Stittsville was first built at the intersection of Hazeldean Road and Carp Road, which connected the villages of Richmond and Carp.

Most of the small village was destroyed in a devastating fire, originating west of Ottawa, which swept through the area in 1870. The fire coincided with the opening of a railroad line from Ottawa to Carleton Place. As a result, the community was rebuilt in the area around the railway station, a mile to the south, where a number of businesses had already been set up. Hotels, blacksmiths, a general store, and a post office were built at this time.

The village of Stittsville is named after Jackson Stitt, who was the village's first postmaster. Today, Stittsville is a thriving business and residential community, and is currently experiencing a period of rapid growth.

Since the extension of the Queensway in the 1970s made travel from Ottawa quicker and easier, Stittsville has experienced rapid growth; it transformed from a quiet farming community of under 500 people to a suburb of 20,000, in just over 25 years. Many residents are employed in Otawa's high-tech industry or the federal government. Further growth is expected in the near future with the development of neighborhoods such as Jackson Trails and Kanata West to its north, Fernbank to its east and south and West Ridge to its west.

Services

The community is home to many elementary schools including Public, Catholic and French Catholic schools. The high school with the largest attendance regionally is Sacred Heart High School, also located in Stittsville. Public high school students in this area go to South Carleton High School in Richmond. It is home to two indoor hockey rinks, an indoor public pool, a public library, and the Amberwood Golf and Country Club. Stittsville has two weekly local newspapers: The Stittsville News, and the EMC.

Stittsville Public School, an elementary school originally located on Stittsville Main Street, has had a series of expansions to accommodate the growth in population. The school opened as a two room, one story building, and was eventually expanded to a two story building with about fourteen classrooms. At the start of the 2005-2006 school year, Stittsville Public School, including staff and students, was moved to a new two story building with over twenty classrooms and now 13 portables at 40 Granite Ridge Drive.

Stittsville is also the home of the Stittsville Minor Hockey Rams, as well the Stittsville RAMS competitive hockey association.

In 1956, Stittsville men's fastpitch softball team won the Ontario provincial tournament. To this day, men's fastball teams in Stittsville are known as the "Stittsville 56'ers" in honour of the 1956 provincial victory.

Stittsville residents travel to Kanata and downtown Ottawa via Provincial Highway 417 and Ottawa's OC Transpo urban transit buses.

Stittsville Village Association

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Recreation Facilities

Stittsville and District Community Center 613-836-5941

Goulbourn Recreation Complex 613-831-1169

Schools