Gloucester, Ontario

Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Former municipality in Ontario, Canada

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The limits of the former City of Gloucester within the current City of Ottawa

Coordinates: 45°26′07″N 75°36′33″W / 45.435277777778°N 75.609166666667°W / 45.435277777778; -75.609166666667CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioMunicipalityOttawaEstablished1792Incorporated1850 (township)
1981 (city)Amalgamated2001Government

• City councillorsGeorge Darouze
Jessica Bradley
Laura Dudas
Steve Desroches
Tim Tierney • Members of ParliamentMona Fortier
David McGuinty • Members of Provincial ParliamentLucille Collard
John FraserArea

• Total298.5 km² (115.3 sq mi)Population

(2021)

• Total150,012 • Density500/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)Area code(s)613, 343, 753

Gloucester (/ˈɡlɒstər/ GLOST-ər) 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.^[1] 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

Gloucester, Ontario Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	72,090	—
1986	89,810	+24.6%
1991	101,677	+13.2%
1996	104,022	+2.3%
2001	110,264	+6.0%
2006	114,604	+3.9%
2011	116,282	+1.5%
2016	122,972	+5.8%
2021	150,012	+22.0%

Neighbourhood

Population (2021)

Population (2016)

Population (2011)

Population (2006)

Area (km².)

Density (per km².)

Census Tracts

Beacon Hill North

9,342

9,177

9,007

8,819

5.434

1719.176

5050120.03, 5050120.02

Beacon Hill South

7,746

7,319

7,312

6,953

2.258

3430.469

5050121.01, 5050121.02

Blackburn Hamlet

8,173

8,167

8,237

8,527

2.413

3387.070

5050125.01, 5050125.02

Blossom Park

14,621

14,190

14,060

12,361

6.193

2360.891

5050123.01, 5050123.03, 5050123.04

Bradley Estates

5,385

4.397

1224.81

5050125.11

Chapel Hill

8,124

8,293

8,521

8,566

3.398

2390.818

5050125.07, 5050125.04

Chapel Hill South-Trailsedge

8,441

5.509

1532.359

5050125.10

Chateau Neuf

8,278

8,407

8,579

8,724

2.051

4036.080

5050125.08, 5050125.09

Convent Glen

6,499

6,456

6,572

6,568

4.006

1622.317

5050124.04, 5050124.01

Cyrville-Carson Grove

9,278

8,532

8,662

8,173

3.353

2767.074

5050122.01, 5050122.03

Elizabeth Park-Kemp Park

4,007

3,410

3,902

3,548

19.687

203.535

5050127.00

Hiawatha Park

4,779

4,841

4,821

5,138

4.418

1081.711

5050124.03

Leitrim-Findlay Creek

14,089

8,865

4,486

1,333

17.346

812.233

5050126.03

Orleans Village

5,266

5,229

5,195

5,497

1.984

2654.234

5050125.05

Orleans Wood

3,982

3,976

3,851

3,892

1.564

2546.036

5050124.02

Pine View

6,652

6,463

6,505

6,622

3.698

1798.810

5050122.02

Riverside South

12,582

12,342

10,908

6,844

14.136

890.068

5050126.05, 5050126.06

Rothwell Heights

1,643

1,664

1,686

1,673

1.593

1031.387

5050120.01

Rural Gloucester (incl. south Riverside South)

11,125

5,641

3,978

4,732

195.066

57.032

5050126.04, 5050125.03

Communities and neighbourhoods

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

Places of interest

Parks

The Greenbelt
Mer Bleue Bog

Shopping

Museums

References

^ "Courageous settlers first located in Carleton back in 1818". Ottawa Citizen. Apr 28, 1953. pp. A20. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
^ "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"
^ "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"

Bibliography

Serré, Robert (2004), Pioneer families of the Gloucester Quarries in Eastern Ontario., Ottawa, Ontario: Gloucester Historical Society
Gloucester Roots, L. Kemp (1991)