Russell Township, Ontario
| Municipalité de Russell Township | |
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| Township (lower-tier) | |
| Municipalité de Russell Township | |
Russell
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| Motto: Pax et prosperitas | |
 Map of Russell Township |
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 Russell
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| Coordinates: 45°15′25″N 75°21′30″W / 45.25694°N 75.35833°WCoordinates: 45°15′25″N 75°21′30″W / 45.25694°N 75.35833°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Prescott and Russell |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pierre Leroux |
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Councillors
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| Area | |
| • Total | 199.06 km2 (76.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2011 Census) | |
| • Total | 15,247 (township) |
| • Density | 76.6/km2 (198/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 15,247 in the Canada 2011 Census.
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 2011 Census
The township is predominantly English-speaking with a significant French-speaking minority. 60% of the population speaks English most often at home, while 38% speaks French most often at home. 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 54% French-speaking and 43% English-speaking. Russell, on the other hand, has a stronger anglophone majority, with 88% English-speaking and 10% French-speaking.
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 50% anglophone and 45% francophone. In Embrun, 60% have French mother tongue and 35% have English mother tongue. In Russell, 77% have English mother tongue and 18% have French mother tongue.
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