Gatineau is a growing city that offers everyone an enviable quality of life. Gateway to Quebec, Gatineau has five sectors: Aylmer, Buckingham, Gatineau, Hull and Masson-Angers. Gatineau is the fourth largest city in Quebec with over 278,500 inhabitants (after Montreal, Quebec City and Laval). Together with Ottawa, it forms the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan region, the fourth largest metropolitan area in Canada after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Gatineau's population growth can be explained by interregional and interprovincial migration, but increasingly by immigration, which has developed continuously. Gatineau is the second region of adoption by immigrants in the province after the urban agglomeration of Montréal: 10% of Gatineau's population is immigrants. Downtown Gatineau invites you to a series of popular and cultural activities and events and an incomparable festive life. Laval Street, pedestrian from May to November, is a friendly and safe place for walkers and cyclists. The Laval-Aubry-Kent area and the Ruisseau de la Brasserie area are neighbourhoods to discover with their local microbreweries, bistro-type or gourmet restaurants and enthusiastic urban wildlife, not to mention the unique local businesses along Eddy Street. The City of Gatineau is the main urban centre of the Outaouais, which includes four regional county municipalities (RCMs): Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Collines-de-l'Outaouais, Papineau and Pontiac. In 2014, the Outaouais had a population of over 383,000. Gatineau, the most populous city in the region, accounts for 72% of the Outaouais' total population, and its proximity to nature sites throughout Gatineau, stretching 55 kilometres from west to east, makes it a unique characteristic appreciated by residents. The Gatineau, Ottawa and Lièvre Rivers and Gatineau Park are important natural icons that add to Gatineau's influence. Gatineau's territory includes nearly 5,000 hectares of green spaces developed into parks or left in their natural state, or 14.4% of the municipal territory. Gatineau residents have access to more than 350 other parks and green spaces. Gatineau also has an impressive network of recreational pathways that integrate perfectly with the national capital's, offering the largest cycling network in the country!Gatineau, which is distinguished by the vitality that animates the sports and cultural fields, offers a multitude of activities and events at all times of the year. Gatineau has world-class sports facilities. The sports centre, with its gymnasiums and 50-metre swimming pool, has hosted numerous national and international calibre events. Gatineau is close to the largest consumer of goods and services in Canada, the federal government. The City also has more than 7,000 businesses in its territory and is part of the region with the highest concentration of high-tech companies in Canada. The industrial air park, located east of the municipality, is the only one in the entire National Capital Region adjacent to an airport, the Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport.