Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry. Cornwall is Ontario’s easternmost city, located on the Saint Lawrence River in the Quebec City– Windsor Corridor along Ontario Highway 401, and is the metropolitan center for surrounding communities, consisting of Long Sault and Ingleside to the west, Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne to the south, St. Andrew’s and Avonmore to the north, and Glen Walter, Martintown, Apple Hill, Williamstown, and Lancaster to the east.
Cornwall lies on the 45th parallel, roughly 100 km southeast of Ottawa, the nationwide capital, 120 km southwest of Montreal, Quebec’s biggest city, and 440 km northeast of Toronto, the provincial capital and Canada’s biggest city. It is called after the English Duchy of Cornwall; the City’s coat of arms is based upon that of the duchy with its colors reversed and the addition of a “royal tressure”, a Scottish symbol of royalty.
Its biggest industries include logistics circulation and call.
Cornwall has actually generally been a gateway from the Montreal area to the rest of Canada, and was and stays a significant port of entry into Canada (Canada Border Services abandoned the Cornwall Island post-May 31, 2009, however, resumed service on July 13 2009, at momentary facilities on the city’s southern edge.) With the completion of the new low-level bridge linking Cornwall to Cornwall Island, the C.B.S.A. port was relocated to a permanent short-term facility on the canal lands. The city is linked to the United States at Roosevelttown near the municipalities of Massena, New York, and Malone, New York, via the Three Nations Crossing (Canada, Mohawk, and United States), which passes through the St. Lawrence River.
Once house to a successful cotton processing market, Cornwall was. Courtaulds Canada, Inc.’s rayon production mill operated until 1992; at one point, it utilized nearly 3,000 people. Domtar, a Quebec-based company, ran a paper mill in the city for almost 100 years, stopping operations on March 31, 2006. At its peak, Domtar utilized almost 1,500 workers. In addition, Canadian Industries Limited (C.I.L.), has operated a plant in Cornwall since 1935. The center has actually been converted into a major derivatives plant. The website has a long history of mercury contamination, considered that for years the chlor-alkali procedure was brought out here. This entailed using used mercury cells to convert saltwater into caustic soda and chlorine.
Cornwall’s commercial base has now moved to a more varied mix of production, automobile, high tech, food processing, warehouse, and call centers. The City hosts the largest supply chain management warehouse in Canada, Walmart, its huge 1,500,000-square-foot (140,000 m2) facility employing almost 1000 people. Target Canada built a new warehouse in Cornwall’s Business Park on a 169-acre parcel. The Target Canada distribution center was run by Eleven Points Logistics. When Target left Canada, their distribution center was presumed by Walmart. StarTek (now closed), and Teleperformance (closed January 2013) both operated call centers in Cornwall. Teleperformance offered in excess of 300 tasks. In late 2008, Shopper’s Drug Mart constructed a 500,000 sq ft. circulation center in Cornwall’s Business Park. Over 130 new jobs resulted. Service Canada developed a brand-new contact center that opened in 2010. Over 170 new tasks were produced. Cornwall’s unemployment rate had to do with 4% at the time.
Cornwall Square, likewise referred to as “The Square”, is a two-level 250,000-square-foot mall within Cornwall.
In 2016, Cornwall had the 11th-lowest home typical earnings in Canada and the second-lowest in Ontario, at $51,700.
With the conclusion of the brand-new low-level bridge linking Cornwall to Cornwall Island, the C.B.S.A. port was moved to a permanent temporary center on the canal lands. Cornwall’s industrial base has now shifted to a more varied mix of production, vehicle, high tech, food processing, distribution centers, and call. Target Canada developed a new distribution center in Cornwall’s Business Park on a 169-acre parcel of land. StarTek (now closed), and Teleperformance (closed January 2013) both operated call centers in Cornwall. In late 2008, Shopper’s Drug Mart constructed a 500,000 sq ft. circulation facility in Cornwall’s Business Park.
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