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Hull is the central part of the new city of Gatineau. It is located right across the river from downtown Ottawa, Ontario and Canada's federal Parliament.
It was founded by New Englanders in 1800 and was anglo for a time but my guess is that it has been mainly francophone for a good 150 years.
Of the five municipalities that were merged to form the new Gatineau, none were mainly anglo. The highest proportion of anglos was in Aylmer, which is a city just west of Hull and were anglophones make up maybe 35% of the population.
The others, Hull, (the former smaller) Gatineau, Masson-Angers and Buckingham, were all roughly between 85 and 95% French-speaking.
It's a bedroom community for both francophones and anglophones working for the gov't. Mostly Francophones, but there are quite a few anglophones as well. If their gov't office is located in Gatineau (and some are), it makes sense to live close to work. A lot of new subdivisions and condos have been built in the past 15 years, and they're geared towards that middle income bracket that gov't jobs support. The bridges across the Ottawa River are clogged with commuters every day.
For many, today's Hull is not what it was-when Hull/Quebec had a big late-night hours advantage in staying open till 3 am while Ontario closed at 1 am, which lasted until sometime in the late 80s, early 90s, Hull was the mecca for Ottawa late-night, and was fun. That has largely though not entirely disappeared once Ontario stayed open later. Some will say that's a good thing, but the strip in Hull was fun for many, and lively. Now it's dead, though there are a few nice places here and there.
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