18 Facts About Gatineau

Gatineau is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of the same name, whose geographical code is 81.

Gatineau River, like the Ottawa River, was a basic transportation resource for the draveurs, timber rafters who transported logs via the rivers from lumber camps to downriver destinations.

Gatineau is located in southwestern Quebec, on the northern bank of the Ottawa River.

Gatineau has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons and is between Zones 5a and 5b on the Canadian Plant Hardiness Scale.

The Gatineau Hills are the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains and located in the region.

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Gatineau is situated close to where the Canadian shield and the Saint Lawrence Lowlands intersect.

Gatineau is the fourth largest city in Quebec after Montreal, Quebec City, and Laval.

The city serves as the seat of the judicial district of Gatineau, which encompasses the entirety of the city of Gatineau as well as several outlying municipalities such as Chelsea, Cantley and Pontiac.

The historic municipality of Gatineau had more residents than Hull, and this name was strongly associated with the area: it was the name of the former county, valley, hills, and park and the main river within the new city limits.

Some government agencies and ministries headquartered in Gatineau are the Public Works and Government Services Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Environment Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

The Innovation Gatineau Institute is a regional innovation centre that boasts co-working space as well as startup incubation and acceleration programs to spur innovative business creation.

Two important tourist attractions located in Gatineau are the Canadian Museum of History and the Casino du Lac-Leamy.

Nightlife within the city of Gatineau is mostly centered in the "Vieux-Hull" sector behind the Federal office complexes of downtown.

Gatineau is the home of two CEGEPs, including the francophone Cegep de l'Outaouais and the anglophone Heritage College.

Main French-language school boards in Gatineau are the Commission scolaire des Portages-de-l'Outaouais, the Commission scolaire au Coeur-des-Vallees, and the Commission scolaire des Draveurs.

Ottawa and Gatineau have two distinct bus-based public transit systems with different fare structures, OC Transpo and the Societe de transport de l'Outaouais.

Gatineau is the city of licence for several television and radio stations serving the National Capital Region, which is a single media market.

Weekly newspapers published in Gatineau include Le Bulletin d'Aylmer and The West Quebec Post.