ORLéANS, ONTARIO

'Orléans' is a suburban area in eastern Ontario, which became part of the city of Ottawa in 2001. It is located in the eastern part of the city along the Ottawa River, about 16 km (10 miles) from downtown Ottawa. The estimated 2005 population of Orléans is about 100,000. The Canada 2001 Census gave Orléans a population of 84,695.
Prior to 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.

Contents

History

Neighbourhoods

Population history

Schools and Education

External links

History

The community is thought to have been named by its first postmaster, Théodore Besserer, after his place of birth, the Île d'Orléans near Quebec City. Orléans was an incorporated police village from 1922 to 1974 and was known as 'St. Joseph d'Orléans'.
The community's name Orléans, apparently inspired the name of one its main roads, Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard, which wraps its way around the community. Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) was a 15th Century martyr who led the French army to victory in Orléans, France.
Orléans has continued its steady growth as a suburban community since the late 1970s; its southern and easternmost boundaries continue to grow as more houses and businesses are built. Orléans continues to have a sizeable French-speaking population, although the proportion of francophones has been decreasing in recent years. The community's name is officially spelled with an acute accent in both English and French, reflective of the area's francophone heritage.
The traditional centre of the area has been the Place d'Orleans shopping centre, a large shopping centre (with over 175 stores) just off the Queensway, although new business areas on Innes Road at Tenth Line Road and in the vicinity of Trim Road on the eastern end of the area have also been built recently. The country-wide housing boom starting from 2000 has also seen an extremely large amount of housing and residential areas being developed in the eastern Orléans area east of Trim Road and south of Innes Road, such as the new community called Avalon which is known for being a neighbourhood of new, spacy and extremely modern homes.
The Elizabeth Manley skating rink at the Orléans Sportsplex is named for Ms. Manley who trained there and who won a Silver Medal in Women's figure skating in the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. The Ray Friel Centre in the more eastern part of Orleans is home to a public library, a high school, a large indoor swimming pool, 2 exercising facilities, a physiotherapy clinic, a sports store, a restaurant, 2 soccer fields and 3 skating arenas making it one of the main centres for recreation in Orléans.
Pronunciation: Francophones pronounce Orléans the same way as the French city: or-LAY-ahn. Anglophones tend to spell it Orleans and pronounce it as or-LEENS or or-LEENZ. It has frequently been disputed on the correct pronunciation and spelling; for example, the traditional way of spelling it is "Orléans", while the city has made and used road signs spelled simply with no accented e, or the more English way: "Orleans".

Neighbourhoods

'Avalon': Located south of Innes Road, west of Portabello Boulevard and east of Tenth Line Road.
'Bilberry Creek': Located east of Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard, north of Highway 174 and east towards the eastern end of the development.
' Chapel Hill North': Located north of Innes Road in the Orleans Boulevard area and south of St. Joseph Boulevard.
' Chapel Hill South': Located south of Innes Road, and north of Navan Road.
'Chatelaine Village': Located north of Highway 174 toward the Ottawa River and East of Champlain Ave.
'Convent Glen': Located north of Highway 174 toward the Ottawa River and west of Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard.
'East Village': Located east of Trim Road, north of Innes Road, and south of Old Montreal Road (St. Joseph Boulevard).
'Fallingbrook': Located south of St. Joseph Boulevard, west of Trim Road, north of Innes Road and east of Tenth Line Road.
'Mer Bleue' (future): This proposed neighbourhood would be located south of Innes Road between Mer Bleue and Tenth Line Road and south towards the Urban limit.
'Notting Gate': Located south of Innes Road, east of Portabello Boulevard, and west of Trim Road.
'Queenswood Heights': Located south of St. Joseph Boulevard, west of Tenth Line Road, east of Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard and north of Innes Road.
[Team Ottawa-Orleans] was established in March of 2005 to aid the communities of Orleans to provide a comprehensive approach to the development of the area in particular with respect to infrastructure development.

Population history

★ 1971 - 6,000

★ 1976 - 11,000

★ 1981 - 24,000

★ 1986 - 47,000

★ 1991 - 70,000

★ 1996 - 79,000

★ 2001 - 86,000

★ 2007 - 100,000+

Schools and Education

'English Catholic'

★ St. Peter Catholic High School - English Catholic High school in eastern Orléans, home to nearly 2000 students.

★ St. Matthew high School - English Catholic High School in Orléans

★ St. Francis Of Assisi Elementary School

★ Divine Infant Elementary School

★ Our Lady of Wisdom Elementary School

★ Chapel Hill Catholic Elementary School

★ Convent Glen Catholic School
'French Catholic'

★ École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges - Catholic French language high school in Orléans

★ École Secondaire Catholique Garneau - Catholic French language high school in Orléans

★ École élémentaire catholique de la Découverte - Catholic French language elementary school in Orléans

★ École élémentaire catholique Arc-en-ciel - Catholic French language elementary school in Orléans
'Public'

★ Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (Ottawa) - English public high school

★ Cairine Wilson Secondary School - English public high school

★ Fallingbrook Community Elementary School

★ Trillium Public Elementary School

★ Terry-Fox Public Elementary School

★ Henry Larsen Elementary School

★ Convent Glen Elementary School

★ Forest Valley Elementary School

★ Orleans Wood Elementary School

★ Dunning-Foubert Elementary School

★ Maple Ridge Elementary School

★ Queenswood Elementary School

★ École Secondaire Publique Gisèle-Lalonde - French public high school

External links

★ Details of the future Mer Bleue community

★ East End community design plan

★ Team Ottawa-Orléans was established in March of 2005 to aid the communities of Orleans to provide a comprehensive approach to the development of the area in particular with respect to infrastructure development.