Orleans, Ontario
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Orleans (Template:IPAc-en; French: Template:IPA; officially and in French Orléans)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref group=note>The suburb is called Orléans (with an accent) in French, and is commonly called Orleans (no accent) in English. The official name in English was changed from Orleans to Orléans by the Ontario Geographic Names Board in 1994. The unaccented form remains common usage.</ref> is a community in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, along the Ottawa River about Template:Convert from Downtown Ottawa. In the Canada 2021 Census the population was 125,937. Before being amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001, the community of Orléans was spread over two municipal jurisdictions, the eastern portion being in the pre-amalgamation City of Cumberland, the western portion in the City of Gloucester.
According to the 2021 census, 75,453 people lived in the Cumberland portion of Orleans, and 50,484 lived in the Gloucester portion. Orléans includes the neighbourhoods of Convent Glen, Chapel Hill, Avalon, Queenswood, Fallingbrook, Orleans Woods, and Cardinal Creek. Orléans contains a significant francophone population.Template:Citation needed
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History
Orleans was named in the late 1850s after the city of Orléans, France. According to the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names files, an application for establishment of a post office was made in 1859 and granted in 1860.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
On 1 January 1974, the village of Saint-Joseph d’Orléans was incorporated into the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.Template:Citation needed
In 1979, the Place d'Orléans shopping centre was established overlapping the boundary between Gloucester and Cumberland.
In 1989, Orléans became a municipality, Cumberland Township moved its city hall from Leonard, Ontario to Orléans.Template:Citation needed
In 2001, Orléans was amalgamated into the City of Ottawa, becoming Urban sub-area No. 16 (later No. 15).Template:Citation needed
Memorial
A memorial diorama by Bruce Garner was erected August 13, 2000 in the Memorial Park near Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 632 to remember Canadians who served in wars and as peace keepers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notes
- History and Timeline information was collected from the information in the Orléans, Ontario PDF file uploaded to this page just below.