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Cornwall, Ontario is a pleasant city with a number of enticing options for visitors and residents. The Lamoureux Park along the Saint Lawrence River includes a marina, playground area for children, clock tower, and recreational walking trail. Inside the park resides the Civic Complex, with the Ed Lumley arena, an up-to-date ice skating rink that holds as many as 5800 spectators. Since 1998, the Cornwall Skateboard Park has provided hours of entertainment for visitors of all ages on its 3 quarter pipes, 4 ramps and fun box. Even if you do not skateboard, BMX trick bikes and in-line skates are welcome in the park. During the winter months, the Cornwall Aquatic Center offers a sizable six lane, 25 meter swimming pool as well as a two story tall water slide, leisure pool for young swimmers and a whirlpool.¹ Admission fee is required, but the rate is very low for hours of afternoon water fun! Permanent residents may consider purchasing monthly admission passes.

Mental Health in Cornwall

Cornwall is one of the most well-rounded and advanced communities in Ontario, when you consider the size of this city. It is only a little over 23 square kilometers and it has a population of 59,000 or so. The citizens of this city are well educated and have access to many different resources. There are also many different healthcare options for people who live here.

Mental health is always a concern in any city, but the city of Cornwall has done a great job to make treatment options available to everyone. There are various options and organizations that can help people who are going through mental health crisis. There are a couple crisis centers that help people who are struggling. You can contact the Mental Health Crisis Service at their phone number: 613-722-6914.² There is also a crisis line from Ottawa, which can also be used. Their toll-free phone number (for people outside of Ottawa) is 1-866-996-0991.³

Current Initiatives

The city of Cornwall has been working to improve life in the city in every way possible. Recently, better healthcare services were made available, and parks were improved in order to give children a safe place to play. The schools have also been strengthened with better curriculum, safer environments, and more organizations and clubs to help students socialize. Throughout upcoming years, there are also plans to help businesses grow stronger and create jobs, in order to boost the economy, and they are working to improve the core commercial areas at the center of the city.⁴ These are very important changes that will help everyone who lives here, as well as many others who travel to Cornwall for work or shopping.

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References

1. Wikipedia. (2017) . Cornwall, ON. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall,_Ontario.
2. Cornwall Ontario. (2017) . Mental Health Helpline. Retrieved from http://www.mentalhealthhelpline.ca/Directory/Program/15997.
3. Crisis Line. (2017) . Mental Health Crisis Line. Retrieved from http://www.crisisline.ca/home.htm.
4. Cornwall Heart of the City. (2010) . Cornwall Heart of the City. Retrieved from http://www.cornwallheartofthecity.com/index.cfm?Title=Progress+Boulevard.

Cornwall is located in Ontario, Canada. It has a land area of 61.56 square kilometers.  The population of Cornwall is 46,589 people with 20,931 households . The population ranking for Cornwall is #107 nationally and #43 for the province of Ontario with a density of 756.80 people per sq km. Cornwall therapists serve postal code: K6H.