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COMMUNAUTE REGIONALE DE L'OUTAOUAIS [1 record]

Record 1 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
OBS

The "Outaouais Regional Community" (ORC) created on January 1, 1970 by and Act of 1969 of the Assemblée législative du Québec and whose name was changed to "Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais" (CRO) in 1983 and to "Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais" (CUO) in 1986, ceased to exist on January 1, 2002 with the creation of the new city of Gatineau.

OBS

On January 1, 2002, the towns and cities which were grouped, since January 1, 1970, under the Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (CUO), sometimes called "the Greater Hull," became one city. The new city of Gatineau comes from the merger of the town of Aylmer, the cities of Buckingham, Gatineau, Hull and the town of Masson-Angers.

OBS

Hull was the centre-city of the CUO but the name "Gatineau" had been chosen for the new city, the names of the previous towns and cities becoming names of "sectors." The municipal administration of the new city works from the Maison du Citoyen, the city hall of the previous City of Hull.

OBS

After 1983, no English name was official for the urban community; consequently "Outaouais Urban Community" has never been the name of the administrative body. Moreover, "Outaouais" being the name of the provincial Administrative Region no. 7, it has never been translated; consequently, "Ottawa Urban Community" (OUC) is incorrect. The only instance in which the French "Outaouais" has "Ottawa" as equivalent in English, is in the name of the "rivière des Outaouais - Ottawa River", "Outaouais - Ottawa" being the name of the Algonquian people (and the name of their Ojibwa language) established in the area at the time of the first settlements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Aménagement du territoire
OBS

La Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (CUO) créée le 1er janvier 1970 par une loi de l'Assemblée législative du Québec de 1969 et dont le nom a été changé pour Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (CUO) en 1986, a cessé d'exister le 1er janvier 2002 avec la création de la nouvelle ville de Gatineau.

OBS

Le 1er janvier 2002, les municipalités qui composaient, depuis le 1er janvier 1970, la Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (CUO), parfois appelée «le Grand Hull», deviennent une seule ville. La nouvelle ville de Gatineau est issue du regroupement des villes d'Aylmer, de Buckingham, de Gatineau, de Hull et de Masson-Angers.

OBS

Hull tenait lieu de ville-centre de la CUO mais «Gatineau» a été retenu comme nom pour la nouvelle ville, les noms des anciennes villes devenant des noms de «secteur». L'administration municipale de la nouvelle ville est installée dans la Maison du Citoyen, l'hôtel de ville de l'ancienne Ville de Hull.

OBS

La Loi sur la Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (L.R.Q. ch. C-37.1) a été abrogée le 1er janvier 2002.

Spanish

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