Russell, Ontario

This article is about the township. For the village sharing the same name, see Russell, Ontario (community).

Township of Russell
—  Township  —
Russell
Motto: Pax et prosperitas
Map of Russell Township
Russell Map of Russell Township
Coordinates: 45°15′25″N 75°21′30″W / 45.25694°N 75.35833°W / 45.25694; -75.35833Coordinates: 45°15′25″N 75°21′30″W / 45.25694°N 75.35833°W / 45.25694; -75.35833
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Prescott and Russell
Government
– Mayor	Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre
– Council	Councillors Érik Bazinet Pierre Leroux Craig Cullen Jamie Laurin
Area[1]
– Total	198.96 km2 (76.8 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (197 ft)
Population (2006 Census)[2]
– Total	13,883 (township)
– Density	69.8/km2 (180.8/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code	K0A1W0 & K0A1W1 (eastern portion), K4R (western portion)
Area code(s)	613

The Township of Russell is a municipal township, located south-east of Canada's capital of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, on the Castor River. Russell Township is located within Canada's National Capital Region.

The township had a population of 13,883 in the Canada 2006 Census.

Communities

The primary communities are Embrun and Russell.

Smaller communities listed in the official Ontario place names database are Felton, Forget, Marionville, North Russell and Pana. Both the municipal government and Canada Post consider Brisson and Forget to be part of Embrun, and Felton, North Russell, and Pana as part of Russell. Canada Post also considers Marionville to be part of Russell, although the municipality considers Marionville to be separate. It should be noted that, as Marionville is on the border of the township, parts of it fall into the neighbouring jurisdictions of North Dundas Township and the City of Ottawa.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census ^[3]

• Population: 13,883
• % Change (2001-2006): 11.9
• Dwellings: 4,838
• Area (km²): 198.96
• Density (persons per km²): 69.8

Languages

The township is predominantly English-speaking with a significant French-speaking minority. 59% of the population speaks English most often at home, while 39% speaks French most often at home^[3]. The remaining 2% speak either both languages equally, or speak a different language most often. The different parts of the township have different distributions of language, however. Embrun is more strongly francophone, with 57% French-speaking and 41% English-speaking^[4]. Russell, on the other hand, has a stronger anglophone majority, with 87% English-speaking and 11% French-speaking^[5].

In terms of mother tongue, however, the statistics differ. Because it is more common for Francophone Canadians to switch to using English as their main language later in life, than it is for Anglophone Canadians to switch to French, the percentage of the population that has French as a mother tongue is higher than the percentage of the population that uses French as their main language at home. With the mother tongue statistic, the township is 49% anglophone and 45% francophone^[3]. In Embrun, 63% have French mother tongue and 33% have English mother tongue^[4]. In Russell, 79% have English mother tongue and 15% have French mother tongue^[5].

Language spoken most often at home	Entire township (number)[6]	Entire township (percentage)	Embrun (number)[4]	Embrun (percentage)	Russell (number)[5]	Russell (percentage)
English	8,150	59.4%	2,420	41.2%	3,675	87.0%
French	5,320	38.7%	3,380	57.5%	475	11.2%
English and French equally	150	1.1%	50	0.9%	25	0.2%
Other	100	0.7%	25	0.4%	55	1.3%

Mother tongue language	Entire township (number)[6]	Entire township (percentage)	Embrun (number)[4]	Embrun (percentage)	Russell (number)[5]	Russell (percentage)
English	6,805	49.5%	1,960	33.3%	3,340	79.1%
French	6,160	44.9%	3,695	62.8%	620	14.7%
English and French equally	180	1.3%	75	1.3%	20	0.5%
Dutch	155	1.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arabic	80	0.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
German	75	0.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Note: Mother tongue statistics for non-official languages are not available for individual communities.

Ethnocultural ancestries

In parallel to the responses to the census question about ethnocultural ancestries, which are shown below, 2.0% of the population also reported having an Aboriginal identity, and another 2.0% also reported having a visible minority status. ^[7]

Single responses: 27.2% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 23.6% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 9.7% of respondents gave a single response of French, 3.5% gave a single response of English, 3.1% gave a single response of Dutch, and 2.5% gave a single response of Irish.

Multiple responses: Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:

Canadian	50.8%
French	34.9%
English	20.1%

Irish	18.0%
Scottish	13.7%
German	7.6%

Dutch	5.2%
North American Indian	3.1%
Italian	2.0%

Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries of more than 2% are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.^[8]

Politics

Township Council

The current council of Russell Township was elected on October 25, 2010 in the 2010 municipal elections on October 25, 2010.

• Mayor: Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre
• Councillors: Eric Bazinet, Craig Cullen, Jamie Laurin, Pierre Leroux

The municipal offices are located in Embrun.

Federal and provincial representation

The township is located within the federal electoral district of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell. It is represented by Pierre Lemieux (Conservative). The provincial electoral district, also named Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, is represented by Jean-Marc Lalonde (Liberal).

References

1. ^ Industry Canada (2006). "Broadband Canada". Broadband Canada, Industry Canada. http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/1329. Retrieved 2006-08-29. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Statistics Canada
3. ^ ^{a b c} 2006 Community Profiles
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Statistics Canada (2010). "Census tract profile for 0184.00 (CT)". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/P3.cfm?Lang=E&CTCODE=5099&CACODE=505&PRCODE=35&PC=k0a1w1. Retrieved 2010-07-24. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Statistics Canada (2010). "Census tract profile for 0183.00 (CT)". Statistics Canada. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/P3.cfm?Lang=E&CTCODE=5098&CACODE=505&PRCODE=35&PC=K4R1A3. Retrieved 2011-10-06. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Russell, TP". Detailed Mother Tongue (103), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?ALEVEL=3&APATH=3&CATNO=&DETAIL=0&DIM=&DS=99&FL=0&FREE=0&GAL=0&GC=99&GK=NA&GRP=1&IPS=&METH=0&ORDER=1&PID=89202&PTYPE=88971&RL=0&S=1&ShowAll=No&StartRow=1&SUB=701&Temporal=2006&Theme=70&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&GID=773569. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
7. ^ "Russell, Ontario (Township)". 2006 Community Profiles. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3502048&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=russell&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
8. ^ "Russell, TP". Ethnic Origin (247), Generation Status (4), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data. Statistics Canada. 2007-11-20. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/topics/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2006&PID=92341&GID=773569&METH=1&APATH=3&PTYPE=88971&THEME=80&AID=&FREE=0&FOCUS=&VID=0&GC=99&GK=NA&RL=0&d1=1&d2=0. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 

External links

• Township of Russell