Portal:Eastern Ontario

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Eastern Ontario is a region of Ontario. It is home to approximately 1,647,000 people (2004) and is comprised of several census divisions (called 'counties' in Eastern Ontario), from Hastings County to Prescott and Russell County to Renfrew County.

The people of Eastern Ontario are called Eastern Ontarians.

60% of Eastern Ontarians live in the City of Ottawa. Other major cities (40,000+) in the region include Kingston, Belleville and Cornwall.

Major towns under 40,000 people include Napanee, Perth, Smiths Falls, Pembroke, Trenton, Brockville, Hawkesbury, Rockland and Embrun.

In addition, there are numerous other small towns and villages in Ontario. Apart from the City of Ottawa, which has a predominantly urban appearance, Eastern Ontario is comprised of many agricultural communities and many farms and rivers.

There is a large number of Francophones in Eastern Ontario, especially in Prescott and Russell County.

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Kingston, Ontario, is a city in Canada located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin.

The central part of the city is located between the Cataraqui River to the east and the Little Cataraqui Creek to the West, with outlying areas extending in both directions. Kingston is the county seat of Frontenac County. According to the 2001 Canadian census, the population of the city proper was 114,195, while the population of the metropolitan area as a whole was 146,838 in 2001.

Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many historic buildings built from limestone.

Canadian Forces Base Kingston (CFB Kingston) houses CFSCE (Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics), the Canadian Armed Forces' military communications training centre.

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Eastern Ontario in the news

A $65 million retail centre to be known as Plaza de l'Est (French for Plaza of the East) is currently planned to be built in the town of Embrun, which would likely maintain a high growth rate in the town.

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Did you know...

...that the cities of Nepean, Gloucester, Kanata, Vanier as well as the regions of West Carleton, Osgoode, Goulbourn, Rideau and Cumberland no longer exist (they are now part of Ottawa)?
...that an international hockey school is planned in the town of Embrun?
...that Eastern Ontario's largest city, Ottawa, is the 4th largest city in Canada, but the second largest city in Eastern Ontario, Kingston, is Canada's 26th largest?
...that Perth was noted the most beautiful town in Ontario in 2005?
...that Cornwall, Belleville and Brockville are all decreasing in population (losing people rather than gaining)?

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