Clarence–Rockland
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Eastern Ontario
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, Canada
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, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River
Ottawa River
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. Clarence-Rockland is located immediately to the east of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
and is considered part of Canada's National Capital Region
National Capital Region (Canada)
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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 BourgetBourget, Ontario
Bourget is a village in eastern Ontario, Canada, near the Cobbs Lake Creek, in the city of Clarence-Rockland in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.It was named after Ignace Bourget, who was bishop of Montréal from 1841 to 1876....
, Cheney, Clarence, Clarence Creek, Ettyville, Hammond, Rockland
Rockland, Ontario
Rockland is a bilingual community located about east of downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, part of the city of Clarence–Rockland. Rockland has a population of 9,210.-History:...
, Saint-Pascal-Baylon, Saint-Felix and Vinette.
Demographics
The city is officially bilingualBilingualism in Canada
The official languages of Canada are English and French, which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada" according to Canada's constitution...
. It is 68 per cent francophone
Francophone
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and is the largest majority-francophone city in North America outside of Quebec or Haiti, recently achieving a greater population than Edmundston, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
. (There are higher numbers of francophones in other Canadian cities such as Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
(122,665), Sudbury (45,420), Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
(34,900), Winnipeg
Winnipeg
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(26,855), Moncton (20,425) and Timmins
Timmins
Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
(17,390), but French speakers in these cities are a minority.) In January, 2005, the city introduced a controversial bylaw
Bylaw
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which requires all new businesses to put up signs in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
whether business owners want to or not. Although the new by-law infringes on citizens constitutional rights, it was nonetheless passed by council.
According to the Canada 2006 Census
Canada 2006 Census
The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 16, 2006. The next census following will be the 2011 Census. Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897...
:
- 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 TranspoClarence-Rockland Transpo
Clarence-Rockland Transpo provides a public transportation service to residents of Clarence–Rockland, a city in eastern Ontario, Canada, about east of Ottawa...
provides a public transportation service to residents of the city; part of the Rural Partners Transit Service of OC Transpo
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An integrated hub-and-spoke system of services is available consisting of: regular buses travelling on fixed routes in mixed traffic, typical of most urban transit systems; a bus rapid transit system — a high...