History · Orléans area
What is the history of Orléans?
Short answer
Orléans was settled in the 1830s, mainly by French Canadian families, and centred on the parish of St. Joseph d'Orléans. It grew from farmland into a suburb from the late 1960s, and became part of the City of Ottawa at amalgamation in 2001.
As of · Updated
Luc Major registered the first subdivision plan in 1858, creating the village of St. Joseph. By 1880 there were 174 families, 131 francophone and 43 anglophone.
The population grew from about 6,000 in 1971 to about 24,000 in 1981. Place d'Orléans opened in 1979.
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