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Clarendon, Quebec
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Clarendon |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Clarendon QC.jpg |
| image_caption | Historic cemetery on Front Road |
| flag_size | 120x100px |
| shield_size | 120x100px |
| image_map | Clarendon Quebec location diagram.png |
| map_caption | Location within Pontiac RCM |
| pushpin_map | Canada Western Quebec |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in western Quebec |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Quebec |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Outaouais |
| subdivision_type3 | RCM |
| subdivision_name3 | Pontiac |
| established_title1 | Constituted |
| established_date1 | July 1, 1855 |
| government_footnotes | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Edward Walsh |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Pontiac |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 347.85 |
| area_land_km2 | 330.46 |
| elevation_m | 167 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 1392 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 4.2 |
| population_blank1_title | Pop 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 10.8% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 968 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | −5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code(s) |
| postal_code | J0X 2Y0 |
| area_code | 819 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | |
| website |
Clarendon is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River across from Horton Township in Ontario.
Its settlements include Clarendon, North Clarendon, Charteris, Lawn, Murrell, Radford, Sand Bay, Starks Corners, and Yarm. The town of Shawville is surrounded by, but not part of, Clarendon.
Largely cleared of forests, Clarendon is a predominantly agricultural municipality, with an elevation of 167 m above sea level. The only notable lake is Green Lake, which is surrounded by cottages.
History
The township was first surveyed in 1792 and appears on the Gale and Duberger map of 1795. Settlement did not occur until 1825 when James Prendergast, a retired British Army Officer, was commissioned by the government to lead this task. From that year until 1827, free land was granted, resulting in a wave of settlers, starting with 15 settlers near the township's centre (now Shawville). But Prendergast, originally from religiously-divided Ireland, stipulated that settlers only be Protestants in order to avoid similar religious strife. As a result, Clarendon (and Shawville) is known as the heartland of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism in western Quebec.
Between 1827 and 1835, Prendergast was responsible for establishing the first four schools and bringing in its teachers. He also built a water-driven sawmill and grist mill at his home along the Ottawa River.
In 1833, the Township of Clarendon was officially established. It was named after Clarendon Park, near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England (where Henry II had convened peers and bishops to formulate the Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164). In 1837, the post office opened. From then on and into the 1840s, when the timber industry started to prosper, a second wave of settlement occurred, doubling the population of Clarendon between 1840 and 1850.
In 1855, the Township Municipality of Clarendon was created. This status was reformed to Municipality of Clarendon on October 11, 2003.
Climate
| Jan record high C = 12.0 | Feb record high C = 13.7 | Mar record high C = 27.5 | Apr record high C = 32.0 | May record high C = 34.5 | Jun record high C = 35.5 | Jul record high C = 36.0 | Aug record high C = 36.5 | Sep record high C = 35.5 | Oct record high C = 28.3 | Nov record high C = 22.1 | Dec record high C = 15.5 | year record high C = 36.5 | Jan record low C = -42.0 | Feb record low C = -36.5 | Mar record low C = -35.0 | Apr record low C = -19.5 | May record low C = -8.7 | Jun record low C = -2.0 | Jul record low C = 2.0 | Aug record low C = -1.0 | Sep record low C = -5.5 | Oct record low C = -12.5 | Nov record low C = -28.0 | Dec record low C = -38.0 | year record low C = -42.0 | access-date = November 5, 2025}}
Demographics
Population
| 1976 |1662 | 1981 |1519 | 1986 |1468 | 1991 |1489 | 1996 |1474 | 2001 |1340 | 2006 |1248 | 2011 |1183 | 2016 |1256 | 2021 |1392
Language
Mother tongue:
- English as first language: 82%
- French as first language: 14%
- Other languages: 1.4%
References
References
- "Clarendon". Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
- (9 February 2022). "Data table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Clarendon, Municipalité (MÉ) [Census subdivision], Quebec". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- "Canton de Clarendon". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- "Pontiac MRC Gateway: Clarendon". Pontiac MRC Gateway.
- "Municipalité de Canton de Clarendon". Commission de toponymie du Québec.
- [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]], [[Canada 2016 Census. 2016]], [[Canada 2021 Census. 2021]] census
- {{toponymie. 379123
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