| Township of Russell | |
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| — Township — | |
| Russell | |
| Motto: Pax et prosperitas | |
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| County | Prescott and Russell |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre |
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| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 198.96 km2 (76.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Population (2006 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,883 (township) |
| • Density | 69.8/km2 (180.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | K0A1W0 & K0A1W1 (eastern portion), K4R (western portion) |
| Area code(s) | 613 |
The Township of Russell is a municipal township, located south-east of Canada's capital of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, on the Castor River. Russell Township is located within Canada's National Capital Region.
The township had a population of 13,883 in the Canada 2006 Census.
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The primary communities are Embrun and Russell.
Smaller communities listed in the official Ontario place names database are Felton, Forget, Marionville, North Russell and Pana. Both the municipal government and Canada Post consider Brisson and Forget to be part of Embrun, and Felton, North Russell, and Pana as part of Russell. Canada Post also considers Marionville to be part of Russell, although the municipality considers Marionville to be separate. It should be noted that, as Marionville is on the border of the township, parts of it fall into the neighbouring jurisdictions of North Dundas Township and the City of Ottawa.
According to the Canada 2006 Census [3]
The township is predominantly English-speaking with a significant French-speaking minority. 59% of the population speaks English most often at home, while 39% speaks French most often at home[3]. The remaining 2% speak either both languages equally, or speak a different language most often. The different parts of the township have different distributions of language, however. Embrun is more strongly francophone, with 57% French-speaking and 41% English-speaking[4]. Russell, on the other hand, has a stronger anglophone majority, with 87% English-speaking and 11% French-speaking[5].
In terms of mother tongue, however, the statistics differ. Because it is more common for Francophone Canadians to switch to using English as their main language later in life, than it is for Anglophone Canadians to switch to French, the percentage of the population that has French as a mother tongue is higher than the percentage of the population that uses French as their main language at home. With the mother tongue statistic, the township is 49% anglophone and 45% francophone[3]. In Embrun, 63% have French mother tongue and 33% have English mother tongue[4]. In Russell, 79% have English mother tongue and 15% have French mother tongue[5].
| Language spoken most often at home | Entire township (number)[6] | Entire township (percentage) | Embrun (number)[4] | Embrun (percentage) | Russell (number)[5] | Russell (percentage) |
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| English | 8,150 | 59.4% | 2,420 | 41.2% | 3,675 | 87.0% |
| French | 5,320 | 38.7% | 3,380 | 57.5% | 475 | 11.2% |
| English and French equally | 150 | 1.1% | 50 | 0.9% | 25 | 0.2% |
| Other | 100 | 0.7% | 25 | 0.4% | 55 | 1.3% |
| Mother tongue language | Entire township (number)[6] | Entire township (percentage) | Embrun (number)[4] | Embrun (percentage) | Russell (number)[5] | Russell (percentage) |
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| English | 6,805 | 49.5% | 1,960 | 33.3% | 3,340 | 79.1% |
| French | 6,160 | 44.9% | 3,695 | 62.8% | 620 | 14.7% |
| English and French equally | 180 | 1.3% | 75 | 1.3% | 20 | 0.5% |
| Dutch | 155 | 1.1% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Arabic | 80 | 0.6% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| German | 75 | 0.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Note: Mother tongue statistics for non-official languages are not available for individual communities.
In parallel to the responses to the census question about ethnocultural ancestries, which are shown below, 2.0% of the population also reported having an Aboriginal identity, and another 2.0% also reported having a visible minority status. [7]
Single responses: 27.2% of respondents gave a single response of 'Canadian', while a further 23.6% identified with both 'Canadian', and one or more other ancestries. 9.7% of respondents gave a single response of French, 3.5% gave a single response of English, 3.1% gave a single response of Dutch, and 2.5% gave a single response of Irish.
Multiple responses: Counting both single and multiple responses, the most commonly identified ethnocultural ancestries were:
| Canadian | 50.8% |
| French | 34.9% |
| English | 20.1% |
| Irish | 18.0% |
| Scottish | 13.7% |
| German | 7.6% |
| Dutch | 5.2% |
| North American Indian | 3.1% |
| Italian | 2.0% |
Percentages are calculated as a proportion of the total number of respondents and may total more than 100% due to dual responses.
All ethnocultural ancestries of more than 2% are listed in the table above according to the exact terminology used by Statistics Canada.[8]
The current council of Russell Township was elected on October 25, 2010 in the 2010 municipal elections on October 25, 2010.
The municipal offices are located in Embrun.
The township is located within the federal electoral district of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell. It is represented by Pierre Lemieux (Conservative). The provincial electoral district, also named Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, is represented by Jean-Marc Lalonde (Liberal).
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