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Cornwall summary
Cornwall is a city in eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost
city, located on the St. Lawrence River and Highway 401, and is the urban centre for surrounding communities, which include 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, Williamstown, and Lancaster to the east.
Cornwall is located approximately 100 kilometres (60 mi) southeast of Ottawa, Canada's capital, 100 kilometres (60 mi) southwest of Montreal, Quebec's largest city
and the second most important urban centre in Canada, and 400 kilometres (250 mi) northeast of Toronto, the capital of Ontario and the largest urban centre
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Cornwall is a port-of-entry into Canada connected to the United States at Roosevelttown, near the municipalities of Massena, New York and Malone, New York, via
the Seaway International Bridge at The Three Nations Crossing (Canada,Mohawk,and U.S.A.) which crosses the St. Lawrence River and Cornwall Island, located within
the Ontario portion of Akwesasne.
Cornwall was once home to a thriving cotton processing industry. Courtaulds Canada Inc.’s rayon manufacturing mill operated until 1992 at one point employing almost
3,000. Domtar, a Quebec-based company operated a paper mill in the city for nearly one-hundred years, ceasing operations on March 31, 2006. At its peak, Domtar
employed nearly 1,500 employees. In addition, Canadian Industries Limited (C.I.L.), now Pioneer Chemicals, has operated a plant in Cornwall since 1935.
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Cornwall's industrial base has now shifted to a more diversified mix of manufacturing, automotive, high tech, food processing, contact centres and materials
handling. The City hosts the largest Wal-Mart distribution centre in Canada, its massive 1.5 million square foot facility employing nearly 1000 people.
Furthermore, StarTek and Teleperformance both operate call centres in Cornwall, each of which provides in excess of 500 jobs. Cornwall's unemployment rate now
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MoneySense magazine rated Cornwall as Canada's 74th best city in May, 2007.
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