Clarence-Rockland | |
Official Name: | City of Clarence-Rockland Cité de Clarence-Rockland |
Settlement Type: | City (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Prescott and Russell#Canada Southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Name2: | Prescott and Russell |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1840s |
Established Title2: | Incorporation |
Established Date2: | January 1998 |
Government Type: | City |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Mario Zanth |
Area Land Km2: | 297.71 |
Population Total: | 26,505 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | 82.3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Area Code: | 613 / 343 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Clarence-Rockland is a 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 the Prescott and Russell County. The city was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of the Town of Rockland with Clarence Township.[2] Despite its recent formation, a community has been established in the region since the early 1840s.[3]
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 city.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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 297.47km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
Clarence-Rockland Transpo 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. These routes connected many of the communities within Clarence-Rockland and Ottawa. Both routes have been indefinitely suspended since the COVID-19 pandemic due to safety concerns and low demand.[5]