Metcalfe

Metcalfe is a large village in the Osgoode Ward of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Colonel Archibald Macdonell, believed by some to be the first settler in the township, settled just south of the current location of the village in March 1827. It was originally called Osgoode but was renamed to Metcalfe in 1877.

The local agricultural fair, the Metcalfe Fair, has been held each fall since 1856.

The village took its name from Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe, Governor General of Canada from 1843 to 1846.

In its early days, Metcalfe was a stop on the stagecoach route from Ottawa (then known as Bytown) to Cornwall on the St. Lawrence River. However, when the railway lines were built, they bypassed the village limiting its further growth. The railway line to Cornwall passed to the east through the town of Russell while another to Prescott passed to the west through Osgoode Village.