Orleans

Welcome to Orleans, an amazing suburb to Ottawa filled with family fun.

Orleans is a gorgeous suburb to Ottawa, known for a large French population and plenty of community activities, parks, and fun.

  • Orleans is a primarily French surburb of Ottawa with a large family presence.

  • Around 76,000 people live in Cumberland and around 50,000 live in Gloucester - two smaller subsections of Orleans, for a total of 126,000 people. It has a significant French population!

  • There are a vast number of schools in Centretown for kindergarteners, middle schoolers, and high schoolers in both the Catholic, public, and French streams.

    List of schools in the Centretown area:

    • École élémentaire catholique des Voyageurs

    • Orleans Wood Elementary School

    • Cairine Wilson Secondary School

    • Henry Larsen Elementary School

    • Dunning-Foubert Elementary School

    • Avalon Public School

    • Maple Ridge Elementary School

    • Convent Glen Elementary School

    • St. Peter High School

    • Convent Glen Catholic School

    • Sir Wildfred Laurier Secondary School

    • St. Clare School

    • Trillium Elementary School

    • Summerside Public School

    • Chapel Hill Catholic School

    • St. Francis of Assisi School

    • St. Matthew High School

    • St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School

    • Terry Fox Elementary School

  • The Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex has a skating arena, squash, racquetball, and a gym. There are summer camps, cycling, pool sports, and other programs available.

    Ray Friel Recreation Complex has an NHL size area! It also has a massive gym, wave pool, hot tubs and saunas, physio, martial arts, and more.

    Finally is the Millenium Sports Park which has soccer and football fields.

  • Orleans is a super pet-friendly area with tons of vets, pet stores, and outdoor area to spend time with your furry friends.

    Check out this list of pet friendly locations, groomers, and shopping:

    Ren’s Pets

    Orleans Pet Spa

    Global Pet Foods

    PetSmart

    Pet Valu

    Critter Jungle Orleans

    Orleans Veterinary Boutique

    Trim’s Pet Store

    Pet Valu Watters

    Orleans Veterinary Hospital

    Chapel Hill Grooming

    Bark Avenue Pet Spa

    Club Pet Inc (Boarding)

    Ruff Cuts Dog Grooming Studio

    Hollywood Hounds (Grooming)

    Tenth Line Animal Hospital

  • Orleans is a super kid-friendly place filled with daycares, schools, parks, and things to do.

    Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of the options available for your kids to have fun, meet friends, and learn!

    • Kids Kingdom Daycare and Play Centre

    • Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids

    • Toys R Us

    • Millenium Park

    • Saroughi International Taekwon-Do Inc

    • Allegro Music School Orleans

    • Orleans Bowling Centre

    • Y Child Care

    • The Little School Day Care

    • ToothPark Pediatric Dentristry

    • Tumblers Gymnastics Centre

    • Orleans Montessori Pre-Schol and Childcare

    • Douvris Martial Arts, Karate, Fitness, Personal Training

  • Check out the Place d’Oleans Shopping Centre and SmartCentres Orleans for all your shopping needs. There is also a Riocan Centre, and a few smaller malls like Convent Glen Shopping Centre, Fallingbrook Shopping Centre, and more.

  • Pioneers made their way to Orleans in the 1830s - mainly French, but a few English speaking families as well. It was named in the 1850s after the city, Orleans, in France. By the late 1950s, Orleans flourished with residential developments and became much of the neighbourhood it is known as today.

  • Orleans is packed with grocery stores of all types, including Independent, Sobeys, Superstore, Food Basics, No Frills, Metro, and plenty of locally owned stores as well.

  • Orleans is like its own little city, and it encompasses a lot of great places to spend a night out with friends. Check out plenty of pubs and bars in the area for fun with friends and a great meal!

    State & Main

    • 1880 Oglive

    Corner Bar and Grill

    • 1779 Tenth

    St Louis Bar & Grill

    • 2880 Tenth

    Taproom260

    • 260 Centrum

    Jonny Canuck’s Bar and Grill

    • 900 Watters

    Moose Mcguire’s

    • 4025 Innes

    Royal Oak

    • 1981 St Joseph

    Connor’s Irish Pub

    • 2401 Joseph

    Clocktower Brew Pub

    • 2010 Trim

    Moxies

    • 3818 Innes

    Barley Mow

    • 2034 Tenth

  • Just as there are places for a great night out, there are just as many amazing restaurants in the Orleans area. There are plenty of types of cuisines for any interest!

  • Orleans has a great mix of single-family homes, townhouses, and condominiums.

  • Most notable is Petrie Island, right on the Ottawa River. These islands are a great place to spend time with family and friends in the Orleans area and enjoy the outdoors.

    Some of the other amazing parks in the area:

    Hiawatha Park

    Joe Jamieson Park

    Barnabe Park

    Bilberry Park

    Barrington Park

    Petrie Island Park

    Champagne Park

    Quarry Ridge Park

    Gardenway Park

    Queenswood Ridge Park

    Troyes Park

    Chapel Hill Park

    Silverbirch Park

    Vista Park

    Millennium Park

    Cardinal Farm Park

    Frenette Park

    Apollo Crater Park

    Kinsella Park

    Glandriel Park