Eastern Ontario

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The Region possesses:

  • natural endowments
  • intellectual, human and financial capital

The region has strong linkages to research institutions (for example):

  • Queen's University

Initiatives to transform the economy are well-underway.

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Eastern Ontario Location

Eastern Ontario is a region of the province of Ontario, Canada as shown in Figure 1.

The region is bounded:

  • to the north and east by the province of Quebec
  • to the south by New York State in the United States
  • to the west by Southern Ontario
    • The western boundary of Eastern Ontario is roughly defined by an imaginary line between the shores of Lake Ontario, just west of Trenton, and the shores of the Ottawa River just west of the Town of Petawawa[1].

Figure 1: Regions of Ontario[2]

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Eastern Ontario Counties

The counties of Eastern Ontario are [1]:

  1. Prescott and Russell
  2. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
  3. Lanark
  4. Renfrew
  5. Leeds and Grenville
  6. Frontenac
  7. Lennox and Addington
  8. Hastings
  9. Prince Edward

The cities in the region are:

  1. Ottawa;
  2. Kingston;
  3. Belleville;
  4. Cornwall.

Eastern Ontario Census Divisions

The census divisions of the region are shown in Figure 2. Further information on census divisions and agricultural census regions may be found on the Census Maps Canada wiki page.

Figure 2: Eastern Ontario census divisions[3]

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For the purpose of compiling a picture of the economy and demography of this region, data is used here from the the 2009 report Canada's Creative Corridor[4], which presents the statistics from Statistics Canada[5] on the following basis:

  1. CMA: Eastern Ontario’s three (Ottawa, Kingston and Peterborough) Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) – regions focused around a central municipality with a population in excess of 100,000 plus surrounding municipalities that are highly

integrated based on the amount of daily commuting to the core

  1. CA: nine Census Agglomerations (CA) – regions focused around a central municipality with a population between 10,000 and 100,000 plus surrounding municipalities that are highly integrated based on the amount of commuting to the core
  2. Rural: the Region’s rural areas – areas with a population of less than 10,000.

Eastern Ontario Economy

The economy of the region is described on the Eastern Ontario Economy Page.

Eastern Ontario demographics

The demographics of the region are described on the Eastern Ontario Demographics Page.

Eastern Ontario low carbon economic development initiatives

Research and Low Carbon Economy Development in Prince Edward and Lennox & Addington Counties

The counties of Prince Edward and Lennox & Addington (The Region) represent a useful laboratory for exploring R&LCED.

Transformation initiatives underway within The Region

Eastern Ontario funding programmes

Various programmes have been set up to provide funding for innovative projects in Eastern Ontario which contribute to growth and prosperity. They include

  1. Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP) - eligibility criteria for the EODP Regional Funding Process for November 2010 are currently available for projects due to complete by March 2011[6]

Further funding program links are available from ELORIN.

Eastern Ontario energy supply and demand

Ontario’s energy resources include crude oil, natural gas, hydro power, nuclear power, wind, biomass and solar. The province uses these and coal to generate electricity.

Ontario's pattern of production and consumption are described on the Ontario Page.

Eastern Ontario forest sector

Figure 3 shows forests of Eastern Ontario.

Figure 3: Forest Distribution in Eastern Ontario[7]

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Eastern Ontario biomass inventory

A summary of Canada's biomass inventory is given on the Canada Page.

Eastern Ontario infrastructure

Eastern Ontario transportation system

The transportation system of this area is a key driver of international trade and growth for the future[8].

The Continental Gateway

Centrally located in Canada's multi-modal transportation system, the Continental Gateway, the circled area in Figure 4 below, facilitates international trade and the domestic inputs towards foreign trade with the United States and other key trading partners.

  • It includes strategic ports, airports, inter-modal facilities and border crossings as well as essential road, rail and marine infrastructure that ensures this transportation system's connection to, and seamless integration with, Canada's other gateways: Asia-Pacific and Atlantic"[8].

Figure 4: Canada Continental Gateway

File:Canada ContinentalCorridor.PNG[8]

eastern Ontario road system

The town of Greater Napanee is located on The MacDonald Cartier Freeway (Highway 401), which offers express, toll-free delivery of products throughout southern Ontario, with linkages into the Northeastern United States.

Eastern Ontario rail system

Figure 5 below shows railways in eastern Canada[9]

Figure 5: Railways in eastern Canada

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Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway in Eastern Canada

Canadian Pacific Railway freight carried for 2009, measured in gross tons per mile (GMT)is shown in Figure 6 below[10]

Figure 6: Canadian Pacific Railway Density

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Canadian National (CN) Railways in Eastern Canada

Canadian National Railways freight carried for 2008, measured in gross tons per mile is shown in Figure 7 below[11].

Figure 7: Canadian National Railway

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Sea transportation

Montreal, one of the three main container ports in Canada[12], is close to the Eastern Ontario region.

The Port of Prescott is the only port in Eastern Ontario.

Air transportation

The three closest international airports to the region of Eastern Ontario are:

  1. Toronto Pearson International Airport
  2. London International Airport in south western Ontario
  3. Ottawa International Airport in Quebec near the northern border of Ontario

Canada's international airports are shown in Figure 4 on the Canada Page.

Further Information Resources

  1. Agriculture research project - assesses the training needs in the agri-food, bio-resource and environment sectors in Eastern Ontario and identifies related issues.
  2. The creative economy_Are you tapped in?- principles and concepts of Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) and Creative Economy initiatives, including case studies and analytical tools.
  3. Exploring the Potential for Biomass Power in Ontario - presents the opportunity for renewable biomass to be made in Ontario as an energy resource for the province.
  4. Final Report: Adaptation of Water Resource Infrastructure - related Institutions to Climate Change in Eastern Ontario - This study deals with adaptation to climate change of water-related infrastructures in the Eastern Ontario region. The study has several unique features - it is interdisciplinary; it has partners from the community; it is focused on institutional barriers and bridges to local adaptation affecting small rural municipalities and Conservation Authorities (CA), and proposes elements of a community-based adaptation strategy related to water infrastructures.
  5. Environmental sustainability of Canadian agriculture - Report as at 2005, focusing on key sustainability components of soil quality, water quality, air quality and biodiversity.
  6. Canada's Creative Corridor - commissioned by Prince Edward Lennox and Addington Community Futures Development Corporation, with the purpose of connecting 'creative urban and rural economies within Eastern Ontario and the Mega Region'
  7. The potential for use of farmland conservation agreements in Ontario - legal, tax and ownership transfer implication with regard to farmland conservation agreements
  8. The economic impacts of agriculture on the economy of Frontenac, Lennox & Addington and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville: Socio-economic profile and agriculture related business survey - Report from June 2000, research focus is on sales and jobs related to agriculture, directly or indirectly.
  9. Sweet Success: Sugarcane growers are reaping an export bounty for Australia - magazine article from 1997 about the sugar industry in eastern Australia, including cane fibre (or bagasse) being used to power the sugar mills and refineries.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eastern Ontario Visual Character Project web site
  2. ↑ Government of Ontario web site: Ontario map
  3. ↑ Statistics Canada web site: Standard Geographical Classification, Reference Maps
  4. ↑ Canada's Creative Corridor
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada web site
  6. ↑ Eastern Ontario Development Project Funding Process
  7. ↑ Canada's National Forest Inventory web site
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Ontario Quebec Continental Gateway web site
  9. ↑ [1]
  10. ↑ Canadian Pacific Corporate Profile and Fact Book
  11. ↑ Canadian National 2008 Investor Fact Book web site: System Map
  12. ↑ Transport Canada web site: Use of containers in Canada
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