Gatineau ( census population 242,124) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is situated on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and is located within Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census Metropolitan Area.

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.

History

• July 1, 1855: The cantons of Hull, Templeton, and Buckingham, as well as the villages of Aylmer and Buckingham are formed as part of the first municipal divisions in Quebec.
• February 23, 1875: The city of Hull is separated from Hull Canton.
• 1876: The village of Pointe-à-Gatineau separates from Templeton.
• 1877: The parish of L'Ange-Gardien separates from Buckingham Canton.
• 1880: The canton of Hull is divided into the cantons of Hull-South and Hull-West (now Chelsea).
• 1886: The canton of Templeton is divided into the cantons of Templeton-West and Templeton-East.
• 1889: The canton of Hull-East separates from Hull-West.
• 1890: The village of Buckingham changed its status to "city".
• 1897: The town of Masson separates from Buckingham Canton.
• March 23, 1897: The canton of Buckingham-South-East separates from Buckingham Canton.
• 1900: Great Fire of Hull
• 1909: The canton of Templeton-North (now Val-des-Monts) separates from Templeton-East.
• 1915: The village of Angers separates of L'Ange-Gardien.
• 1918: The canton of Buckingham-South-West separates from Buckingham Canton.
• 1920: The village of Deschênes separates from Hull-South. The village of Templeton and the canton of Templeton-East-Part-East separates from Templeton-East.
• 1933: The village of Gatineau separates from Templeton-West.

1939 to 1975

Gatineau was incorporated in 1939. From 1939 to 1975, the City of Gatineau encompassed a very small area compared to its current borders. Old Gatineau consisted of the area north of the Ottawa River opposite Kettle Island. Its western border was at present day Boulevard de la Cité and its eastern border went through present day Parc du Lac-Beauchamp. Its northern border was Boulevard Saint-René, but it was extended northward as the city expanded.

• 1957: Pointe-à-Gatineau becomes the town of Pointe-Gatineau. Gatineau changed its status to "city".
• 1964: Hull-South changed its name to Municipality of Lucerne.
• 1971: Hull-East changed its name to Town of Touraine.
• January 1, 1975: Hull changed its status to city. The towns of Pointe-Gatineau, Gatineau, and Touraine, the cantons of Templeton-West, Templeton-East, and Templeton-East-Part-East, as well as the village of Templeton amalgamate to form the City of Gatineau.
• January 1, 1975: The towns of Buckingham and Masson, the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, the cantons of Buckingham, Buckingham-South-East, and Buckingham-South-West, the parish of L'Ange-Gardien and the village of Angers amalgamate to form the town of Buckingham.
• January 1, 1975: Aylmer, Lucerne, and Deschênes amalgamate to form the town of Aylmer.