Gatineau in western Quebec, Canada, northern bank of the Ottawa River
Gatineau
City
Ville de Gatineau
Gatineau downtown area
Gatineau downtown area
Coat of arms of Gatineau
Coat of arms Official logo of Gatineau
Logo
Motto(s): Fortunae meae, multorum faber[1] (Maker of my fate and that of many others)
Location of Gatineau (red) with adjacent municipalities
Location of Gatineau (red) with adjacent municipalities
Gatineau is located in QuebecGatineauGatineau
Location of Gatineau in Quebec
Coordinates: 45°29′N 75°39′WCoordinates: 45°29′N 75°39′W[2]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Outaouais
RCM None
Constituted 1 January 2002
Government[3]
• Type Gatineau City Council
• Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin
• Federal riding Gatineau / Hull—Aylmer / Pontiac / Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
• Prov. riding Chapleau / Gatineau / Hull / Papineau / Pontiac
Area[3][4]
• City 381.30 km2 (147.22 sq mi)
• Land 342.98 km2 (132.43 sq mi)
• Metro[5] 2,999.90 km2 (1,158.27 sq mi)
Population (2016)[6]
• City 276,245
• Density 773.7/km2 (2,004/sq mi)
• Metro 332,057
• Metro density 104.8/km2 (271/sq mi)
• Pop 2011–2016 Increase 4.1%
• 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 code(s) 819, 873
Highways
A-5
A-50
Route 105
Route 148
Route 307
Route 315
Route 366
Bridges Alexandra
Portage
Chaudière
Prince of Wales
Champlain
Macdonald-Cartier
Website gatineau.ca
Gatineau (/ˈɡætɪnoʊ/; French: [ɡatino]), officially Ville de Gatineau, is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth-largest city in the province after Montreal, Quebec City, and Laval. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, together with which it forms Canada's National Capital Region. As of 2016, Gatineau had a population of 276,245,[6] and a metropolitan population of 332,057.[7] The Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area had a population of 1,323,783.[8]
Gatineau Tornado, Canada tornado, Ottawa tornado, tornado damage
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.[9]
See also: Neighbourhoods of Gatineau
The larger communities within Gatineau are:
Aylmer,
Bassin-du-Lièvre,
Beau-Mont Acres,
Buckingham,
Cousineau,
Farmers Rapids,
Gatineau,
Hull,
Ironside,
Jeanne-d'Arc,,
Masson-Angers,
Quinnville,
Simmons,
Notable people