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Stittsville is a suburban community, part of the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario. It is within the former Goulbourn Township. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is immediately to the southwest of Kanata, adjacent to Richmond and about 20 km (12 mi) west of Downtown Ottawa. The urban part of the community corresponds to Stittsville Ward on Ottawa City Council. Three school boards are represented in the area: Ottawa Catholic School Board, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and Centre-East French Catholic School Board; Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Frederick Banting Secondary Alternate Program[2] and École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais[3] are the high schools.

This article is about the community. For the 1960 album by Sonny Stitt, see Stittsville (album).
Stittsville
Community
Stittsville
Location in Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°16′N 75°55′W
Country Canada
Province Ontario
CountyCarleton
City Ottawa
Government
 • MayorJim Watson
 • City CouncillorGlen Gower
 • Member of ParliamentPierre Poilievre
 • Member of Provincial ParliamentGoldie Ghamari
Area
 • Total7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2021 Census)[1]
40,889
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code FSA
K2S
Area code(s)613, 343

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.[4]

By 1866, Stittsville was a post village with a population of 100, situated in the township of Goulbourn. 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.[5]

The Great Carleton Fire of 1870 devastated the community, destroying nearly everything. Kemp's Tavern on Hazeldean road, built in 1868, which now houses "Cabotto's Restaurant" 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)[citation needed] from Ottawa to Smiths Falls to Carleton Place.[4]

In 1898, a campground for the Holiness Movement was created in Stittsville. The local leader was Bishop Ralph Horner. The campground was used by members of the movement every summer until 1974, when it closed permanently. [6]


Media


Stittsville's community newspaper is The Stittsville & Richmond Community Voice, which is distributed every second week by Canada Post. This newspaper was started in August 2019. It was formerly served by the weekly Stittsville News published by Metroland Media; its 2015 circulation was about 13,446. It was closed in January 2019 after being sold to Postmedia.[7][8]

Stittsville was featured as one of the filming locations for the 1988 CBC TV Movie The Bobby Gimby Story.[9][better source needed]

The television series Stittsville on Patrol" was created by Christopher Redmond and stars "local Twitter hero" Ben Milks (aka bRian5or6).[10] The show premiered in January 2021 to the highest ratings in Bell Fibe TV1 history.[11] The series was renewed for a second season which aired in September 2021.[12]


Notable residents



Neighbourhoods



References


  1. Population calculated by combining the populations of Census Tracts 0151.04, 0151.05, 0151.06, 0151.08, 0151.10, 0151.11
  2. "Frederick Banting Secondary Alternate Program". Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  3. "École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais" (in French). Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  4. "Stittsville and Area". Goulbourn Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 27, 2007.
  5. Ottawa City and counties of Carleton and Russell Directory, 1866-7
  6. McKay, Lesley. (2013). "Issue #2 - 2013". Goulbourn Township Historical Society. p. 5.
  7. http://www.newspaperscanada.ca/sites/default/files/Community_Newspaper_Snapshot_2015_Report_FINAL.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. OttawaStart.com: Postmedia to close community papers
  9. "The Bobby Gimby Story (TV Movie 1988) - IMDb". IMDb.
  10. "Stittsville On Patrol: Local Twitter hero teams up with Ottawa director for new TV comedy". ottawacitizen. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  11. Knoops, Lillian. "Stittsville on Patrol: The patrol will continue with season 2". Stittsville Central - Local News, Events and Business. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  12. "Stittsville on Patrol renewed for second season". Ottawa Magazine. 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  13. Ottawa Citizen, August 6, 1986, pg B3
  14. Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 1979, pg 13
  15. Ottawa Citizen, April 10, 1994, pg B7
  16. Ottawa Citizen, August 30, 2014, pg A5
  17. Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 1990, pg H2
  18. Ottawa Citizen, March 24, 2012, pg I11
  19. Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 2011, pg G2
  20. Ottawa Citizen, July 29, 1995, pg I1
  21. Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 1993 pg A11
  22. Ottawa Citizen, July 20, 2002 pg I2
  23. Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 2009 pg I13
  24. "Old Stittsville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  25. Ottawa Citizen, September 27, 2014, pg G1
  26. Ottawa Citizen, September 21, 2002, pg I7
  27. Ottawa Citizen, October 10, 2018, pg A7
  28. Ottawa Citizen, April 22, 1997, pg I1
  29. Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 2002, pg I8
  30. Ottawa Citizen, July 18, 1992, pg I3




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