Outaouais

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Outaouais
Administrative region
Coordinates: 45°47′N 75°05′W / 45.783°N 75.083°W / 45.783; -75.083Coordinates: 45°47′N 75°05′W / 45.783°N 75.083°W / 45.783; -75.083
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)	show 4 RCM, 1 ET La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Papineau Pontiac Gatineau (ET)
Government
• Regional conference of elected officers	Paulette Lalande (President)
Area [1]
• Land	30,808.69 km2 (11,895.30 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	382,604
• Density	12.4/km2 (32/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Outaouaien(ne)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Postal code	J
Area code	819|873
Website	outaouais.gouv.qc.ca
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Outaouais (/uːtəweɪ/, French pronunciation: ​[utawɛ]; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau (Hull, Aylmer, Gatineau, Masson-Angers, Buckingham), the Pontiac region, and the town of Maniwaki. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa River opposite Canada's capital, Ottawa. It has a land area of 30,808.69 square kilometres (11,895.30 sq mi) and its population was 382,604 inhabitants as of the 2016 Census.^[1]

History[]

The name of the region comes from the French name for the Ottawa River, which in turn comes from the French name for the Indigenous Odawa that lived near the region. Prior to European arrival in the region, the areas along the Ottawa River were commonly used by various tribes to trade and gather.

The oldest European settlement in the region is Hull (now a neighbourhood of Gatineau) which was founded in 1800 by Philemon Wright as Wright's Town. The settlement quickly became involved in the lumber trade, which continued along the Ottawa River until the late 20th century. None of the original town buildings remain today, as they were destroyed in the 1900 Hull–Ottawa fire. Hull remained a city until 2002, when it was merged with several neighboring cities to form the current city of Gatineau.

Subdivisions[]

Regional County Municipalities

First Nations Reserves

• Kitigan Zibi
• Rapid Lake

Major communities[]

School districts[]

Francophone[]

• Centre de services scolaire au Cœur-des-Vallées
• Centre de services scolaire des Draveurs
• Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l'Outaouais
• Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais

Anglophone[]

• Western Québec School Board

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Outaouais.

• Portail régional de l'Outaouais Official website (in French)
• Répertoire des clubs de golf de la région de l'Outaouais (in French)

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