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Municipality of Clarington, Ontario
Motto: Leading the Way
Map showing Clarington's location in Durham Region
Map showing Clarington's location in Durham Region
Coordinates: 43°56′06″N 78°36′30″W / 43.935, -78.60833
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. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Beverley Joan "Bev" Oda PC, MP (born July 27, 1944 in Thunder Bay Ontario) is a Canadian Politician For information on the Durham provincial electoral district see Durham (provincial electoral district. A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. John O'Toole is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, representing For information on the Durham provincial electoral district see Durham (provincial electoral district. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 1 km² (235. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi)
Elevation 106 m (348 ft)
Population (2006)[1]
 - Total 77,820
 - Density 127. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/km² (329. 8/sq mi)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
Website: clarington.net

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The Municipality of Clarington is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 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". Darlington Township was a township in Upper Canada, later Ontario, located on the north shore of Lake Ontario.

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. Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian Nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Clarington, Ontario

Clarington had been put up as a candidate in the race to host ITER in 2001, but was withdrawn 2 years later. ITER is an international Tokamak ( Magnetic confinement fusion) research/engineering proposal for an experimental project that will help to make the transition from

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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. A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A councillor or councilor ( Cllr, Coun, Clr or Cr for short is a member of a Local government council such as a In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district 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:

Communities

The municipality consists of several urban communities, including:

Rural communities include:

References

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Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Courtice (pronounced "Curtis" is a community located in Ontario, Canada about 60 km east of Toronto, adjacent to Oshawa and west Clarke is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. See also List of communities in Ontario Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Courtice (pronounced "Curtis" is a community located in Ontario, Canada about 60 km east of Toronto, adjacent to Oshawa and west Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Clarke is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. See also List of communities in Ontario Clarke is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario. See also List of communities in Ontario Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Courtice (pronounced "Curtis" is a community located in Ontario, Canada about 60 km east of Toronto, adjacent to Oshawa and west Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Orono is a community (population approximately 1800 in the Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Hampton is a community of about a thousand people located in the Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada. Newtonville is a community located in the Municipality of Clarington, Ontario, Canada. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
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