Looks like as of 2019 Ottawa Gatineau population is now approaching 1.6 million
in 2017, it was 1,476,008 people from
https://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/do...ott_gat_en.pdf
We also know that in the summer of 2019 Ottawa itself gained another 65,000 to break 1 million which gets us to 1,541,008
Since 2019 Gatineau has also had a spike in growth.
The original numbers of 1.8 million by 2040 appears to be shifting to the 2030 target.
The city should consider long-term planning for additional rail transportation in the urban core