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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, and has been represented by Glen Gower since 2018. As of 2021, Stittsville ward had a population of 46,430.

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 and École secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais are the high schools.

Stittsville is home to multiple municipal services: Ottawa Fire Services' station 81, Ottawa Police Service 211 Huntmar station , the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library. It also has a branch of ServiceOntario.

Founded in 1854, most of Stittsville was destroyed by the grew mostly due to its proximity to the Canadian Pacific Railway.

History
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Goulbourn Township was founded in 1818 by Irish soldiers in a military settlement program after the War of 1812. The area continued to receive most of it's settler population from Ireland. The village of Stittsville was officially founded in 1854, when its first post office was constructed. Jackson Stitt was chosen as its first post master, and the village became known as Stittsville.

''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.'' This original location of the village is now known as "Old Stittsville" and was centered around current Carp Road and Neil Avenue.

The Carleton County Fire of 1870 destroyed most buildings in the village. By this time, Stittsville had 100 citizens and grown its community to include churches, a fairground, and multiple specialty businesses. This was an extremely large fire, encompassing over 250,000 acres (1,000 km2)[ citation needed] from Ottawa to Smiths Falls to Carleton Place.

On September 16th, 1870, the first train passed through Stittsville; this was shortly after it was re-built around the railway following the fire. Most notably, the line served as part of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

1900s

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.

The last train to come through the town was a VIA rail passenger train headed for Western Canada on January 14th, 1990. After the railway was deconstructed, the line was turned into a section of the Trans-Canada Trail.

2000s

In 2001, the Ottawa-Carleton amalgamation took place. Goulbourn Township was included in the amalgamation, becoming a part of the City of Ottawa. Goulbourn Township included the settlement of Stittsville, thus making Stittsville a community within the new City of Ottawa.

As part of the Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020, Stittsville Ward had its boundaries increased on November 15, 2022.

Heritage Buildings

The Stittsville United Church is one of the oldest congregations in Stittsville. In 1824, the first Methodist congregation in the Township of Goulbourn officially began under the leadership of 3 local residents: George Argue, James Wilson and Archibald Magee. The first log chapel of the congregation was built in 1845, on the land the church continues to stand on. Multiple iterations of the chapel were built over time. Notably, in 1883 a brick chapel was built, which still constitutes part of the modern day church structures. The other current structures of the church were constructed in 1952, 1963, and 2006.

The Bradley/Craig barn and farmhouse are still found at their original location. Historically designated Concession XI, Lot 29, it is currently located at 590 Hazeldean Road in Stittsville. The land was claimed in 1821 by Joshua Bradley, for which he received a Crown land grant in 1824. The barn was built in 1873 by John Cummings, a craftsman who worked in Goulbourn Township. The barn was built to house the family's dairy herd. Throughout the 1870s the farmhouse was constructed by the Bradley family. The land was farmed by members of the family until the 2000s. The Bradley family owned the property until 2007, when it was sold.

Green's Hotel is located at 1510 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville, historically designated Lot 23, Concession X. The building is believed to have been built in either 1890 or 1894 by John Cummings. The original owner was S.J. Butler, who named the building the Pacific Hotel as it served visitors coming to Stittsville on the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is believed that Butler sold the hotel after his daughter, Lala Butler, was struck and killed by a train at the crossing in Stittsville. George Green was the subsequent owner, from which the name Green's Hotel began.

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Other notes

Stittsville United Church Draft - Can also create page for this church, link on "List of Ottawa Churches"

Notable historical residents

James Stitt - First post-master

George Argue and family - Founding residents and church founders