Clarington, Ontario
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| Municipality of Clarington, Ontario | |
| Motto: Leading the Way | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Durham Region |
| Established | 1974 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Jim Abernethy |
| - Governing body | Clarington Council |
| - MP | Bev Oda (Durham) |
| - MPP | John O'Toole (Durham) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 611.1 km² (235.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| - Total | 77,820 |
| - Density | 127.3/km² (329.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4) |
| Website: clarington.net | |
The Municipality of Clarington is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. It gained its present name in 1994 after having been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93. The name change was intended to alleviate long-standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the included village of the same name. (It was confusing to many that Bowmanville had a larger population than "Newcastle Village", and it also housed the former Town of Newcastle's municipal offices, causing some to believe the town should have all been called "Bowmanville" instead of "Newcastle" during that period).
The name "Clarington" is a portmanteau of the names of the two historical townships that made up the geographic area: "Clarke" and "Darlington".
It is part of the Oshawa, Ontario Census Metropolitan Area.
Major employers in Clarington include the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, General Motors in Oshawa, and several medium-to-large sized manufacturing businesses; however, most residents travel to points west in Durham Region or to Toronto for employment.
Clarington had been put up as a candidate in the race to host ITER in 2001, but was withdrawn 2 years later.
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[edit] Local government
Clarington is governed by an elected municipal Council consisting of a Mayor, and local Councillors representing each of the Municipality's four wards. In addition, two Regional Councillors each represent a pair of wards. The Mayor and the Regional councillors sit on both Clarington Council and Durham Region Council.
The current council was elected on November 13, 2006 for a four-year term. The members of the council are:
Mayor: Jim Abernethy
Members of Council:
- Mary Novak - Regional Councillor,Wards 1 and 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville / Courtice)
- Charlie Trim - Regional Councillor,Wards 3 and 4 (Clarke / Newcastle / Bowmanville)
- Adrian Foster - Councillor, Ward 1 (Courtice)
- Ron Hooper - Councillor, Ward 2 (Darlington / Bowmanville)
- Willie Woo - Councillor, Ward 3 (Bowmanville / Clarke)
- Gord Robinson - Councillor, Ward 4 (Clarke / Newcastle)
[edit] Communities
The municipality consists of several urban communities, including:
Rural communities include:
- Bond Head
- Brownsville
- Burketon
- Cedar Park Resort
- Clarke
- Crooked Creek
- Enfield
- Enniskillen
- Gaud Corners
- Hampton
- Haydon
- Kendal
- Leskard
- Maple Grove
- Mitchell Corners
- New Park
- Newtonville
- Port Darlington
- Port Granby
- Salem
- Solina
- Taunton (split with Oshawa along Townline Road)
- Tyrone
- West Side Beach
- Wilmot Creek
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- Clarington, Ontario is at coordinates Coordinates:
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