Le Plateau, Gatineau

This article is about the neighbourhood in Gatineau. For the municipal district, see Plateau District. For other uses, see Plateau (disambiguation).

Plateau
Urban Village
Le Plateau
Area
• Land	7,847,622 km^2 (3,029,984 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,988 [1]
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)

Le Plateau (also known as Plateau, or Du Plateau) is a neighbourhood and an urban village in Gatineau, located west of downtown Hull. The neighbourhood is limited to Gatineau Park to the north, chemin Vanier to the west, Boulevard Saint-Raymond to the east and Boulevard des Allumettières to the south. It consists mostly of houses, but many shopping centres find their home at Plateau.^[2]

Geography

Le Plateau is located south of Gatineau Park, one of the biggest urban parks in the world. It also contains the Gatineau Hills and does not border any major body of water.

Education

There are elementary schools in the Plateau such as l'École du Plateau, des Deux-Ruisseaux, du Grand-Héron, de l'Amérique-Française, du Marais.^[3] There are also secondary schools, such as La Cité^[4], D'Arcy Symmes, etc.

Sources

1. "Du Plateau, Quebec Population & Demographics". www.areavibes.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
2. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique- (2019-10-23). "Gatineau approuve un autre mégacentre commercial dans le Plateau". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2025-01-20.
3. "Commision scolaire des Portages de l'Outaouais".
4. Constructo, Portail (2022-09-23). "Ouverture de l'école secondaire 041 à Gatineau (Opening of secondary school 041 in Gatineau)".