Quality of Life
- Unique quality of life: city services with country benefits!
- A great place to live, raise a family and grow old
- Large green spaces, including parks, forests, trails and camping sites
- Many natural attractions
- Recreation, sports, culture and tourism
- An exciting community of eight municipalities ranked among the top 25 communities to live in Canada (Source: Money Sence Magazine 2018)
- Move freely and easily!
- Bilingual education, French and English, served by 43 institutions
- One of the most affordable daycare networks
- Affordable real estate and rental housing
- State-of-the-art general hospital (2020 investment of $160M)
- An easily accessible, bilingual and growing region
- High-speed broadband network available to 97% of the population of Prescott and Russell
DEMOGRAPHICS
The Corporation of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (the “UCPR”) was founded in 1850.
The UCPR are the soul of eight municipalities, each one with unique characteristics. Serving East Hawkesbury, Hawkesbury, Champlain, Alfred and Plantagenet, The Nation, Casselman, Russell, and Clarence-Rockland, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell act as an upper-tier municipal government entity supporting the regional interests while providing programs and services, in both official languages, to more than 98,000 residents.
Located between the City of Ottawa to the west and the Quebec border to the east, the Prescott and Russell region covers a territory of 2,004 square kilometres (47.7 people per square kilometre). It is also close to the United States border and offers easy access to an extensive national and international transportation and logistics network. The region is accessible by a provincial highway, the Ontario-Quebec Interprovincial Bridge (Long Sault) and ferries. The region is close to international airports and train stations in Ottawa and Montreal.