Gatineau
Gatineau | |
|---|---|
| Ville de Gatineau | |
Clockwise from top left: Canadian Museum of History, downtown, Ottawa River, Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, and Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville. | |
| 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 | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′N 75°39′W / 45.483°N 75.650°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Outaouais |
| RCM | None |
| Constituted | 1 January 2002 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Gatineau City Council |
| • Mayor | Maude Marquis-Bissonnette |
| • Federal riding | Gatineau / Hull—Aylmer / Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi / Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation |
| • Prov. riding | Chapleau / Gatineau / Hull / Papineau / Pontiac |
| Area | |
| 381.30 km2 (147.22 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 341.84 km2 (131.99 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 549.49 km2 (212.16 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 8,046.99 km2 (3,106.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| 291,041 (18th) | |
| • Density | 851.4/km2 (2,205/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,068,821 (6th) |
| • Urban density | 1,945.1/km2 (5,038/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,488,307 (4th) |
| • Metro density | 185.0/km2 (479/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, 468 |
| GDP Per Capita | CAD$ 38 079 (2018) |
| Website | www |
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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, directly 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. Gatineau is also part of the Ottawa-Gatineau census metropolitan area with a population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth largest in Canada.
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.