Orleans (; French: ; officially and in French Orléans)The suburb is called ''Orléans'' (with an accent) in French, and is commonly called ''Orleans'' (no accent) in English. The official name in English was changed from ''Orleans'' to ''Orléans'' by the Ontario Geographic Names Board in 1994. The unaccented form remains common usage. is a community in the east end of

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. According to the 2021 census, 75,453 people lived in the Cumberland portion of Orleans, and 50,484 lived in the Gloucester portion. Orléans spans the municipal wards of Orléans East-Cumberland, Orléans West-Innes, and Orléans South-Navan. Orléans contains a significant francophone population.

History

Orleans was named in the late 1850s after the Orléans, France. According to the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names files, an application for establishment of a post office was made in 1859 and granted in 1860. On 1 January 1974, the village of Saint-Joseph d’Orléans was incorporated into the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In 1989, Orléans became a municipality, Cumberland Township moved its city hall from Leonard, Ontario to Orléans. In 2001, Orléans was amalgamated into the City of Ottawa, becoming Urban sub-area No. 16 (later No. 15).

Memorial

A memorial diorama by Bruce Garner was erected August 13, 2000 in the Memorial Park near

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, Branch 632 to remember Canadians who served in wars and as peace keepers.

Notes

# History and Timeline information was collected from the information in the Orléans, Ontario PDF file uploaded to this page just below.

References

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