Cornwall, Ontario
Encyclopedia
Cornwall is a city in Eastern
Ontario
, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St. Lawrence River, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor and on Ontario Highway 401, and is the urban
centre for surrounding communities, which include Long Sault and Ingleside
to the west, Mohawk
Territory of Akwesasne
to the south, St. Andrew's and Avonmore to the north, and Glen Walter, Martintown, Williamstown, and Lancaster to the east.
Cornwall is located along the 45th parallel, approximately 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) southeast of Ottawa
, the national capital, 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) southwest of Montreal
, Quebec's largest city, and 400 kilometres (248.5 mi) northeast of Toronto
, the provincial capital. It is named after the English county of Cornwall
, which is represented in the city's flag and coat of arms—both of which boast the duchy standard.
The first serious European settlement was established in 1784, by United Empire Loyalists
, primarily from New York
. Disbanded soldiers and their families began to settle at the site of Cornwall, then called New Johnstown.
They were led by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Johnson and were soldiers from the First Battalion King's Royal Regiment of New York and a contingent of the 84th Royal Highland Emigrants. Following the success of rebellious colonists in the American Revolution
, the United Empire Loyalists (as they were later called) migrated to Canada. The British government helped them settle there in reward for their loyalty and compensation for their losses in the United States.
They founded a settlement on the site formerly called Pointe Maligne by French colonists and renamed it New Johnstown. Later renamed Cornwall for the Duke of Cornwall
, Prince George
, in 1834 the town became one of the first incorporated municipalities in the British colony of Upper Canada
. The construction of the Cornwall Canal between 1834 and 1842 accelerated the community's development into an industrial centre.
West of Cornwall, along the St. Lawrence River, were several smaller communities. Now known as the Lost Villages
, the communities were permanently flooded in 1958 by the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The massive Moses-Saunders hydroelectric dam at the western end of the city required a reservoir, and the villages were flooded when it was filled.
The 2001 census indicates that English is the first language of approximately 65% of the population, while 27% count French as their first native language. The remainder speak numerous mother tongues, including (among others) Mohawk
, Greek
, and Italian
.Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, tamil
at Roosevelttown, near the municipalities of Massena, New York
and Malone, New York
, via the Three Nations Crossing (Canada, Mohawk, and U.S.A.) which traverses the St. Lawrence River and Cornwall Island, located within the Ontario portion of Akwesasne
, a mostly Mohawk reserve.
Cornwall was once home to a thriving cotton
processing industry. Courtaulds Canada, Inc.’s rayon manufacturing mill operated until 1992; at one point it employed nearly 3,000 people. Domtar, a Quebec-based company, operated a paper mill in the city for nearly 100 years, ceasing operations on March 31, 2006. At its peak, Domtar employed nearly 1,500 employees. In addition, Canadian Industries Limited (C.I.L.), now Pioneer Chemicals, has operated a plant in Cornwall since 1935. The Cornwall, ON location has been converted into a major deriatives plant.
Cornwall's industrial base has now shifted to a more diversified mix of manufacturing, automotive, high tech, food processing, and call centres. The City hosts the largest SCM distribution centre in Canada, its massive 1500000 square feet (139,354.6 m²) facility employing nearly 1000 people. StarTek
and Teleperformance
both operate call centres in Cornwall. Teleperformance provides in excess of 300 jobs. In late 2008, Shopper's Drug Mart announced the construction of a 500,000 sq.ft. distribution facility in Cornwall's Business Park. Construction started on the new facility in the summer of 2009; over 130 new jobs will be created. Service Canada has established a new contact centre which opened in 2010. Over 170 new jobs were created. Cornwall's unemployment rate is about 4%.
On April 16, 2009, Cornwall City Council agreed to increase property taxes by 2.5% per household based on property assessments calculated in 2008.
On February 18, 2009, the United Counties council (surrounding the city of Cornwall) tabled a draft budget that would see a 2.7% decrease in property taxes. On February 19, 2009, the United Counties council voted 7 to 4 for a 4.5% tax rate decrease. Larger than the 2.7% that was tabled as a draft.
MoneySense magazine rated Cornwall as Canada's 86th best city in 2009 (out of 154).
festivities, and "Lift Off" hot air balloon
festival.
Cornwall is named after the county of Cornwall
in the United Kingdom
. Its flag also bears the insignia and colours of the flag of the Duchy of Cornwall
.
, Trooper
, Tom Cochrane
, April Wine
, Sass Jordan
, Glass Tiger
, Dennis DeYoung
, Chantal Kreviazuk
, Theory of a Deadman
, Kim Mitchell
& Max Webster guitarist, Peter Fredette
, Finger Eleven
, Amanda Marshall
and Our Lady Peace
.
. Cornwall is situated within the electoral district
of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
, which is represented provincially by MPP Jim McDonell
(Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario), and federally by MP Guy Lauzon
(Conservative
). John Sandfield Macdonald
, the first Premier of Ontario
, was from Cornwall, and is buried in St. Andrews West at the Catholic Church cemetery.
Cornwall also has two French high schools: l'École secondaire publique l'Héritage, and l’École secondaire catholique La Citadelle. École secondaire publique l'Héritage is part of the Conseil des écoles publique de l'est de l'Ontario and is home to grade 7 through 12 students.
Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School
hosts grade 11 and 12 students and, having celebrated its bicentennial in 2006, is the oldest school in Canada.
Al-rashid Islamic Institute is the first Islamic school of any kind in North America, providing higher educations Islamic studies with the boarding facility.
Census results from Statistics Canada indicate that 1 in 4 adults (20 – 64 years) did not finish high school.
A campus of St. Lawrence College
is situated in Cornwall. The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences is located on the College campus, and, among other academic and vocational offerings, provides an Environmental Technician program. The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences is a research centre that carries out ecotoxicological studies on large river systems and, in particular, on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River ecosystem.
Cornwall is home to the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (École des opérations de contrôle aérospatial des Forces canadiennes) also known as CFSACO. CFSACO offers a range of basic and specialty courses and conversion training to Canadian Forces personnel. Military members are trained to become either Air Traffic Controller/Operators or Air Weapons Controller/Operators.
NAV CANADA
, Canada's air navigation service provider, formerly conducted training of domestic Air Traffic Controllers in Cornwall at the NAV CANADA Training Institute and Conference Centre; Air Traffic Control training is now limited to international clients. The Centre still hosts training for technical operations, and leadership.
In September 2008, over public opposition and in spite of Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) reports indicating off site leachate
impact from the dump and the likelihood of runoff to the St.Lawrence River, the MOE permitted additional dumping at the "Big Ben" site of creosote and bitumin contaminated soils from Domtar's former No-co-rode Ltd. site.
Although the area is touted as recreational it is off limits until winter when the waste is covered and the odours are subdued. It is then used as a ski hill.
For years, the industrial emissions in the Cornwall area, fuelled public health concern about respiratory disease and cancer. In 1995 Health Canada reported the rate of hospitalization for asthma was approximately double that of cities such as Hamilton, Sudbury and Windsor. Further research, showed that infants under two years of age had four times the expected hospital admission rate for asthma. Lung and male rectal cancer rates were also elevated in comparison with the rest of the province.
The shutdown of the Courtaulds rayon fiber operation (1992) and the Domtar paper mill (2006) have been a significant factor in the city's improved air quality. Cornwall now consistently ranks in the top 10 of 40 monitored communities across Ontario. More recently, a Pembina Institute study of 29 communities across Ontario looked at a number of environmental, social and economic factors. Cornwall ranked 13th overall and its air quality was ranked #1 in the province.
Cornwall is one of only two cities left in the Province of Ontario with only primary sewage treatment facilities. Although tenders have been issued a construction date has not been determined, the governments of Canada and Ontario will each cover one-third of an estimated $55.5 million cost to expand the Cornwall facility to a secondary treatment level. The City will pick up the remaining one-third of the cost, at $18.5 million.
In 2006, the city updated its Strategic Plan including the objective, to develop an environmentally sustainable community.
In 2007, a former city councillor, Naresh Bhargava, began working with the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences on a project called the Community Carbon Reduction Initiative. City council provided $5,000 in start-up funding for the project. Earlier progress in energy conservation was made in the 1990s when a co-generation plant went into operation that provides 4% to 6% of the city's daily electrical needs while at the same time, heating a number of buildings including both hospital sites. Cornwall also converted all of its traffic signals in 2002 to energy efficient LEDs that have reduced power usage by more than 600,000 kW, enough to light close to 70 homes. The data was contained in a report prepared by the city's public works department.
With a fleet of 24 buses, Cornwall Transit
serves the community 6 days per week (excluding holidays) on fixed routes and supplementary "rush hour" routes. In addition, there is an on-demand "Handi-Transit" service for the disabled. Cornwall Transit also contracts taxi service at a flat rate for Handi-Transit registrants who are ambulatory.
Cornwall Transit claims that about 738,000 passengers are transported per year (roughly 4,500 person trips, per day of operation). The city lost provincially funded school bus contracts ($1 million per year) to private operators. This resulted in provincial subsidies of over $600,000 in 2006 to maintain operations.
Cornwall is served by the Cornwall Regional Airport
located 10 km east of the City, near Summerstown. It is open year round and licensed for day and night VFR IFR operations. The facilities include a 3500' x 100' runway, a terminal, hangar, and Canada Border Services Agency service (on request). Domestic and international charter flying service from the airport is offered by Cornwall Aviation.
Cornwall is located on CN Rail's mainline Quebec City-Windsor corridor and served by 9 daily Via Rail
runs between Toronto and Montreal. The Station is located in the City's north end.
The City of Cornwall is on the St. Lawrence Seaway just east of the Eisenhower and Snell Locks. The Cornwall Harbour and government wharf
are located on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River in the city's east end.
and the Benson Centre with three ice surfaces.
Hockey
Cornwall has been home to a variety of sports teams, the most notable of which was the Cornwall Royals
hockey team which played in both the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
and the Ontario Hockey League
before moving to Newmarket
in 1992. The Royals won the Memorial Cup
in 1972, 1980 and 1981.
Between the years 1993-1996, the Cornwall Aces
, an AHL
franchise was in town. They were the farm team for the NHL franchise the Quebec Nordiques
/Colorado Avalanche
.
The Cornwall Colts
are the current Junior A team playing in the Central Canada Hockey League. They finished 6th in the 2007-08 season.
Cornwall has hosted several major sporting events in its history, including the Ontario Winter Games and Special Olympics. In 2008, Cornwall hosted the Royal Bank Cup, the National Championship for Junior A hockey teams. The Cornwall Colts finished third in the series winning 2 of 5 games.
Competitive Swimming
Cornwall's competitive swim team is the Cornwall Sea Lions, currently under the coaching of Simon St. Pierre. Three swimmers, Hannah Riordan, Tess Simpson and Megan Suffel have competed at the junior international level. Riordan and Simpson have also represented Canada at the second FINA World Junior Championships and Tri-Nations Cup. All three have accepted scholarships to recognized Division I American universities (Riordan - Auburn, Simpson - Texas A&M, Suffel - University of New Hampshire.
Soccer
Cornwall has three soccer areas, The Kinsmen Junior Soccer Field on Second and Power Dam, The Benson Centre (for indoor soccer) and Optimist Park on Sunnyside Street and St. Michel Drive.
Rugby
Cornwall has both competitive Men's and Women's Rugby Clubs. After many years without rugby in the community it saw a resurrection in 2006. Both teams compete in the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union, which is located in Ottawa. The home of the Cornwall Crusaders Rugby Football Club is Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School. The Men's and Women's Teams practice Tuesdays and Thursdays from April until the end of August. The Men's team has found success in recent years winning the Eastern Ontario Men's Division 1 Championship in 2009 and 2010 versus The Napanee Outlaws and the Gatineau Mirage respectively.
The sport of rugby continues to grow in the community. Many high schools throughout Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry have Junior and Senior Boys teams as well as Varsity Girls teams. These high school teams serve as feeders to the Cornwall Crusaders. Many players who play on the Crusaders today come from high schools in the S.D.& G. area.
Some stations from other nearby areas, including Ottawa, Montreal and New York's North Country, are also available.
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Eastern Ontario
Eastern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River...
Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St. Lawrence River, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor and on Ontario Highway 401, and is the urban
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...
centre for surrounding communities, which include Long Sault and Ingleside
Ingleside, Ontario
Ingleside is a small town in Eastern Ontario, Canada.When Farran's Point was flooded as part of The Lost Villages, the businesses of Farran's Point were moved to Ingleside....
to the west, Mohawk
Mohawk nation
Mohawk are the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They call themselves Kanien'gehaga, people of the place of the flint...
Territory of Akwesasne
Akwesasne
The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is a Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the intersection of international and provincial borders on both banks of the Saint Lawrence River. Most of the land is in what is otherwise the United States...
to the south, St. Andrew's and Avonmore to the north, and Glen Walter, Martintown, Williamstown, and Lancaster to the east.
Cornwall is located along the 45th parallel, approximately 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) southeast of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, the national capital, 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) southwest of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec's largest city, and 400 kilometres (248.5 mi) northeast of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, the provincial capital. It is named after the English county of Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, which is represented in the city's flag and coat of arms—both of which boast the duchy standard.
History
Aboriginal peoples have lived in and around the area of present day Cornwall for millennia.The first serious European settlement was established in 1784, by United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists
The name United Empire Loyalists is an honorific given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris...
, primarily from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Disbanded soldiers and their families began to settle at the site of Cornwall, then called New Johnstown.
They were led by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Johnson and were soldiers from the First Battalion King's Royal Regiment of New York and a contingent of the 84th Royal Highland Emigrants. Following the success of rebellious colonists in the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
, the United Empire Loyalists (as they were later called) migrated to Canada. The British government helped them settle there in reward for their loyalty and compensation for their losses in the United States.
They founded a settlement on the site formerly called Pointe Maligne by French colonists and renamed it New Johnstown. Later renamed Cornwall for the Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwall
The Duchy of Cornwall was the first duchy created in the peerage of England.The present Duke of Cornwall is The Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, the reigning British monarch .-History:...
, Prince George
George IV of the United Kingdom
George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...
, in 1834 the town became one of the first incorporated municipalities in the British colony of Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
. The construction of the Cornwall Canal between 1834 and 1842 accelerated the community's development into an industrial centre.
West of Cornwall, along the St. Lawrence River, were several smaller communities. Now known as the Lost Villages
The Lost Villages
The Lost Villages are ten communities in the Canadian province of Ontario, in the former townships of Cornwall and Osnabruck near Cornwall, which were permanently submerged by the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1958....
, the communities were permanently flooded in 1958 by the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The massive Moses-Saunders hydroelectric dam at the western end of the city required a reservoir, and the villages were flooded when it was filled.
Demographics
According to the 2006 census, Cornwall has a population of 45,965. This represents a 0.7% increase from the 2001 Census, which gave the city a population of approximately 45,640, but is still 3% below the 1996 census figure of 47,403.The 2001 census indicates that English is the first language of approximately 65% of the population, while 27% count French as their first native language. The remainder speak numerous mother tongues, including (among others) Mohawk
Mohawk language
Mohawk is an Iroquoian language spoken by around 2,000 people of the Mohawk nation in the United States and Canada . Mohawk has the largest number of speakers of the Northern Iroquoian languages; today it is the only one with greater than a thousand remaining...
, Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, tamil
Economy
Cornwall is a port-of-entry into Canada (Canada Border Services abandoned the Cornwall Island post May 31, 2009, but resumed service on July 13, 2009, at temporary facilities on the city's southern edge). The city is connected to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at Roosevelttown, near the municipalities of Massena, New York
Massena (village), New York
Massena is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 13,589 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Andre Massena, one of Napoleon's generals....
and Malone, New York
Malone (village), New York
-Notable natives:Notable natives include:*William Almon Wheeler served as Vice President of the United States under Rutherford Hayes. Is buried at Morningside Cemetery in Malone....
, via the Three Nations Crossing (Canada, Mohawk, and U.S.A.) which traverses the St. Lawrence River and Cornwall Island, located within the Ontario portion of Akwesasne
Akwesasne
The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is a Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the intersection of international and provincial borders on both banks of the Saint Lawrence River. Most of the land is in what is otherwise the United States...
, a mostly Mohawk reserve.
Cornwall was once home to a thriving cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
processing industry. Courtaulds Canada, Inc.’s rayon manufacturing mill operated until 1992; at one point it employed nearly 3,000 people. Domtar, a Quebec-based company, operated a paper mill in the city for nearly 100 years, ceasing operations on March 31, 2006. At its peak, Domtar employed nearly 1,500 employees. In addition, Canadian Industries Limited (C.I.L.), now Pioneer Chemicals, has operated a plant in Cornwall since 1935. The Cornwall, ON location has been converted into a major deriatives plant.
Cornwall's industrial base has now shifted to a more diversified mix of manufacturing, automotive, high tech, food processing, and call centres. The City hosts the largest SCM distribution centre in Canada, its massive 1500000 square feet (139,354.6 m²) facility employing nearly 1000 people. StarTek
StarTek, Inc.
StarTek is a business process outsourcing company that was founded in Greeley, Colorado in 1987 as a packaging company, StarPak. Originally contracted to pack early versions of Microsoft word processors, it eventually expanded to provide customer support for the product...
and Teleperformance
Teleperformance
Teleperformance is a French customer service, technical support, call center and debt collection company with headquarters in Paris, France.The company operates in around 50 countries, including UK, Brazil, Chile, India, Philippines, China , Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Norway, Italy, USA, Costa...
both operate call centres in Cornwall. Teleperformance provides in excess of 300 jobs. In late 2008, Shopper's Drug Mart announced the construction of a 500,000 sq.ft. distribution facility in Cornwall's Business Park. Construction started on the new facility in the summer of 2009; over 130 new jobs will be created. Service Canada has established a new contact centre which opened in 2010. Over 170 new jobs were created. Cornwall's unemployment rate is about 4%.
On April 16, 2009, Cornwall City Council agreed to increase property taxes by 2.5% per household based on property assessments calculated in 2008.
On February 18, 2009, the United Counties council (surrounding the city of Cornwall) tabled a draft budget that would see a 2.7% decrease in property taxes. On February 19, 2009, the United Counties council voted 7 to 4 for a 4.5% tax rate decrease. Larger than the 2.7% that was tabled as a draft.
MoneySense magazine rated Cornwall as Canada's 86th best city in 2009 (out of 154).
Culture
The city of Cornwall hosts festivals and special community events including; Canada DayCanada Day
Canada Day , formerly Dominion Day , is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act , which united three British colonies into a single country, called Canada, within the British Empire...
festivities, and "Lift Off" hot air balloon
Hot air balloon
The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flight technology. It is in a class of aircraft known as balloon aircraft. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the first untethered manned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air...
festival.
Cornwall is named after the county of Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Its flag also bears the insignia and colours of the flag of the Duchy of Cornwall
Duchy of Cornwall
The Duchy of Cornwall is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch inherits the duchy and title of Duke of Cornwall at the time of his birth, or of his parent's succession to the throne. If the monarch has no son, the...
.
Lift Off
Lift Off is an annual festival centered around hot air balloons. The festival is held in Lamoureux Park on the St. Lawrence River and features, carnival rides, balloon rides and live music. Lift Off attracts thousands of visitors. Performers have included Collective SoulCollective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band originally formed in Stockbridge, Georgia. Collective Soul broke into mainstream popularity with their first hit single, "Shine", which came from their debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid, released in 1993...
, Trooper
Trooper (band)
Trooper is a Juno Award winning Canadian rock band that developed from a group formed by vocalist Ramon McGuire and guitarist Brian Smith in 1975...
, Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane, OC Canadian musician and humanitarian, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "Human Race" and "I Wish You Well". Cochrane fronted the Canadian rock band Red Rider and has won seven Juno Awards...
, April Wine
April Wine
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...
, Sass Jordan
Sass Jordan
Sarah "Sass" Jordan is a Canadian, Juno Award winning, rock singer/songwriter who grew up in Montreal.- Biography :...
, Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
, Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...
, Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...
, Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records as well as Island Records. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative...
, Kim Mitchell
Kim Mitchell
Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canadian guitarist. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to lead a solo career. He is currently a radio show host for CILQ-FM in Toronto....
& Max Webster guitarist, Peter Fredette
Max Webster
Max Webster was a Canadian rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s.-Career:The band was formed in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario and originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, keyboardist Terry Watkinson, bassist Mike Tilka and drummer Paul Kersey. Mitchell and Pye Dubois would write the...
, Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...
, Amanda Marshall
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall is a Canadian pop-rock singer.She grew up in Toronto in a biracial family to a White Canadian father and a Black Trinidadian mother...
and Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace is a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Headed by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band additionally consists of Jeremy Taggart on percussion, Duncan Coutts on bass, and Steve Mazur as lead guitarist...
.
Non-profit organizations
Cornwall is home to many local charities and non-profit organizations. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, Cornwall Nativiti Guardes, Canadian Cancer Society, the Agapè Centre (which serves free meals to more than 100 residents a day), Salvation Army, United Way, Canadian Mental Health Association, St. John Ambulance and Canadian Red Cross all have offices in Cornwall.Government
The mayor of Cornwall is Bob KilgerBob Kilger
Robert “Bob” Kilger is a Canadian politician.Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Kilger is the former Liberal member of Parliament for the Cornwall region, representing the riding Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry from 2000 to 2004, and Stormont—Dundas from 1988 to 2000...
. Cornwall is situated within the electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.Its population in 2001 was 98,933.-Geography:...
, which is represented provincially by MPP Jim McDonell
Jim McDonell
Jim McDonell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caucus....
(Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario), and federally by MP Guy Lauzon
Guy Lauzon
Guy Lauzon is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry as a Conservative. He was born in St...
(Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
). John Sandfield Macdonald
John Sandfield Macdonald
John Sandfield Macdonald, QC was the first Premier of the province of Ontario, one of the four founding provinces created at the confederation of Canada in 1867...
, the first Premier of Ontario
Premier of Ontario
The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...
, was from Cornwall, and is buried in St. Andrews West at the Catholic Church cemetery.
Education
St. Joseph's Secondary School is a part of the Catholic District Board and offers French immersion education. The newest high school in Cornwall is Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School for grades 7 to 12, opened in response to overpopulation at St. Joseph's. Both schools offer French immersion education.Cornwall also has two French high schools: l'École secondaire publique l'Héritage, and l’École secondaire catholique La Citadelle. École secondaire publique l'Héritage is part of the Conseil des écoles publique de l'est de l'Ontario and is home to grade 7 through 12 students.
Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School
Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School
Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School is a high school located in Cornwall, Ontario. It was built in 1806 and is one of the oldest schools in Canada. The school's bicentennial in 2006 attracted over 1500 former students back to the school....
hosts grade 11 and 12 students and, having celebrated its bicentennial in 2006, is the oldest school in Canada.
Al-rashid Islamic Institute is the first Islamic school of any kind in North America, providing higher educations Islamic studies with the boarding facility.
Census results from Statistics Canada indicate that 1 in 4 adults (20 – 64 years) did not finish high school.
A campus of St. Lawrence College
St. Lawrence College, Ontario
St. Lawrence College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology with three campuses in Eastern Ontario, namely Brockville , Cornwall and Kingston .-History:...
is situated in Cornwall. The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences is located on the College campus, and, among other academic and vocational offerings, provides an Environmental Technician program. The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences is a research centre that carries out ecotoxicological studies on large river systems and, in particular, on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence River ecosystem.
Cornwall is home to the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (École des opérations de contrôle aérospatial des Forces canadiennes) also known as CFSACO. CFSACO offers a range of basic and specialty courses and conversion training to Canadian Forces personnel. Military members are trained to become either Air Traffic Controller/Operators or Air Weapons Controller/Operators.
NAV CANADA
NAV CANADA
Nav Canada is a privately run, not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system .The company employs approximately 2,000 air traffic controllers , 800 flight service specialists and 700 technologists...
, Canada's air navigation service provider, formerly conducted training of domestic Air Traffic Controllers in Cornwall at the NAV CANADA Training Institute and Conference Centre; Air Traffic Control training is now limited to international clients. The Centre still hosts training for technical operations, and leadership.
Environment
Cornwall does not enjoy a positive environmental reputation as a result of decades of industrial pollution in the City, the legacy of which is a riverfront contaminated by mercury, zinc, lead, and copper, soil contaminated by coal tar and byproducts, and most evidently, "Big Ben": a 45 acres (182,108.7 m²), 80 metre tall dumpsite within the city filled with wood bark, paper mill sludge, demolition waste and asbestos.In September 2008, over public opposition and in spite of Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) reports indicating off site leachate
Leachate
Leachate is any liquid that, in passing through matter, extracts solutes, suspended solids or any other component of the material through which it has passed....
impact from the dump and the likelihood of runoff to the St.Lawrence River, the MOE permitted additional dumping at the "Big Ben" site of creosote and bitumin contaminated soils from Domtar's former No-co-rode Ltd. site.
Although the area is touted as recreational it is off limits until winter when the waste is covered and the odours are subdued. It is then used as a ski hill.
For years, the industrial emissions in the Cornwall area, fuelled public health concern about respiratory disease and cancer. In 1995 Health Canada reported the rate of hospitalization for asthma was approximately double that of cities such as Hamilton, Sudbury and Windsor. Further research, showed that infants under two years of age had four times the expected hospital admission rate for asthma. Lung and male rectal cancer rates were also elevated in comparison with the rest of the province.
The shutdown of the Courtaulds rayon fiber operation (1992) and the Domtar paper mill (2006) have been a significant factor in the city's improved air quality. Cornwall now consistently ranks in the top 10 of 40 monitored communities across Ontario. More recently, a Pembina Institute study of 29 communities across Ontario looked at a number of environmental, social and economic factors. Cornwall ranked 13th overall and its air quality was ranked #1 in the province.
Cornwall is one of only two cities left in the Province of Ontario with only primary sewage treatment facilities. Although tenders have been issued a construction date has not been determined, the governments of Canada and Ontario will each cover one-third of an estimated $55.5 million cost to expand the Cornwall facility to a secondary treatment level. The City will pick up the remaining one-third of the cost, at $18.5 million.
In 2006, the city updated its Strategic Plan including the objective, to develop an environmentally sustainable community.
In 2007, a former city councillor, Naresh Bhargava, began working with the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences on a project called the Community Carbon Reduction Initiative. City council provided $5,000 in start-up funding for the project. Earlier progress in energy conservation was made in the 1990s when a co-generation plant went into operation that provides 4% to 6% of the city's daily electrical needs while at the same time, heating a number of buildings including both hospital sites. Cornwall also converted all of its traffic signals in 2002 to energy efficient LEDs that have reduced power usage by more than 600,000 kW, enough to light close to 70 homes. The data was contained in a report prepared by the city's public works department.
Climate
Transportation
Cornwall Transit
Cornwall Transit serves the City of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada with 24 buses that transport about 538,833 passengers per year. Founded in 1971 and originally operated under contract by A.J. McDonald Limited the system has been city run since 1974....
serves the community 6 days per week (excluding holidays) on fixed routes and supplementary "rush hour" routes. In addition, there is an on-demand "Handi-Transit" service for the disabled. Cornwall Transit also contracts taxi service at a flat rate for Handi-Transit registrants who are ambulatory.
Cornwall Transit claims that about 738,000 passengers are transported per year (roughly 4,500 person trips, per day of operation). The city lost provincially funded school bus contracts ($1 million per year) to private operators. This resulted in provincial subsidies of over $600,000 in 2006 to maintain operations.
Cornwall is served by the Cornwall Regional Airport
Cornwall Regional Airport
Cornwall Regional Airport, , is located east-northeast of the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada across the St. Lawrence River from Massena, New York, United States. The airport has a single, paved runway oriented east-west....
located 10 km east of the City, near Summerstown. It is open year round and licensed for day and night VFR IFR operations. The facilities include a 3500' x 100' runway, a terminal, hangar, and Canada Border Services Agency service (on request). Domestic and international charter flying service from the airport is offered by Cornwall Aviation.
Cornwall is located on CN Rail's mainline Quebec City-Windsor corridor and served by 9 daily Via Rail
VIA Rail
Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....
runs between Toronto and Montreal. The Station is located in the City's north end.
The City of Cornwall is on the St. Lawrence Seaway just east of the Eisenhower and Snell Locks. The Cornwall Harbour and government wharf
Wharf
A wharf or quay is a structure on the shore of a harbor where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.Such a structure includes one or more berths , and may also include piers, warehouses, or other facilities necessary for handling the ships.A wharf commonly comprises a fixed...
are located on the north bank of the St. Lawrence River in the city's east end.
Sports
Cornwall has two indoor arenas, the Cornwall Civic ComplexCornwall Civic Complex
The Cornwall Civic Complex is a business/sports facility located in Cornwall, Ontario. The arena inside is called the Ed Lumley Arena, named for Ed Lumley...
and the Benson Centre with three ice surfaces.
Hockey
Cornwall has been home to a variety of sports teams, the most notable of which was the Cornwall Royals
Cornwall Royals
The Cornwall Royals were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1969 to 1981 and the Ontario Hockey League from 1981 to 1992. This team should not be confused with other Cornwall Royals teams that played in the QSHL, MMJHL, or OHA-B.-History:From 1961 until 1969, the...
hockey team which played in both the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
and the Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
before moving to Newmarket
Newmarket, Ontario
Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9...
in 1992. The Royals won the Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
in 1972, 1980 and 1981.
Between the years 1993-1996, the Cornwall Aces
Cornwall Aces
The Cornwall Aces were the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Quebec Nordiques from 1993 to 1995, and the relocated Colorado Avalanche in 1995–96. They were based in the eastern Ontario city of Cornwall, and played at the Ed Lumley Arena inside the Cornwall Civic Complex...
, an AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
franchise was in town. They were the farm team for the NHL franchise the Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
/Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...
.
The Cornwall Colts
Cornwall Colts
The Cornwall Colts are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Canada Hockey League. Before 1992, they were known as the Massena Americans, and moved to Cornwall in 1992 when the Cornwall Royals were sold and moved away from the...
are the current Junior A team playing in the Central Canada Hockey League. They finished 6th in the 2007-08 season.
Cornwall has hosted several major sporting events in its history, including the Ontario Winter Games and Special Olympics. In 2008, Cornwall hosted the Royal Bank Cup, the National Championship for Junior A hockey teams. The Cornwall Colts finished third in the series winning 2 of 5 games.
Competitive Swimming
Cornwall's competitive swim team is the Cornwall Sea Lions, currently under the coaching of Simon St. Pierre. Three swimmers, Hannah Riordan, Tess Simpson and Megan Suffel have competed at the junior international level. Riordan and Simpson have also represented Canada at the second FINA World Junior Championships and Tri-Nations Cup. All three have accepted scholarships to recognized Division I American universities (Riordan - Auburn, Simpson - Texas A&M, Suffel - University of New Hampshire.
Soccer
Cornwall has three soccer areas, The Kinsmen Junior Soccer Field on Second and Power Dam, The Benson Centre (for indoor soccer) and Optimist Park on Sunnyside Street and St. Michel Drive.
Rugby
Cornwall has both competitive Men's and Women's Rugby Clubs. After many years without rugby in the community it saw a resurrection in 2006. Both teams compete in the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union, which is located in Ottawa. The home of the Cornwall Crusaders Rugby Football Club is Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School. The Men's and Women's Teams practice Tuesdays and Thursdays from April until the end of August. The Men's team has found success in recent years winning the Eastern Ontario Men's Division 1 Championship in 2009 and 2010 versus The Napanee Outlaws and the Gatineau Mirage respectively.
The sport of rugby continues to grow in the community. Many high schools throughout Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry have Junior and Senior Boys teams as well as Varsity Girls teams. These high school teams serve as feeders to the Cornwall Crusaders. Many players who play on the Crusaders today come from high schools in the S.D.& G. area.
Notable people
Some of the more famous people to hail from the Cornwall area include:- Barstool ProphetsBarstool ProphetsThe Barstool Prophets were a rock band formed in Cornwall, Ontario in 1989 that was active throughout the 1990s. The members were bassist Glenn Forrester, singer/songwriter Graham Greer, guitarist Al Morier, and drummer Bobby Tamas. Originally known as the Wallflowers, the band changed its name in...
, 3 of the 4 members of the Canadian rock band hailed from Cornwall where the band had its start (Glenn Forrester, Graham Greer, Bobby Tamas) - Kyle McIntyre, worlds most hairiest ass
- Malcolm BurnMalcolm BurnMalcolm Burn is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. -Biography:...
, musician and record producer - Doug CarpenterDoug CarpenterDoug Carpenter is a former head coach in the National Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the International Hockey League and the American Hockey League, and is a former hockey player in the Eastern Hockey League and the International Hockey League.As a player from 1964–1974, he...
, former NHL coach - Alain ChevrierAlain ChevrierAlain Guy Chevrier is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender.Chevrier started his National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. He would also play with the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings...
, former NHL goaltender - Corbett DennenyCorbett DennenyCharles Corbett "Corb" Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1912 to 1931, including nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and Chicago Black Hawks. Corbett also played for the Vancouver...
, former NHL player - Cy DennenyCy DennenyCyril Joseph Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. His brother Corbett Denneny also played in the NHL.-Early life:Cy Denneny was born...
, brother of Corbett, former NHL player, in the Hockey Hall of FameHockey Hall of FameThe Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup... - Lori DupuisLori DupuisLori Dupuis is a Canadian women's ice hockey player.-Playing career:She was born in raised just outside of Cornwall, Ontario. Dupuis is a former member of the Cornwall Wolverines of the OWHA. She started with the Wolverines at the age of 10, and won Provincial "C" and "B" Championships...
, Olympic gold and silver medalist in women's ice hockey - Pierre FitchPierre FitchPierre Fitch is a Canadian gay pornography actor, formerly exclusive to Falcon Studios. He is also an entrepreneur, who now works for himself as an actor and producer of video productions. He is currently performing as a DJ, presenting his own mixes through a number of night clubs in Canada, USA...
, pornographic actor - Jacob Gallinger, U.S. politician
- Peter GatienPeter GatienPeter Gatien was the owner of several New York nightclubs, including The Limelight, Palladium, Club USA, and Tunnel. He was once dubbed as the "King of New York Clubs", during his time in New York City.-Life and career:...
, New York nightlife impresario - Chad KilgerChad KilgerChad William Lawrence Kilger is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for several National Hockey League teams, most recently the Toronto Maple Leafs.-Playing career:...
, retired NHL player - Bob KilgerBob KilgerRobert “Bob” Kilger is a Canadian politician.Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Kilger is the former Liberal member of Parliament for the Cornwall region, representing the riding Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry from 2000 to 2004, and Stormont—Dundas from 1988 to 2000...
, former NHL referee, Cornwall mayor, father of Chad Kilger - Ed "Newsy" Lalonde, captained the Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
in the 1910s and helped the team win its first Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
in 1918 - John Sandfield MacdonaldJohn Sandfield MacdonaldJohn Sandfield Macdonald, QC was the first Premier of the province of Ontario, one of the four founding provinces created at the confederation of Canada in 1867...
, prominent lawyer and the first Premier of OntarioPremier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario... - Maggie MacDonaldMaggie MacDonaldMaggie MacDonald is a writer, playwright and musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario.-Early life and education:MacDonald grew up in Cornwall, Ontario, where she became active in the local independent rock music scene. She put on shows and creating a fanzine called Saucy, which gained attention...
, playwright and musician - Don McKayDon McKayDon McKay, CM is an award-winning Canadian poet, editor, and educator.Born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall, McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971...
, Governor General's Award-winning poet and essayist. - Duncan McNaughtonDuncan McNaughtonDuncan Anderson McNaughton was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He went on a career in petroleum geology....
, gold medalist in the 1932 Olympics in the high jump - Ray MironRay MironRay Miron is the former owner of the new Central Hockey League, founded in 1992 by Miron and William "Bill" Levins, as well as a former National Hockey League executive, serving in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization and as General Manager of the Colorado Rockies . They founded the league under...
, hockey player, coach, and executive, inducted into Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame in 2006, with a mural commemorating his - Scott PearsonScott PearsonScott Pearson is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:Scott Pearson played his junior hockey with the Kingston Canadians, Kingston Raiders and the Niagara Falls Thunder of the OHL from 1985–1989, playing in 216 games, and recording 228 points , while in 34 post-season...
, former NHL player drafted 6th overall to the Toronto Maple LeafsToronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in 1988 - Nathan PhillipsNathan Phillips (politician)Nathan Phillips, KC was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto, Ontario.-Early life:Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Jacob Phillips and Mary Rosenbloom, he was educated in public and high schools in Cornwall. In 1908, he articled with the Cornwall lawyer, Robert Smith, who later...
, the Toronto mayor known as "mayor of all the people" - John StrachanJohn StrachanJohn Strachan was an influential figure in Upper Canada and the first Anglican Bishop of Toronto.-Early life:Strachan was the youngest of six children born to a quarry worker in Aberdeen, Scotland. He graduated from King's College, Aberdeen in 1797...
, 19th-century Anglican priest and influential Bishop of Toronto - Orval TessierOrval TessierOrval Roy Tessier is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre and coach who played three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. Tessier played only 59 regular season games in the NHL...
, former NHL player, coach of the Chicago Blackhawks and scout. - Colonel The Hon. Philip VanKoughnetPhilip VanKoughnetColonel The Hon. Philip VanKoughnet M.P. landowner, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.- History of the name :...
, M.P., former landowner of Cornwall - John WensinkJohn WensinkJohn Wensink is a retired professional ice hockey player.Growing up in Maxville, Ontario the son of Dutch immigrants, Wensink is best remembered for his time with the Boston Bruins, where he teamed with Terry O'Reilly and Stan Jonathan as the team's enforcers...
, former left-winger for the Boston Bruins - Jesse WinchesterJesse Winchester (ice hockey)Graham Jesse Winchester is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:Winchester was born in Cornwall and raised in nearby Long Sault...
, forward for the Ottawa SenatorsOttawa SenatorsThe Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
NHL team - Ryan GoslingRyan GoslingRyan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He first came to public attention as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programmes including Are You Afraid of the Dark? , Goosebumps , Breaker High and Young Hercules...
, Actor - Ryan Leger, drummer for heavy metal band Every Time I DieEvery Time I DieEvery Time I Die is a metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. Their musical style is rooted in technical hardcore with strong southern metal and mathcore elements, and is also characterised by their cryptic, bitingly sarcastic lyrics. The band announced on July 14, 2008 that they had...
Radio
- FM 88.1 - CHRI-FM-1CHRI-FMCHRI-FM is a Canadian non-profit, charity-status and commercial radio station, which broadcasts at 99.1 FM in Ottawa, Ontario. The station broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music format.-Network:...
, ChristianChristian musicChristian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
(relays CHRI-FM OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
) - FM 92.1 - CHOD-FMCHOD-FMCHOD-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.1 FM in Cornwall, Ontario.Owned and operated by the Radio communautaire Cornwall-Alexandria cooperative, it is a non-profit community radio station for the region's franco-ontarian community...
, Franco-OntarianFranco-OntarianFranco-Ontarians are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. They are sometimes known as "Ontarois"....
communityCommunity radioCommunity radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest... - FM 95.5 - CBOC-FMCBO-FMCBO-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Ottawa, airing at 91.5 FM, and serves much of Eastern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.-History:...
, CBC Radio OneCBC Radio OneCBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
(relays CBO-FM Ottawa) - FM 96.1 - WVLFWVLFWVLF is a radio station broadcasting a mix of adult contemporary and Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Norwood, New York, USA, the station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group....
, Mix 96.1 - FM 97.3 - CKON-FMCKON-FMCKON-FM is a radio station located in Akwesasne, a Mohawk nation territory that straddles the Canada-United States border ....
, First NationsFirst NationsFirst Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...
community (from AkwesasneAkwesasneThe Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is a Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the intersection of international and provincial borders on both banks of the Saint Lawrence River. Most of the land is in what is otherwise the United States...
) - FM 98.1 - CBOF-FM-6CBOF-FMCBOF-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Ottawa, Ontario.Owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , it broadcasts on 90.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 84,000 watts using an omnidirectional antenna.The station has an ad-free news/talk format and...
, Première Chaîne (relays CBOF-FM Ottawa) - FM 101.5 - WRCDWRCDWRCD is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Canton, New York, USA, the station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group....
, 101.5 The Fox...REAL Classic Rock - FM 101.9 - CJSS-FMCJSS-FMCJSS-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 101.9 FM in Cornwall, Ontario. The station broadcasts a classic hits format branded as Greatest Hits 101.9 FM....
, Greatest Hits - FM 104.5 - CFLG-FMCFLG-FMCFLG-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 104.5 FM in Cornwall, Ontario. The station airs an adult top 40 format branded as Variety 104.5....
, Variety 104.5 - FM 107.7 - CIRG-FMCIRG-FMCIRG-FM is a tourist information radio station which broadcasts on the frequency 107.7 FM in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.The station is owned by Instant Information Services and was established around 2010.-External links:***...
, Information Radio
Some stations from other nearby areas, including Ottawa, Montreal and New York's North Country, are also available.
Television
- Channel 8: CTVCTV television networkCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
CJOH-TVCJOH-TVCJOH-DT is a television station serving Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the surrounding region. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network....
(formerly CJSS-TVCJSS-TVCJSS-TV was a television station in Cornwall, Ontario. In operation from 1959 to 1963 as a private affiliate of CBC Television, the station was later converted to a rebroadcaster of Ottawa's CJOH-TV....
) - TV Cogeco
- Cornwall Standard FreeholderCornwall Standard FreeholderThe Cornwall Standard Freeholder is a daily newspaper based in Cornwall, Ontario. It has been in circulation for many years, and continues to be the newspaper with the largest circulation inside the Montreal - Ottawa - Kingston triangle...
is the city's main daily newspaper, and is managed by Sun Media, a division of Quebecor. - Seaway NewsCornwall Seaway NewsThe Cornwall Seaway News, often known simply as the "Seaway News," is a Cornwall, Ontario based free community newspaper distributed by Transcontinental Media...
is a weekly newspaper owned by Transcontinental. In the spring of 2010, the Seaway News started publishing several pages in French. - Le/The Journal de Cornwall is another weekly newspaper. Once solely French, the paper is now bilingual.
- Bodge Fodge Author of Sad Stories"
- The Local Seeker - locally owned community newspaper focussing on businesses and the Arts. It is distributed weekly in grocery stores, restaurants, and elsewhere.
External links
Sad Stories.pdfhttp://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058282