Outaouais
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This article is about the region of Quebec. For other uses, see Outaouais (disambiguation).
| Outaouais | |
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| Administrative region | |
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| Coordinates: 45°47′N 75°05′W / 45.783°N 75.083°WCoordinates: 45°47′N 75°05′W / 45.783°N 75.083°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET) |
4 RCM, 1 ET
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| Government | |
| • Regional conference of elected officers | Paulette Lalande (President) |
| Area[1] | |
| • Land | 30,504 km2 (11,778 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 368,181 |
| • Density | 12.1/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Outaouaien(ne) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code | J |
| Area code | 819 |
| Website | outaouais.gouv.qc.ca |
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Outaouais (French pronunciation: [utawɛ]) 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, and is located on the north side of the Ottawa River opposite Canada's capital, Ottawa. It has a land area of 30,760.05 square kilometres (11,876.52 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 372,000 inhabitants.
Subdivisions[edit]
- Regional County Municipalities
| Regional County Municipality (RCM) | Population Canada 2011 Census[2] |
Land Area | Density (pop. per km2) |
Seat of RCM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau | 20,530 | 12,477.19 km2 (4,817.47 sq mi) | 1.6 | Gracefield |
| Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais | 46,393 | 2,048.24 km2 (790.83 sq mi) | 22.7 | Chelsea |
| Papineau | 22,541 | 2,941.82 km2 (1,135.84 sq mi) | 7.7 | Papineauville |
| Pontiac | 14,358 | 12,992.69 km2 (5,016.51 sq mi) | 1.1 | Campbell's Bay |
| Gatineau (Equivalent territory) | 265,349 | 342.98 km2 (132.43 sq mi) | 773.7 | Gatineau |
- First Nations Reserves
Major communities[edit]
School Boards[edit]
Francophone:
- Commission scolaire au Cœur-des-Vallées
- Commission scolaire des Draveurs
- Commission scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l'Outaouais
- Commission scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais
Anglophone:
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "La région de l'Outaouais, ainsi que ses MRC et TE". Profils des régions et des MRC (in French). Quebec: Institut de la statistique du Québec. 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2011 and 2006 censuses". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Outaouais. |
- Portail régional de l'Outaouais Official website (French)
- Répertoire des clubs de golf de la région de l'Outaouais (French)
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