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Laurentian Hills

Laurentian Hills

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nameLaurentian Hills
official_nameTown of Laurentian Hills
native_name
settlement_typeTown (lower-tier)
image_skylineLaurentian Hills ON.JPG
image_captionMunicipal offices in Point Alexander
pushpin_mapCAN ON Renfrew#Canada Southern Ontario
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ontario
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Renfrew
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameAnne Giardini
leader_title1Federal riding
leader_name1Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke
leader_title2Prov. riding
leader_name2Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
established_titleEstablished
established_dateJanuary 1, 2000
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area_land_km2634.31
population_as_of2021
population_footnotes
population_total2885
population_density_km24.5
timezoneEST
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postal_code_typePostal Code
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area_code613
website

Laurentian Hills is a municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River in Renfrew County. It surrounds (by land) Deep River on the Ontario side of the river. The municipality was formed on January 1, 2000, when the United Townships of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay and the Village of Chalk River were merged.

The town was home to the Nuclear Power Demonstration nuclear power plant. The prototype nuclear power plant was operational from 1962 to 1987 and has since then been shut down, awaiting permanent disposal of its radioactive nuclear components.

Communities

Main Street in Chalk River.

The town comprises the communities of Chalk River, Meilleurs Bay, Moor Lake, Point Alexander, Rolphton, and Wylie.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Laurentian Hills had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 634.31 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

| 2001 |2750 | 2006 |2789 | 2011 |2811 | 2016 |2961 | 2021 |2885

{{Historical populationsHistorical census populations –}} Chalk River Villagealign = nonecols =percentages =footnote =title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2)date=July 1973pages=76, 139publisher=Statistics Canada}}19569861961113519661086197110941976109519811010198692319918741996974{{Historical populationsHistorical census populations –}}
Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay TPalign = nonecols =percentages =footnote =source = Statistics Canada195617801961207919662040197120661976183619811743198617901991165619961810

Local government

List of former mayors:

  • Paul Curtis (2000)
  • Vance Gutzman (2003)
  • Richard Rabishaw (2010–2014)
  • John Reinwald (2014–2022)
  • Anne Giardini (2022–present)

Trivia

An Ontario Historical Plaque in front of the School House Museum was erected by the province to commemorate the role of steamboating on the Upper Ottawa in Ontario's heritage.

References

  • Mercer, Jennifer. "Staying the Run: A History of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay Townships."

References

  1. {{SCref. (2021)
  2. "Municipal Profiles". County of Renfrew.
  3. "Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project".
  4. [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
  5. (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
  6. "Ontario Plaque".
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