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{{Short description|Suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|subdivision_name       = Canada
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|subdivision_name2      = [[Ottawa]]
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|leader_name2           = [[George Darouze]]<br/>[[Jessica Bradley (politician)|Jessica Bradley]]<br/>[[Laura Dudas]]<br/>[[Steve Desroches]]<br/>[[Tim Tierney]]
|leader_title3          = [[House of Commons of Canada|Members of Parliament]]
|leader_name3           = [[Mona Fortier]]<br/>[[David McGuinty]]
|leader_title4          = [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|Members of Provincial Parliament]]
|leader_name4           = [[Lucille Collard]]<br/>[[John Fraser (Ontario MPP)|John Fraser]] 
|established_title      = Established
|established_date       = 1792
|established_title2     = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2      = 1850 (township)<br/>1981 (city)
|established_title3     = [[Merger (politics)|Amalgamated]]
|established_date3      = 2001
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'''Gloucester''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|l|ɒ|s|t|ər}} {{respell|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, Ontario|Russell County]], and later [[Carleton County, Ontario|Carleton County]] in 1838. In 1850, the area was incorporated as '''Gloucester Township''', named after [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aNowAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wd8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7069%2C5933544 | title=Courageous settlers first located in Carleton back in 1818 | work=Ottawa Citizen | date=Apr 28, 1953 | access-date=2 December 2015 | pages=A20}}</ref> 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 (Ottawa)|Bank Street]] in Billings Bridge
* 1962–1996: Bank Street in [[Leitrim (Ottawa)|Leitrim]]
* 1996–2001: Telesat Court in [[Pineview, Ottawa|Pineview]]

===Reeves===
Reeves of Gloucester Township:
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*1850 [[James Sieveright]]
*1851 John McKinnon
*1852 [[Charles Billings (politician)|Charles Billings]]
*1852-1858 Peter Tompkins
*1859-1862 [[Donald M. Grant (reeve)|Donald M. Grant]]
*1863 James Brown
*1864 [[Robert Blackburn (politician)|Robert Blackburn]]
*1865 [[James Sieveright]]
*1866 [[John W. McGuire]]
*1867 Peter Tompkins
*1868–1872 [[Robert Cummings (politician)|Robert Cummings]]
*1873 [[Honoré Robillard|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 (politician)|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 (reeve)|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 (politician)|Elizabeth Stewart]]
{{Div col end}}

===Mayors===
*1981–1982 [[Elizabeth Stewart (politician)|Elizabeth Stewart]]
*1982–1984 Fred G. Barrett
*1984–1985 Mitch Owens
*1985–1991 Harry Allen
*1991–2001 Claudette Cain

==Demographics==
[[File:Gloucester, Ontario ward map 1997.png|thumb|Wards in the former city of Gloucester used 1994—1997]]
{{Historical populations
|title       = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Gloucester, Ontario
|type        = Canada
|align       = none
|cols = 3
|footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
|source = Statistics Canada<ref name=census1941>{{cite report |title=Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions |id=CS98-1941-2 |date=1944 |publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics}}</ref><ref name=census1971>{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages= |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
| 1871 |4785
| 1881 |6254
| 1891 |6823
| 1901 |7778
| 1911 |7075
| 1921 |8397
| 1931 |8412
| 1941 |9871
| 1951 |6473
| 1956 |13598
| 1961 |18301
| 1966 |23222
| 1971 |37154
| 1976 |56516
|[[1981 Canadian census|1981]]|72,859
|[[1986 Canadian census|1986]]|89,810
|[[1991 Canadian census|1991]]|101,677
|[[1996 Canadian census|1996]]| 104022
|[[2001 Canadian census|2001]]| 110264
|[[2006 Canadian census|2006]]| 114604
|[[2011 Canadian census|2011]]| 116282
|[[2016 Canadian census|2016]]| 122972
|[[2021 Canadian census|2021]]| 150012
|align-fn=center
}}

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! Neighbourhood !! Population (2021) !! Population (2016) !! Population (2011) !! Population (2006) !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>.) !! Density (per km<sup>2</sup>.) !! Census Tracts
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| [[Beacon Hill, Ottawa|Beacon Hill North]] || 9,342 || 9,177 || 9,007 || 8,819 || 5.434 || 1719.176 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050120.03&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050120.03&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050120.03], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050120.02&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050120.02&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050120.02]  
|-
| [[Beacon Hill, Ottawa|Beacon Hill South]] || 7,746 || 7,319 || 7,312 || 6,953 || 2.258 || 3430.469 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050121.01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050121.01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050121.01], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050121.02&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050121.02&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050121.02]
|-
| [[Blackburn Hamlet]] || 8,173 || 8,167 || 8,237 || 8,527 || 2.413 || 3387.070 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.01], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.02&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.02&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.02] 
|-
| [[Blossom Park]] || 14,621 || 14,190 || 14,060 || 12,361 || 6.193 || 2360.891 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050123.01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050123.01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050123.01], 5050123.03, 5050123.04
|-
| [[Bradley Estates]]  || 5,385 || || || || 4.397 || 1224.81 || 5050125.11
|-
| [[Chapel Hill, Ottawa|Chapel Hill]] || 8,124 || 8,293 || 8,521 || 8,566 || 3.398 || 2390.818 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.07&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.07&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.07], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.04&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.04&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.04] 
|-
| [[Chapel Hill South]]-[[Trailsedge]] || 8,441 || || || || 5.509 || 1532.359 || 5050125.10
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| [[Chapel Hill South]] || 10,308 || 7,396 || 5,559 || 9.901 || 1041.149 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.06&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.06&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.06]
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|-
| [[Chateau Neuf, Ottawa|Chateau Neuf]] || 8,278 || 8,407 || 8,579 || 8,724 || 2.051 || 4036.080 ||  [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.08&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.08&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.08], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.09&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.09&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.09]
|-
| [[Convent Glen]] || 6,499 || 6,456 || 6,572 || 6,568 || 4.006 || 1622.317 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050124.04&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050124.04&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050124.04], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050124.01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050124.01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050124.01]
|-
| [[Cyrville]]-[[Carson Grove]] || 9,278 || 8,532 || 8,662 || 8,173 || 3.353 || 2767.074|| [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050122.01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050122.01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050122.01], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050122.03&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050122.03&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050122.03] 
|-
| [[Elizabeth Park, Ottawa|Elizabeth Park]]-[[Kemp Park]] || 4,007 || 3,410 || 3,902 || 3,548 || 19.687 || 203.535 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050127.00&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050127.00&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050127.00] 
|-
| [[Hiawatha Park]] || 4,779 || 4,841 || 4,821 || 5,138 || 4.418 || 1081.711 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050124.03&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050124.03&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050124.03]
|-
| [[Leitrim, Ontario|Leitrim]]-[[Findlay Creek]] || 14,089 || 8,865 || 4,486 || 1,333 || 17.346 ||812.233 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050126.03&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050126.03&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050126.03]
|-
| [[Orleans Village]] ||  5,266 || 5,229 || 5,195 || 5,497 || 1.984 || 2654.234|| [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.05&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.05&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.05]
|-
| [[Orleans Wood]] || 3,982 || 3,976 || 3,851 || 3,892 || 1.564 || 2546.036 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050124.02&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050124.02&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050124.02]
|-
| [[Pine View, Ottawa|Pine View]] || 6,652 || 6,463 || 6,505 || 6,622 || 3.698 || 1798.810 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050122.02&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050122.02&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050122.02] 
|-
| [[Riverside South, Ottawa|Riverside South]] || 12,582 || 12,342 || 10,908 || 6,844 || 14.136 || 890.068 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050126.05&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050126.05&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050126.05], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050126.06&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050126.06&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050126.06]
|-
| [[Rothwell Heights]] || 1,643 || 1,664 || 1,686 || 1,673 || 1.593 || 1031.387 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050120.01&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050120.01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050120.01]
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| Rural Gloucester (incl. south Riverside South) || 11,125 || 5,641 || 3,978 || 4,732 || 195.066 || 57.032 || [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050126.04&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050126.04&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050126.04], [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CT&Code1=5050125.03&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=5050125.03&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=3 5050125.03]
|}

==Communities and neighbourhoods==
{{further|List of neighbourhoods in Ottawa#Gloucester}}

==Places of interest==
===Parks===
*[[Greenbelt (Ottawa)|The Greenbelt]]
*[[Mer Bleue Bog]]

===Shopping===
*[[Billings Bridge Shopping Centre]]
*Gloucester Centre
*[[Place d'Orleans]]
*[[South Keys Shopping Centre]]

===Museums===
*[[Billings Estate Museum|Billings Estate National Historic Site]]
*[[Canada Science and Technology Museum]]

==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.<ref>"[http://www.ecolecatholique.ca/en/Contact_US_73.html 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"</ref> 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.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19970206001817/http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/list/schoolb.html 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"</ref>

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

==See also==
{{Portal|Ontario}}
*[[List of townships in Ontario]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
{{refbegin}}
*{{Citation
        |last =Serré 
        |first = Robert
        |title = Pioneer families of the Gloucester Quarries in Eastern Ontario.
        |year = 2004
        |publisher =Gloucester Historical Society 
        |publication-place =Ottawa, Ontario
        }}
* ''Gloucester Roots'', L. Kemp (1991)
{{refend}}

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