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'Clarence-Rockland' is a
bilingual 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.
The city is 68 per cent
francophone, and is the largest majority-francophone city in North America outside of Quebec. (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
bylaw which required all new businesses to put up signs in both
English and
French.
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.
According to the
2006 Statistics Canada Census:
★ Population: 20,790
★ % Change (
2001-
2006): 6.0
★ Dwellings: 7,667
★ Area (km².): 296.53
★ Density (persons per km².): 70.1
Communities
★
Bourget
★
Cheney
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Clarence
★
Clarence Creek
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Ettyville
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Hammond
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Rockland
★
St. Pascal Baylon
External links
★
City of Clarence-Rockland
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Cité de Clarence-Rockland (in French)