Clarence–Rockland

Clarence-Rockland
—  City  —
Clarence-Rockland Location in Ontario
Coordinates: 45°29′N 75°12′W / 45.483°N 75.2°W / 45.483; -75.2Coordinates: 45°29′N 75°12′W / 45.483°N 75.2°W / 45.483; -75.2
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Prescott and Russell
Settled	1840s
Incorporation	January 1998
Government
– Type	City
– Mayor	Marcel Guibord
Area[1]
– Land	296.53 km2 (114.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1]
– Total	20,790
– Density	70.1/km2 (181.6/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code
Area code(s)	613
Website	www.clarence-rockland.com

Town hall in Rockland

Clarence-Rockland is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River. Clarence-Rockland is located immediately to the east of Ottawa and is considered part of Canada's National Capital Region in the census.

The city of Clarence-Rockland was one of the first municipalities after Ottawa to introduce a smoking bylaw in all public establishments. This initiative has led other municipalities in the area to consider such a bylaw.

Communities

The city includes the communities of Bourget, Cheney, Clarence, Clarence Creek, Ettyville, Hammond, Rockland, Saint-Pascal-Baylon, Saint-Felix and Vinette.

Demographics

The city is officially bilingual. It is 68 per cent francophone and is the largest majority-francophone city in North America outside of Quebec or Haiti, recently achieving a greater population than Edmundston, New Brunswick. (There are higher numbers of francophones in other Canadian cities such as Ottawa (122,665), Sudbury (45,420), Toronto (34,900), Winnipeg (26,855), Moncton (20,425) and Timmins (17,390), but French speakers in these cities are a minority.) In January, 2005, the city introduced a controversial bylaw which requires all new businesses to put up signs in both English and French whether business owners want to or not. Although the new by-law infringes on citizens constitutional rights, it was nonetheless passed by council.^[2][3][4]

According to the Canada 2006 Census:

• Population: 20,790
• % Change (2001-2006): 6.0
• Dwellings: 7,667
• Area (km².): 296.53
• Density (persons per km².): 70.1

Public transportation

Clarence-Rockland Transpo provides a public transportation service to residents of the city; part of the Rural Partners Transit Service of OC Transpo

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Statistics Canada 2006 Census
2. ^ http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=10740
3. ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/36482185/Doc-001
4. ^ http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2010/10/the-freedom-not-to-express-yourself/

External links

• City of Clarence-Rockland
• (French) Cité de Clarence-Rockland