| North Kawartha | |
| Official Name: | Township of North Kawartha |
| Settlement Type: | Township (lower-tier) |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Peterborough#Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 44.75°N -84°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Peterborough |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | January 1, 1998 |
| Government Type: | Township |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Carolyn Amyotte |
| Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name1: | Peterborough—Kawartha |
| Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Peterborough—Kawartha |
| Area Land Km2: | 776.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2479 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.2 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | K0L 1A0 |
| Area Code: | 705 & 249 & 683 |
| Website: | www.northkawartha.on.ca |
North Kawartha is a township in northern Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada.
North Kawartha was formed in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Burleigh and Anstruther and the Township of Chandos. For a while after this merger, it was known as Burleigh-Anstruther-Chandos.
Within the township are smaller urbanized areas such as the village of Apsley, and the hamlets of Big Cedar, Burleigh Falls, Glen Alda, Mount Julian, Stoneyridge and Woodview. These communities are surrounded by freshwater lakes including Chandos, Jack, Anstruther, Eels, and many more.
The local government is the Corporation of the Township of North Kawartha. The current mayor is Carolyn Amyotte.
Apsley Central Public School, is the only school located in Apsley and provides education from kindergarten to grade 8.[3] The school is under the jurisdiction of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. Secondary education requires travel outside to Peterborough.
North Kawartha is home to the North Kawartha Knights, a junior hockey team playing in the Jr. C Central League of the Ontario Hockey Association. They started play in 2014. The home arena for the Knights is the North Kawartha Community Centre located in Apsley.[4]
North Kawartha also has several golf courses, including Marvel Rapids golf course and Owenbrook golf course.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Kawartha had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 746.35km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]