Laurentian Valley | |
Official Name: | Township of Laurentian Valley |
Settlement Type: | Township municipality (lower-tier) |
Pushpin Map: | CAN ON Renfrew#Canada Southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Renfrew |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Steve Bennett |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Land Km2: | 539.08 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 9,450 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.5 |
Timezone: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | Eastern Time Zone |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 45.7681°N -77.2239°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Area Code: | 613, 343 |
Laurentian Valley is a township municipality[1] in Renfrew County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It borders on the Ottawa River, the city of Pembroke and the town of Petawawa.
This township was created on January 1, 2000, from the former townships of Stafford-Pembroke and Alice and Fraser.[2]
The township comprises the communities of Alice, Cotnam Island, Davis Mills, Fairview, Forest Lea, French Settlement, Gorr Subdivision, Government Road, Greenwood, Hiam, Huckabones Corners, Indian, Kathmae Siding, Locksley, Lower Stafford, Micksburg, Pleasant View, Shady Nook, Stonebrook and Trautrim Subdivision.
In 1997, the Township of Stafford and the Township of Pembroke merged to form the Township Municipality of Stafford-Pembroke. On January 1, 2000, this township merged with the Township of Alice & Fraser to form the Township Municipality of Laurentian Valley. Jack Wilson was its first mayor.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurentian Valley had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 539.08km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
List of former mayors:
For the 2010–2011 fiscal year, the township spent .[4]