Historical dates
The townships of Hull, Templeton and Buckingham, as well as the villages of Aylmer and Buckingham are formed in the first municipal designations in Quebec.
The city of Hull splits off from the township of Hull.
The village of Pointe-à-Gatineau splits off from Templeton.
The parish of L'Ange-Gardien splits off from the township of Buckingham.
The township of Hull is split up to form the townships of South Hull and West Hull.
The township of Templeton is split up to form the townships of Templeton West and Templeton East.
The township of East Hull splits off from West Hull.
The village of Buckingham becomes a city.
The city of Masson splits off from the township of Buckingham.
The township of Buckingham South East splits off from the township of Buckingham.
Great Hull fire
The township of Templeton North splits off from Templeton East.
The village of Angers splits off from L'Ange-Gardien.
The township of Buckingham South West splits off from the township of Buckingham.
The village of Deschênes splits off from South Hull.
The village of Templeton and the township of the east part of Templeton East split off from Templeton East.
The village of Gatineau splits off from Templeton West.
Pointe-à-Gatineau becomes the city of Pointe-Gatineau.
Gatineau becomes a city.
South Hull changes its name to the municipality of Lucerne.
East Hull changes its name to the city of Touraine.
Hull becomes a city.
The cities of Pointe-Gatineau, Gatineau and Touraine, the townships of Templeton West, Templeton East and the east part of Templeton East, as well as the village of Templeton merge to form the city of Gatineau.
The cities of Buckingham and Masson, the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, the townships of Buckingham, Buckingham South East and Buckingham South West, the parish of L'Ange-Gardien and the village of Angers merge to form the city of Buckingham.
Aylmer, Lucerne and Deschênes merge to form the city of Aylmer.
In response to public pressure, the city of Masson and the municipalities of L'Ange-Gardien and Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette split off from Buckingham.
The municipality of Cantley splits off from Gatineau.
Masson changes its name to city of Masson-Angers.
Bicentennial of the city of Hull, with celebrations lasting 12 months.
The cities of Aylmer, Buckingham, Gatineau, Hull and Masson-Angers (as well as the Outaouais urban community) merge to form the city of Gatineau.
The city of Gatineau celebrates its tenth birthday.
Recognized for its quality of life, Gatineau is a city of 292,000 inhabitants. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River, and extends east and west of the Gatineau River.