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Lanark, Ontario
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lanark |
| native_name_lang | |
| settlement_type | Unincorporated community |
| image_skyline | Lanark ON 1.JPG |
| pushpin_map | Canada Southern Ontario |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Lanark in Southern Ontario |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_footnotes | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Lanark |
| subdivision_type3 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name3 | Lanark Highlands |
| established_title | Settled |
| established_date | 1820 |
| established_title1 | Incorporated |
| established_date1 | 1862 |
| established_title2 | Dissolved (amalgamated) |
| established_date2 | 1997 |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | 4.77 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 803 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_density_km2 | 168.4 |
| timezone1 | Eastern Time Zone |
| utc_offset1 | -5 |
| timezone1_DST | Eastern Time Zone |
| utc_offset1_DST | -4 |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | K0G 1K0 |
| area_codes | 613, 343 |
| website |
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Lanark is an unincorporated community and former village in the municipality (and incorporated township) of Lanark Highlands, Lanark County, in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
It was a separate village municipality from 1862 until May 14, 1997, when it merged with Lavant Dalhousie and North Sherbrooke Township and Lanark Township to form the Township of North West Lanark (which became the Township of Lanark Highlands in July 1997).
History
The village was first settled in 1820 by Scottish immigrants who named it after the town of Lanark in Scotland. In 1823 it established its first post office. It soon became a major hub of the lumbering and textile industries, both of which used the Clyde River which runs through the village, as a source of power and as a transportation route to transport logs east to the Ottawa River.
The textile industry lasted for about 170 years, but was finally defeated by the flood of cheap Asian textiles into North America. Jobs in the textile industry moved overseas.
Logging has continued, although in a much reduced manner. Wood is harvested chiefly for the pulp industry or for firewood. In 1959 a major fire destroyed many of the main commercial structures and a number of homes in the village's centre. Most buildings were inadequately insured. Replacement buildings are highly functional in their design. The village has the Lanark and District Museum featuring exhibits of local history.
Until the late 1990s, the major employer in the village was the Glenayr Kitten Mill, which produced clothing and offered their products at several factory outlet stores in the village. Several of the buildings are still known by their numbers (e.g. Kitten Factory #1) to local residents. The Clyde Woolen Mills was the founder of these properties.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lanark had a population of 803 living in 364 of its 382 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 778. With a land area of 4.77 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:
- Population: 869
- % Change (1996-2001): 0.5
- Dwellings: 362
- Area (km2.): 4.73
- Density (persons per km2.): 183.7
Race Break Up
- White: 98.5%
- Aboriginal: 1.1%
- Asian: .2%
- Black: .2%
| 1871 |740 | 1881 |752 | 1891 |859 | 1901 |979 | 1911 |737 | 1921 |597 | 1931 |601 | 1941 |663 | 1951 |791 | 1956 |879 | 1961 |918 | 1966 |957 | 1971 |861 | 1976 |803 | 1981 |753 | 1986 |813 | 1991 |890 | 1996 |865 | 2001 |869 | 2006 |841 | 2011 |696 | 2016 |778 | 2021 |803
Sport and recreation
Lanark has in the past been the location for the Canadian Big League Baseball Championships. This highly regarded baseball tournament features 18-year-old players from across the country to play at Clyde Memorial Park.
References
References
- "Lanark".
- "Lanark, Dissolved municipality (DMU) Ontario [Designated place] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
- "Our History". Township of Lanark Highlands.
- Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
- (2013). "Lanark and District Museum". Lanark County Museums Network.
- (1944). "Eighth Census of Canada 1941 - Volume II - Population by Local Subdivisions". Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
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