Richmond, Ontario

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Richmond, Ontario is a historic rural village within the city of Ottawa, known as one of the region’s earliest military settlements.

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Richmond, Ontario canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
rural community
village
amalgamatedInto City of Ottawa
amalgamationDate 2001
country Canada
distanceTo about 35 km southwest of downtown Ottawa
foundedAs military settlement
foundingPurpose settlement for discharged soldiers
governingBody Ottawa City Council
hasAnnualEvent Richmond Fair
hasAreaCode 343
613
hasCharacteristic bedroom community of Ottawa
grid street pattern
historic military settlement layout
surrounded by farmland
hasCommunityFacility Richmond Arena
Richmond Memorial Community Centre
hasHeritageDesignation historic village
hasPostalCodePrefix K0A
hasReligiousBuilding St. John the Baptist Anglican Church
St. Philip Catholic Church
hasSettlementType rural village
historicalStatus one of the earliest military settlements in the Ottawa region
inception 1818
languageMajority English
locatedIn Ottawa
locatedInAdministrativeEntity City of Ottawa
locatedInCountyHistorical Carleton County
locatedInProvince Ontario
locatedInRegion Eastern Ontario
locatedOnRiver Jock River
namedAfter Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
namedFor Duke of Richmond
nearbyCommunity Manotick
Munster
Stittsville
observesDST yes
originalSurveyedBy Royal Engineers
partOf National Capital Region
primaryLandUse rural
representedInMunicipalWard Rideau-Jock Ward
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportationAccess Ottawa Road 10
Ottawa Road 12

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Stittsville hasNeighbouringCommunity Richmond, Ontario
Goulbourn Township containsSettlement Richmond, Ontario