| South Frontenac | |
| Official Name: | Township of South Frontenac |
| Settlement Type: | Township (lower-tier) |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in southern Ontario |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Frontenac |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1998 |
| Government Type: | Township |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ron Vandewal [2] |
| Leader Title1: | Councillors |
| Leader Title2: | Fed. & Prov. riding |
| Leader Name2: | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington |
| Area Land Km2: | 948.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 20188 |
| Population Density Km2: | 19.2 |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | K0H |
| Area Code: | 613, 343 |
South Frontenac is a township in Frontenac County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It was amalgamated in 1998 from the former townships of Bedford, Loughborough, Portland, and Storrington.[4]
The Holleford crater is located in the township near the community of Holleford.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, South Frontenac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 948.05km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
According to the Canada 2021 Census:[6]
South Frontenac, along with Central Frontenac, North Frontenac and the Frontenac Islands, send students to schools part of the Limestone District School Board, based in neighbouring Kingston.
A village named Portland is located in Township of Rideau Lakes approximately 60 kilometres east of the former Portland township. It is unknown if the township and the village had any connections with the same name due to its close proximity. In 1998, Portland Township was amalgamated into South Frontenac.[7] [8]
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