United Counties of Prescott and Russell

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The United Counties of Prescott and Russell (Template:Langx) is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is L'Orignal.[1] It is located in Eastern Ontario, in the wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". east of the City of Ottawa.

The county was created as a result of a merger between Russell County and Prescott County in 1820. Under Ontario law, the county is an Upper-tier Municipality.

Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the county has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

The county is bordered by the Ontario/Québec border to the east, and the Ottawa River to the north. It is crossed by the South Nation River that connects the Larose Forest and Alfred Bog. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has designated the Alfred Bog "a provincially significant wetland and an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest." Species of interest include the palm warbler, northern pitcher-plant, pink lady's-slipper, cottongrass, bog elfin and bog copper butterflies, and ebony boghaunter dragonfly. It also hosts one of the most southerly herds of moose. The bog is open to the public with a Script error: No such module "convert". boardwalk for nature walks.[3]

Lower-tier Municipalities

Municipality 2021 Population [4] Sub-region Former municipalities
Alfred and Plantagenet, Township of 9949 Prescott Alfred Township, Alfred Village, North Plantagenet Township, Plantagenet Village.
Casselman, Village of 3960 Russell
Champlain, Township of 8665 Prescott Longueuil Township, L'Orignal, Vankleek Hill, West Hawkesbury Township
Clarence-Rockland, City of 26505 Russell Rockland, Bourget
East Hawkesbury, Township of 3418 Prescott Chute-à-Blondeau, Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Saint-Eugène
Hawkesbury, Town of 10194 Prescott
Russell, Township of 19598 Russel Embrun, Russell
The Nation, Municipality of 13350 Prescott, Russell Limoges, St. Isidore

Historical townships

Demographics

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Languages

In 2021, French was the sole mother tongue of 57.7% of its residents, and an additional 3.8% reported being natively bilingual in French and English.[2]

Mother tongue (2021):[2]

  • English as first language: 34.0%
  • French as first language: 57.7%
  • English and French as first language: 3.8%
  • Other as first language: 3.8%

Services

Responsibilities of the county government include social services (social assistance, child care, housing), county roads, paramedic / ambulance services and land-use planning. The county also operates the Prescott-Russell Residence, a home for the aged in Hawkesbury.

Libraries

There are many public libraries located in the county. The largest is the Hawkesbury Public Library, which is located in Hawkesbury.

Health

Hawkesbury and District General Hospital, in Hawkesbury, Ontario is the only hospital in the county.

Police

The county is policed by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). There are two main police stations in Prescott and Russell; one in Embrun and one in Hawkesbury. In addition, there is a police station in Rockland that acts as a satellite to the one in Embrun.[5] The OPP is also in charge of patrolling Highway 417.

See also

References

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External links

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