Goulbourn Township, Ontario, was formed in 1818, roughly 20 km southwest of downtown

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, with the first major settlement occurring in Richmond. Other communities in the township include Stittsville,

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, and Ashton. Stittsville 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

in 2001. According to the

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: *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) and the remaining 5,145 live in rural parts of the Township. 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 G ...

, 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. In a plebiscite, voters in the amalgamated municipality overwhelmingly selected to retain the name Goulbourn over the other options "Fernbank" and "South Carleton". *1974–1981 Betty Hill *1982–1991 Anton Wytenburg *1992–1996 Paul Bradley *1997–2001

Janet Stavinga Janet Stavinga is a former Ottawa City Councillor and a former mayor. She represented the Goulbourn ward covering what was once the independent Goulbourn Township, Ontario, Goulbourn Township, and was mayor of Goulbourn from December 1, 1997, unt ...

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- 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 {{ottawa-stub

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