory from Pontiac (provincial electoral district), Pontiac and also a very small amount of territory from Gatineau (provincial electoral district), Gatineau electoral district. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results , - , Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal , Maryse Gaudreault , align="right", 7,403 , align="right", 45.21 , align="right", +2.68 , - , - , Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal , Roch Cholette , align="right", 16262 , align="right", 57.25 , ali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gatineau (provincial Electoral District)
Gatineau () is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes parts of the city of Gatineau, as well as Val-des-Monts, Cantley, and La Pêche. The district was created from parts of Hull for the 1931 election. In the transition from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained Val-des-Monts from the Papineau electoral district but lost some territory to the Chapleau electoral district. Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly Election results , - , Liberal , Stéphanie Vallée , align="right", 14,566 , align="right", 59.80 , align="right", +14.85 , - , - , - , Liberal , Stéphanie Vallée , align="right", 13,602 , align="right", 44.95 , align="right", -15.74 , - , - , - * Increase is from UFP , - , Liberal , Réjean Lafrenière , align="right", 16,481 , align="right", 60.69 , align= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapleau (provincial Electoral District)
Chapleau () is a provincial electoral district in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is located within the city of Gatineau. It was created for the 1981 election from a part of Papineau electoral district. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory shifted slightly to the west. It gained territory west of Autoroute 50 from Gatineau electoral district, but lost some of its easternmost territory to Papineau electoral district. It is named after former Quebec Premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau who was in power from 1879 to 1882. For its first four decades, the riding was a Liberal stronghold. Located in the strongly federalist Outaouais region of West Quebec, the riding has many immigrants, federal public servants, and bilingual households, which are all demographic groups that tilt heavily towards the Liberals during provincial elections. More than 70% of the riding voted against sovereignty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Quebec Provincial Electoral Districts
This list encompasses all Quebec provincial electoral districts, which are pivotal in determining the representation within the National Assembly of Quebec, the province's legislative body. Each of the 125 electoral districts, also known as ridings or constituencies, plays a crucial role in Quebec's democratic process, allowing citizens across the province's 17 administrative regions to elect their representatives. These districts are periodically reviewed and potentially redefined to reflect changes in population and ensure equitable representation. List of districts Former districts The following districts were eliminated following the 2012 Quebec general election. * Anjou * Kamouraska-Témiscouata * Matane * Matapédia * Rivière-du-Loup * Charlevoix * Vanier * Drummond * Frontenac * Lotbinière * Montmagny-L'Islet * Nicolet-Yamaska * Mégantic-Compton * Shefford * Marguerite-D'Youville * Prévost See also * Canadian provincial electoral districts Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation () is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (69%) and Pontiac (31%). Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 94.4% White, 3.5% Indigenous, 1.0% Black Languages: 85.8% French, 9.6% English Religions: 70.8% Christian (61.6% Catholic, 9.2% Other), 28.3% None Median income: $39,200 (2020) Average income: $47,040 (2020) History Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi (formerly known as Pontiac) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968. In every election since its creation except 1979 and 2011, Pontiac has been a bellwether electoral district whose electoral winner also was a member of the winning party. History The electoral district existed over three distinct periods: *It was created by the British North America Act 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. It was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Pontiac—Témiscamingue and Villeneuve in 1947. *In 1966, an electoral district of Pontiac was created from Pontiac—Témiscamingue and parts of Gatineau and Labelle. Then, in 1978, it was renamed "Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle". *In 2003, the electoral district of Pontiac was created again during a redistribution of the ridings in western Quebec. Pontiac lost territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
