Stittsville

Stittsville
Community
Stittsville
Location in Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°16′N 75°55′W / 45.267°N 75.917°W / 45.267; -75.917
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
City Ottawa
Government
 • Mayor Jim Watson
 • City Councillor Shad Qadri
 • Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre
 • Member of Provincial Parliament Goldie Ghamari
Area
 • Total 7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi)
Population (2017)[1] 33,870
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code FSA K2S
Area code(s) 613, 343

Stittsville is a suburban community, part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is within the former Goulbourn Township. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is immediately to the southwest of Kanata, and about 31 km (19 mi) west of Downtown Ottawa. The urban part of the community corresponds to Stittsville Ward on Ottawa City Council. There are many schools in the Stittsville area, (3 school boards - Ottawa Catholic School Board, Ottawa Carleton District School Board, CECCE, There are 2 high schools in Stittsville; Sacred Heart Catholic High School and École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais.

History

The first settlers to the area were Irish soldiers, arriving in the 1820s. The town itself was born in the 1850s by Jackson Stitt, for whom the town is named; he was also the first postmaster in the area.[2]

By 1866, Stittsville was a post village with a population of 100, situated in the township of Goulborne. The village contained one general store, one common school, with an average attendance of seventeen pupils. The Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 210, met in Orange Hall, on the first Thursday in each month. The citizens included John S Argue, general merchant and postmaster.[3]

The Great Carleton Fire of 1870 devastated the community, destroying nearly everything. The Hartin House and a handful of other buildings were all that was left standing. This was an extremely large fire, encompassing over 250,000 acres (1,000 km2) from Ottawa to Smiths Falls to Carleton Place.[2]

Media

The Stittsville News is a weekly newspaper published by Metroland Media. Its 2015 circulation was about 13,446. This paper is no longer in circulation[4][5]

There is also one online news site published in Stittsville: StittsvilleCentral.ca.

Stittsville was featured as one of the filming locations for the 1988 CBC TV Movie "The Bobby Gimby Story".[6]

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ City of Ottawa 2017 year-end population estimates, by ward.
  2. 1 2 "Stittsville and Area". Goulbourn Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  3. ↑ Ottawa City and counties of Carleton and Russell Directory, 1866-7
  4. ↑ http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/sites/default/files/Community_Newspaper_Snapshot_2015_Report_FINAL.pdf
  5. ↑ OttawaStart.com: Postmedia to close community papers
  6. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6234414/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
  7. ↑ Gromyko, Andrei (1989) Memoirs - ISBN 9780385412889

Coordinates: 45°15.5′N 75°55.5′W / 45.2583°N 75.9250°W / 45.2583; -75.9250

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