Outaouais
Sign in to saveOutaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is an administrative region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa River opposite Canada's capital, Ottawa. It has a land area of and its population was 405,158 inhabitants as of 2021.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Outaouais
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Administrative region
- Settlement.image_map
- Outaouais in Quebec.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.parts_type
- Regional County Municipalities (RCM) and Equivalent Territories (ET)
- Settlement.parts_style
- coll
- Settlement.parts
- 4 RCM, 1 ET
- Settlement.p1
- La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
- Settlement.p2
- Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
- Settlement.p3
- Papineau
- Settlement.p4
- Pontiac
- Settlement.p5
- Gatineau (ET)
- Settlement.leader_party
- President
- Settlement.leader_title
- Regional conference of elected officers
- Settlement.leader_name
- Paulette Lalande
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 33,442
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 30,457.52
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Outaouais
- Demonym
- Outaouaise
- Population
- 405158
- Area
- 34082
- Official website
- www.outaouais.gouv.qc.ca
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- Regional county municipalities
- First Nations Reserves
- Major communities
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Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is an administrative region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley and the Papineau region. Geographically, it is located on the north side of the Ottawa River opposite Canada's capital, Ottawa. It has a land area of and its population was 405,158 inhabitants as of 2021.
From 2017 to 2021, the Outaouais has a lower per capita disposable income than the rest of Quebec. It was $32,364 in 2021, compared to $34,180 in Quebec overall. In 2021, the unfavourable margin remained stable at 5.3%.
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