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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.

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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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Commons category
Outaouais
code
07
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demography
  • Economy
  • Administrative divisions
  • Regional county municipalities
  • First Nations Reserves
  • Major communities
  • School districts
  • Francophone
  • Anglophone
  • References
  • External links

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%.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Outaouais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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