Gatineau
Gatineau (/ˈɡætɪnoʊ/ GAT-in-oh; French: [ɡatino]) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately 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, and it is part of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area with a population of 1,488,307 making it the fourth largest in Canada.
Gatineau
Ville de Gatineau | |
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City | |
| Ville de Gatineau | |
Clockwise from top left: Canadian Museum of History, downtown, Ottawa River, Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, and Macdonald-Cartier Bridge. | |
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| Nickname: G-town | |
| Motto(s): Fortunae meae, multorum faber ("Maker of my fate and that of many others") | |
Location of Gatineau (red) with adjacent municipalities | |
Gatineau Location of Gatineau in Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′N 75°39′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | None |
| Constituted | 1 January 2002 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gatineau City Council |
| • Mayor | Daniel Champagne (acting) |
| • Federal riding | Gatineau / Hull—Aylmer / Pontiac / Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| • Prov. riding | Chapleau / Gatineau / Hull / Papineau / Pontiac |
| Area | |
| • City | 381.30 km2 (147.22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 342.98 km2 (132.43 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,999.90 km2 (1,158.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • City | 291,041 |
| • Density | 773.7/km2 (2,004/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,488,307 |
| • Metro density | 104.8/km2 (271/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2011–2016 | 5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 125,608 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | J8L, J8M, J8P, J8R, J8T, J8V, J8X to J8Z, J9A, J9H to J9J, various K1A (Government Offices) |
| Area codes | 819, 873 |
| GDP Per Capita | CAD$ 38 079 (2018) |
| Website | www |
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.