Cornwall

There are many scholarships for Cornwall students. If you are searching for scholarships for a particular high school located in Cornwall, please select the appropriate school from the list below. The scholarship database contains scholarships for Cornwall students in the following categories:

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Scholarships

Breakthrough Junior Challenge

Deadline: Jun 25, 2024
$250,000
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (2:00 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on...

Kochhar & Co. Scholarship

Deadline: Mar 31, 2024
$1,000
Kochhar & Co. Chartered Professional Accountant was founded in 2011 by Biki Kochhar, a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant, with a small office and a single staff member. Kochhar & Co. specializes in owner-managed corporations based in the Okanagan Valley, and has offices in both downtown Kelowna and Penticton.Eligibility:To be eligible for the "Kochhar & Co. Scholarship" a student must:Be attending...

Young Women in Public Affairs Award

Deadline: Apr 01, 2024
$5,000
Though about 40% of the world’s workforce is women, according to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 25.7% of all national parliamentarians were female as of 1 September 2021. Because Zonta International believes that young women are the key to women’s advancement in the field of public service, it offers the Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Award, which recognizes...

Brower Youth Award

Deadline: Apr 08, 2024
$3,000
Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards for Environmental Leadership in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower, who said, “I love to see what young people can do, before someone old tells them it’s impossible.” It is with this spirit that we recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of young people who are working for the protection of...

Global Lift Equipment Scholarship

Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
$500
Eligibility:To be considered eligible for the Global Lift Equipment Scholarship you must:Be currently attending or planning on attending a post-secondary institution in Canada or the US by no later than the Fall of 2024.Submit a short story. Detailed instructions can be found on the application page.Have a GPA of 2.5 or greater.Be a resident of the United States or Canada.

10 Words or Less Scholarship

Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
$1,000
Scholarship Eligibility:A) Anyone who is between the ages of 14-25 who will be attending school in the Fall of 2024.B) This scholarship is provided by StudentScholarships.org. In order to apply for our scholarship follow these instructions:1. Go to www.facebook.com/myscholarships and place a comment on any post you see answering the question:In 10 words or less, tell us why you deserve...

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Cornwall City is situated on the St. Lawrence River within Eastern Ontario. Cornwall is the seat of the United Counties of Glengarry, Dundas and Stormont. Situated in the easternmost part of the province of Ontario, Cornwall city is on Highway 401 and the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. People of the surrounding communities of Avonmore, St. Andrew's, Long Sault, Ingleside, Marintown, Glen Walter, Lancaster and Williamstown look to Cornwall as their urban center. To the south of Cornwall city lies the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne.

The city of Cornwall got its name from the English county of Cornwall. The city's flag and coat of arms both bear the duchy standard.

The city of Cornwall is situated roughly one hundred kilometres southeast of the national capital city of Ottawa, 400 kilometres northeast of Ontario's provincial capital of Toronto, 120 kilometres southwest of Montreal in the province of Quebec. Located along the 45th parallel, Cornwall City is a port-of-entry into Canada. The city of Cornwall is connected through Roosevelttown to the United States, via the Three Nations Crossing, situated in the Ontario portion of Akwesasne, and crossing the St. Lawrence River and Cornwall Island.

There were some huge manufacturing industries, consisting of Domtar's paper mill and Courtaulds Canada Inc.'s rayon manufacturing mill. These companies were major economic drivers within the area until they closed their doors in the past two decades. Pioneer Chemicals, previously Canadian Industries Limited, has operated a plant within the city of Cornwall since the 1930s.

Cornwall City now features a more diversified industrial base, with a mix of automotive, manufacturing, food processing, high tech, and call centres. At there call centers in the city of Cornwall, StarTek and Teleperformance each employ more than 300 individuals. The largest SCM distribution centre within Canada is situated in Cornwall City, employing nearly 1000 individuals at a gargantuan 1.5 million-square-foot facility. A distribution facility for Shopper's Drug Mart just opened in Cornwall's Business Park.

In the year 2009, Cornwall City Council voted to increase property taxes by 2.5% per household based on property assessments calculated during the year 2008. That very same year, the United Counties council voted for a 4.5% tax rate reduction.