Orléans

Ontarioelectoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Marie-France Lalonde Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile,map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	128,281
Electors (2015)	94,830
Area (km²)[1]	211
Pop. density (per km²)	608
Census division	Ottawa
Census subdivision	Ottawa (part)

Orléans (formerlyOttawa—Orléans,Gloucester—Carleton andCarleton—Gloucester) is a federalelectoral district inOttawa,Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Theriding was created as "Carleton—Gloucester" in 1987. Its name was changed to "Gloucester—Carleton" in 1996, but then changed back to "Carleton–Gloucester" in 1997. It was changed again in 2000 to "Ottawa—Orléans" and to just "Orléans" in 2013.

Despite having an English-speaking majority, Orléans is among the mostfrancophone of theOntario federal ridings, and a major centre of theFranco-Ontarian community. According to the 2001Statistics Canada report, 35% of the riding population speaksFrench as their mother tongue. In recent years, the riding has experienced a major growth of population and increased housing projects.

In the2004 federal election, theLiberal candidateMarc Godbout won over theConservative candidate Walter Robinson by over 4% of the votes. Robinson, a former president of theCanadian Taxpayers Federation, was considered a favourite but failed to win support among Francophones. Ottawa—Orléans was also the riding where the NDP had Canada's youngest woman candidate, Crystal LeBlanc, who received 5905 votes in the 2004 federal election.

It encompasses the suburban community ofOrleans in the east end ofOttawa,Ontario (northern and eastern parts of the former city ofGloucester, Ontario plus the northwestern corner of the former city ofCumberland) as well as the neighbourhood ofBlackburn Hamlet and the communities ofNotre-Dame-des-Champs andCarlsbad Springs.

The riding consists of the part of the City of Ottawa bounded on the north by theOttawa River, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn due south from the river to the mouth ofGreen's Creek, south along that creek, southwest alongRegional Road 174 toBlair Road, south toInnes Road, west to a transmission line, south to an abandonedCanadian Pacific Railway track, west toHighway 417, southeast toRamsayville Road, south toMitch Owens Road, east to Boundary Road, south toDevine Road, east toFrontier Road, north toCarlsbad Lane and its northern production toTenth Line Road, north toWall Road, east toFrank Kenny Road, north to Frank Kenny Road, north to the Ottawa River.

According to the2021 Canadian census^[2]

Ethnic groups: 65.5% White, 10.5% Black, 5.2% Arab, 5.0% Indigenous, 4.9% South Asian, 2.2% Chinese, 1.4% West Asian, 1.3% Latin American, 1.2% Filipino
Languages: 48.4% English, 28.0% French, 3.6% Arabic, 1.2% Spanish
Religions: 64.3% Christian (43.0% Catholic, 3.4% Anglican, 3.0% United Church, 1.8% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Baptist, 10.6% Other), 8.4% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 24.1% No religion
Median income: $56,000 (2020)
Average income: $64,500 (2020)

The federal riding was created as "Carleton—Gloucester" in 1987 from parts ofNepean—Carleton andOttawa—Carleton ridings. It consisted initially of

• the City of Gloucester, excluding these parts:
  • bounded on the north by the City of Ottawa, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the boundary south along Conroy Road, west along Davidson Road and Lester Road, south along Albion Road, west along the road allowance between lots 10 and 11, Concession 3, south along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, west along Leitrim Road, north along Limebank Road and River Road to the Ottawa city limit;
  • bounded on the west by the Gloucester city limit, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east from the limit near Blair Road, south along Blair Road, west along Innes Road, and south along a hydroelectric transmission line situated east of Meadowvale Lane to the western city limit;
• the southeast part of the City of Ottawa lying south of Walkley Road and east of Conroy Road;
• the townships of Osgoode and Rideau;
• the northwest part of the Township of Cumberland lying north of Innes Road and west of Regional Road 57 and Trim Road.

In 1996, it was renamed "Gloucester—Carleton", and defined to consist of

• the City of Gloucester, excluding
  • the part bounded on the north by the City of Ottawa, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the border south along Conroy Road, west along Davidson Road and Lester Road, south along the Canadian Pacific Railway, west along Leitrim Road, and north along Limebank Road to the City of Ottawa;
  • the part bounded on the west by the western city limit, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn from the city limit near Mowat Road east to Blair Road, south along Blair Road, west along Innes Road, and south along the transmission line situated east of Meadowvale Lane to the western city limit.
  • the part bounded on the north by the Quebec border, and on the west by the western city limit, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn from the city limit east along Montreal Road and Highway 17, north along Green's Creek and due north to the Quebec boundary.
• the part of the Township of Cumberland west of Trim Road and north of Innes Road.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1997 back to "Carleton—Gloucester", and in 2000 to "Ottawa—Orléans".

Following the2012 redistribution of Canada's ridings, the riding lost the neighbourhood ofBeacon Hill South fromOttawa—Vanier, and gained theCardinal Creek area fromGlengarry—Prescott—Russell and the rural area surroundingCarlsbad Spring from parts of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell andNepean—Carleton.

Following the2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution,^[3] the riding lostBlackburn Hamlet toOttawa—Vanier—Gloucester. This change came into effect upon the calling of the2025 Canadian federal election.

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:^[4]

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

• "Orléans (federal electoral district) (Code 35063) Census Profile".2011 census. Government of Canada -Statistics Canada. RetrievedMarch 3, 2011.

Federal riding history from theLibrary of Parliament:

• Carleton—Gloucester (1987-1996)
• Carleton—Gloucester (1997-2000)
• Gloucester Carleton (1996-1997)
• Ottawa—Orléans (2000-2008)
• http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?type=3&criteria=Ottawa--Orleans Ottawa—Orléans (2011) from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

• Politwitter
• Project Democracy
• Pundit's Guide
• StatsCan District Profile

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