North Grenville Explained

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.

Communities

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.

Demographics

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Grenville census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2017-11-05.
  2. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0405&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Kemptville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=0405&TABID=1&type=0 Statistics Canada. 2016.
  3. Web site: Kemptville census profile . Statistics Canada . . 2012-02-15 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073045/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0405&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=kemptville&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 . dead .
  4. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario . . February 9, 2022 . March 31, 2022.