Find your bearings in Embrun
Use the Township's Embrun land-use map to distinguish the village core, residential areas and other land uses.
Embrun is a village community in the Township of Russell, within the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, east of Ottawa. Its French-speaking settlement developed along the Castor River in the mid-1840s, with later growth linked to Highway 417 and municipal servicing. Everyday destinations include grocery stores on Notre-Dame Street and Village Street and local French-language schools. The paved New York Central Recreational Trail connects the village with Russell.
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Castor River. Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 01Embrun
Explore Embrun's schools, parks, everyday services and Ottawa travel connections.
This guide focuses on Embrun village, whose core follows Notre-Dame Street. The Township maps the village settlement area's limits on Schedule A1; use that map for the edge of the planning area and individual properties. Definitions vary: the 2021 population centre used for the statistics below is a separate statistical geography.
Quick answers
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Where is Embrun?
Embrun is a community in the Township of Russell, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell in eastern Ontario. It lies east of Ottawa, south of Highway 417, between Russell village and Limoges.
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What are homes like in Embrun?
Established detached housing is documented in Embrun: a 2022 municipal planning report describes the area around Forget Street as mainly single-detached dwellings. The approved Official Plan also provides for semi-detached homes, townhouses, duplexes and apartments, but those permissions do not measure the existing housing stock.
As of 2026-10-30 · russell.civicweb.net russell.ca
Where are Embrun's boundaries?
The Township's Official Plan maps the Embrun village settlement area on Schedule A1. This guide's population figures use Statistics Canada's 2021 Embrun population centre, so planning and statistical boundaries should be checked separately.
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Is Embrun the same place as Russell?
Embrun and Russell are separate villages within the Township of Russell. The Township's Official Plan provides separate land-use schedules for Embrun and Russell.
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Which parts of Embrun should I compare?
Start with the Notre-Dame Street village core and the surrounding residential areas shown in the Township's Official Plan. The Township also identifies the St-Thomas development when describing its park on Lucerne Drive.
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How do I check school boundaries before moving to Embrun?
Check the exact property address and intended program with the relevant school board. For example, CDSBEO's school locator asks for the street number and name and provides a separate French Immersion program selection.
As of 2026-10-30 · cdsbeo.on.ca