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Gloucester, Ontario

Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gloucester, Ontario

Summary

Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

FieldValue
nameGloucester
settlement_typeFormer municipality
image_skylineCyrville Ottawa.jpg
image_captionThe Cyrville neighbourhood in the former city of Gloucester.
image_flagFlag of Gloucester Ontario.svg
image_mapGloucester Ontario locator map.png
map_captionThe limits of the former City of Gloucester within the current City of Ottawa
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Ottawa
leader_title2City councillors
leader_name2George Darouze
Jessica Bradley
Laura Dudas
Steve Desroches
Tim Tierney
leader_title3Members of Parliament
leader_name3Mona Fortier
David McGuinty
leader_title4Members of Provincial Parliament
leader_name4Lucille Collard
John Fraser
established_titleEstablished
established_date1792
established_title2Incorporated
established_date21850 (township)
1981 (city)
established_title3Amalgamated
established_date32001
area_land_km2298.5
population_as_of2021
population_total150012
population_density_km2
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
area_codes613, 343, 753

Jessica Bradley Laura Dudas Steve Desroches Tim Tierney David McGuinty John Fraser 1981 (city)

Gloucester ( ) is a former municipality and now geographic area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located east of Ottawa's inner core, it was an independent city until amalgamated with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 2001 to become the new city of Ottawa. The population of Gloucester is about 150,012 people (2021 Census).

History

Gloucester, originally known as Township B, was established in 1792. The first settler in the township was Braddish Billings in what is now the Billings Bridge area of Ottawa. In 1800, the township became part of Russell County, and later Carleton County in 1838. In 1850, the area was incorporated as Gloucester Township, named after Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Over the years, parts of Gloucester Township were annexed by the expanding city of Ottawa. Gloucester was incorporated as a city in 1981 and became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in 2001.

Town Halls

  • 1872–1962: Bank Street in Billings Bridge
  • 1962–1996: Bank Street in Leitrim
  • 1996–2001: Telesat Court in Pineview

Reeves

Reeves of Gloucester Township:

  • 1850 James Sieveright
  • 1851 John McKinnon
  • 1852 Charles Billings
  • 1852-1858 Peter Tompkins
  • 1859-1862 Donald M. Grant
  • 1863 James Brown
  • 1864 Robert Blackburn
  • 1865 James Sieveright
  • 1866 John W. McGuire
  • 1867 Peter Tompkins
  • 1868–1872 Robert Cummings
  • 1873 Henry Robillard
  • 1874–1876 Robert Cummings
  • 1877–1879 William H. Hurdman
  • 1880 Robert Cummings
  • 1881–1883 Alexander Robillard
  • 1884–1887 Robert Cummings
  • 1888–1891 James E. Spratt
  • 1892–1894 Robert Hopkins
  • 1895–1896 P. Cassidy
  • 1897 W. Lennox
  • 1898–1900 F. Caldwell
  • 1901 O. Rocque
  • 1902 F. Caldwell
  • 1903–1912 R. Spratt
  • 1913–1917 C. Hardy
  • 1918–1926 R. Preston
  • 1927–1930 T.A. Spratt
  • 1930 R. Spratt
  • 1931–1939 John Innes
  • 1939 W.J. Perrault
  • 1939 R. Preston
  • 1940–1943 W.J. Perrault
  • 1944–1945 John D. Boyce
  • 1946–1947 J.B. Potvin
  • 1948–1949 Alex Roger
  • 1950–1951 A.E. Davidson
  • 1952–1972 Earl R. Armstrong
  • 1972–1978 Bob MacQuarrie
  • 1978–1980 Elizabeth Stewart

Mayors

  • 1981–1982 Elizabeth Stewart
  • 1982–1984 Fred G. Barrett
  • 1984–1985 Mitch Owens
  • 1985–1991 Harry Allen
  • 1991–2001 Claudette Cain

Demographics

Wards in the former city of Gloucester used 1994—1997

| 1871 |4785 | 1881 |6254 | 1891 |6823 | 1901 |7778 | 1911 |7075 | 1921 |8397 | 1931 |8412 | 1941 |9871 | 1951 |6473 | 1956 |13598 | 1961 |18301 | 1966 |23222 | 1971 |37154 | 1976 |56516 |1981|72,859 |1986|89,810 |1991|101,677 |1996| 104022 |2001| 110264 |2006| 114604 |2011| 116282 |2016| 122972 |2021| 150012 |align-fn=center

NeighbourhoodPopulation (2021)Population (2016)Population (2011)Population (2006)Area (km2.)Density (per km2.)Census Tracts
Beacon Hill North9,3429,1779,0078,8195.4341719.1765050120.03, 5050120.02
Beacon Hill South7,7467,3197,3126,9532.2583430.4695050121.01, 5050121.02
Blackburn Hamlet8,1738,1678,2378,5272.4133387.0705050125.01, 5050125.02
Blossom Park14,62114,19014,06012,3616.1932360.8915050123.01, 5050123.03, 5050123.04
Bradley Estates5,3854.3971224.815050125.11
Chapel Hill8,1248,2938,5218,5663.3982390.8185050125.07, 5050125.04
Chapel Hill South-Trailsedge8,4415.5091532.3595050125.10
Chapel Hill South10,3087,3965,5599.9011041.1495050125.06
Chateau Neuf8,2788,4078,5798,7242.0514036.0805050125.08, 5050125.09
Convent Glen6,4996,4566,5726,5684.0061622.3175050124.04, 5050124.01
Cyrville-Carson Grove9,2788,5328,6628,1733.3532767.0745050122.01, 5050122.03
Elizabeth Park-Kemp Park4,0073,4103,9023,54819.687203.5355050127.00
Hiawatha Park4,7794,8414,8215,1384.4181081.7115050124.03
Leitrim-Findlay Creek14,0898,8654,4861,33317.346812.2335050126.03
Orleans Village5,2665,2295,1955,4971.9842654.2345050125.05
Orleans Wood3,9823,9763,8513,8921.5642546.0365050124.02
Pine View6,6526,4636,5056,6223.6981798.8105050122.02
Riverside South12,58212,34210,9086,84414.136890.0685050126.05, 5050126.06
Rothwell Heights1,6431,6641,6861,6731.5931031.3875050120.01
Rural Gloucester (incl. south Riverside South)11,1255,6413,9784,732195.06657.0325050126.04, 5050125.03

Communities and neighbourhoods

Places of interest

Parks

  • The Greenbelt
  • Mer Bleue Bog

Shopping

  • Billings Bridge Shopping Centre
  • Gloucester Centre
  • Place d'Orleans
  • South Keys Shopping Centre

Museums

  • Billings Estate National Historic Site
  • Canada Science and Technology Museum

Education

Anglophone secular public schools are operated by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Anglophone Catholic public schools are operated by the Ottawa Catholic School Board. French secular public schools are operated by the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CÉPEO). The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), formerly known as the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est (CECLFCE), operates the French Catholic public schools.

The CECCE has its headquarters in Gloucester. The predecessor school district, the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française de la région d'Ottawa-Carleton (CECLF), had its headquarters in the current CECCE headquarters.

Collège La Cité is the only post-secondary institution in Gloucester.

References

References

  1. (Apr 28, 1953). "Courageous settlers first located in Carleton back in 1818". Ottawa Citizen.
  2. (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
  3. (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
  4. "[http://www.ecolecatholique.ca/en/Contact_US_73.html Contact US]." ''[[Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est]]''. Retrieved on September 10, 2012. "Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est 4000 Labelle St. Ottawa (Ontario) K1J 1A1 Canada"
  5. "[https://web.archive.org/web/19970206001817/http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/list/schoolb.html School Boards in Ontario Les conseils scolaires de l'Ontario]." Province of Ontario. January 1996. Retrieved on September 10, 2012. "4000, rue Labelle, Gloucester (Ontario) K1J 1A1"
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