Business View Magazine | March 2018

134 of onemajor city (Rockland) which is home to half the population of about 24,500.The other half is spread over five villages.Themajorityof residents are bilin- gual,andmost municipal services operate in both French and English. “We’re a good town,”says Desjardins.“We’ve got a lot of mix fromurban to agriculture.Within fivemin- utes you can be out into a farmarea.Fifteenminutes from themain part of Rockland is 10,000 hectares of forest,bush,trails that is partly in our municipalityand partly in another municipalityowned by the County.It’s another jewel,perfect for walking,snowshoeing,and cross-country skiing.We have one forest near Bouget that is also owned byour municipalityandwemain- tain that for activities in all seasons.” Clarence-Rockland has 200 km.of roads under its CLARENCE-ROCKLAND, ONTARIO