Clarence-Rockland is a city in

Eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario (census population 1,892,332 in 2021) () is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It occupies a wedge-shaped area bounded by the Ottawa River and Quebec to the northeast and east, the St. Lawr ...

, Canada, in the

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on the

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. Clarence-Rockland, located immediately to the east of

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, was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of the Town of Rockland with Clarence Township. The geographic Township of Clarence was established in 1798 and named after Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence. Communities were established in the township since the early 1840s. In July 1853, the Township Municipality of Clarence was created when it separated from the United Township of Russell, Cambridge and Clarence. Rockland was incorporated as a town in 1908.

Communities

The city includes the communities of Bourget, Cheney, Clarence, Clarence Creek, Hammond, Rockland, and Saint-Pascal-Baylon. The city administrative offices are located in Rockland, which is the largest community in the region.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Clarence-Rockland had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Languages

Mother tongue (2021): * French as first language: 57.0 % * English as first language: 34.0 % * English and French as first language: 4.1 % * Other as first language: 4.2 %

Public transportation

Clarence-Rockland Transpo OC Transpo is a public transit commission that operates 170 bus routes, three light rail lines, and a paratransit system in Ottawa and the National Capital Region. General information The last two digits of route numbers correspond to service ...

provided a public transportation service to residents of the city; part of the ''Rural Partners Transit Service.'' This service consisted of bus routes 530 and 535, ran by

Leduc Bus Lines Leduc may refer to: People * Albert Leduc (1902–1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexandre Leduc (born 1984), Canadian politician * Amand Leduc (1764–1832), French Navy officer * Amanda Leduc, Canadian writer * Audrey Leduc (born 1999), Ca ...

. These routes connected many of the communities within Clarence-Rockland and

. Both routes have been indefinitely suspended since the COVID-19 pandemic due to safety concerns and low demand.

Notable people

William Cameron Edwards William Cameron Edwards (7 May 1844 – 17 September 1921) was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian. He was born in Clarence Township in Russell County, Canada West the son of William Edwards and Ann Cameron, received basic schooling ...

References

External links

* Cities in Ontario Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Populated places on the Ottawa River {{EasternOntario-geo-stub