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Pembroke (population 13,490 in the 2001 Canadian census) is a city at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada. Pembroke is the seat of Renfrew County.

The historic St. Columbe Cathedral in Pembroke is the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Pembroke, established by the Catholic Church in 1898. The diocese begins in the west in the outlying area of North Bay, continues east to Arnprior and south to Bancroft, and includes parishes on the Québec side of the Ottawa River from Témiscaming to Quyon.

At the time the diocese was established it contained 24 parishes, 36 priests, and a Catholic population of about 40,000. By the year 2000, it had grown to 53 parishes, 75 priests, 54 schools, 3 hospitals, and a Catholic population of about 66,000.

Pembroke hosts one of the campuses of Ottawa-based Algonquin College.
Pembroke is also the site of Canada's first electric street light.
The city is home to the annual "Old Time Fiddling and Step Dancing Festival" that happens Labour Day weekend at Riverside Park. There are often up to 1400 RVs parked there for the week preceding the event. Award-winning fiddler/step dancer April Verch is a Pembroke native.
Pembroke is also host to the annual "Silver Stick Minor League Hockey Tournament". Silver Stick brings in a couple hundred children and youth on weekends in November and early December for regional qualifying games.

Pembroke is an important service centre for the area and is the main commercial centre between North Bay and Ottawa. Tourism is also an important economic activity, aided partly by Pembroke's location on the Trans-Canada Highway. Local attractions include a series of murals in the downtown area depicting the history of the city, from steam and logging to nuclear energy. Local museums include the Champlain Trail Museum, a collection of historical buildings and artifacts, and the Pembroke Hydro Museum, commemorating local hydro-electric development.

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