Orleans, Ontario

Orleans (/ɔːrˈliːnz/; French: [ɔʁleɑ̃]; officially and in French Orléans)^{[1][note 1]} is a community in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, along the Ottawa River about 16 km (10 mi) 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.

Orleans Orléans (French)
Community
St-Joseph d'Orléans Parish, built in 1830
Orleans Location in Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°28′N 75°31′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Parish of St-Joseph d'Orléans	1830s
Police Village of St-Joseph d'Orléans	1922
Community of Orléans	1974
City of Ottawa	2001
Government
• City councillors	Catherine Kitts, Laura Dudas, Matthew Luloff
• Member of Parliament	Marie-France Lalonde
• Member of Provincial Parliament	Stephen Blais
Population  (2021)
• Total	125,937
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes	613, 343

According to the 2021 census, 75,453 people lived in the Cumberland portion of Orleans, and 50,484 lived in the Gloucester portion. Orléans spans the municipal wards of Orléans East-Cumberland, Orléans West-Innes, and Orléans South-Navan. Orléans contains a significant francophone population.^{[citation needed]}

History

St-Joseph Blvd. circa 1971.

Orleans was named in the late 1850s after the 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.^[2]

On 1 January 1974, the village of Saint-Joseph d’Orléans was incorporated into the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, Orléans became a municipality, Cumberland Township moved its city hall from Leonard, Ontario to Orléans.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Orléans was amalgamated into the City of Ottawa, becoming Urban sub-area No. 16 (later No. 15).^{[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.^[3]

Notes

1. 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.

1. History and Timeline information was collected from the information in the Orléans, Ontario PDF file uploaded to this page just below.