North Grenville | |
Official Name: | Municipality of North Grenville |
Settlement Type: | Municipality (lower-tier) |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Leeds and Grenville#Canada Southern Ontario |
Coordinates: | 44.9667°N -114°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Name2: | Leeds and Grenville |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Title2: | Formed |
Established Date2: | January 1, 1998 |
Government Type: | Township |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Nancy Peckford |
Leader Title1: | Federal riding |
Leader Name1: | Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Land Km2: | 352.18 |
Population Total: | 16451 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | 46.7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Area Code: | 613 |
Website: | www.northgrenville.ca |
Leader Title2: | Prov. riding |
Leader Name2: | Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
North Grenville is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville on the Rideau River. It is located just south of Ottawa in Canada's National Capital Region.
It was established on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Oxford-on-Rideau Township, South Gower Township, and the Town of Kemptville. In 2003, a motion of the municipal council adopted the designation of 'municipality'.
The largest community in North Grenville is Kemptville, with a population of 3,911 in the 2016 census, up from 3,620 in the Canada 2011 Census.[2] [3] It is located on the Kemptville Creek (historically South Branch of the Rideau River) approximately 56km (35miles) south of Ottawa, sitting midway between suburban Ottawa and the Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge along Highway 416.
The municipality comprises the communities of Actons Corners, Bedell, Bishops Mills, Burritts Rapids (the oldest community on the Rideau River), East Oxford, Heckston, Hutchins Corners, Kemptville, McReynolds, Millars Corners, Mountain, Newmanville, Oxford Mills, Oxford Station, Pattersons Corners, Peltons Corners, Sabourins Crossing, Schipaville, Swan Crossing and Van Allens. The administrative offices of the municipality are located in Kemptville.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, North Grenville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 351.9km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]