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Laurentian Hills
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Laurentian Hills |
| official_name | Town of Laurentian Hills |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | Town (lower-tier) |
| image_skyline | Laurentian Hills ON.JPG |
| image_caption | Municipal offices in Point Alexander |
| pushpin_map | CAN ON Renfrew#Canada Southern Ontario |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Ontario |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name2 | Renfrew |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Anne Giardini |
| leader_title1 | Federal riding |
| leader_name1 | Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke |
| leader_title2 | Prov. riding |
| leader_name2 | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | January 1, 2000 |
| unit_pref | |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | 634.31 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2885 |
| population_density_km2 | 4.5 |
| timezone | EST |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| timezone_DST | EDT |
| utc_offset_DST | -4 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | K0J 1J0 |
| area_code | 613 |
| 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
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 populations | Historical census populations –}} Chalk River Village | align = none | cols = | 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 1973 | pages=76, 139 | publisher=Statistics Canada}} | 1956 | 986 | 1961 | 1135 | 1966 | 1086 | 1971 | 1094 | 1976 | 1095 | 1981 | 1010 | 1986 | 923 | 1991 | 874 | 1996 | 974 | {{Historical populations | Historical census populations –}} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie and McKay TP | align = none | cols = | percentages = | footnote = | source = Statistics Canada | 1956 | 1780 | 1961 | 2079 | 1966 | 2040 | 1971 | 2066 | 1976 | 1836 | 1981 | 1743 | 1986 | 1790 | 1991 | 1656 | 1996 | 1810 |
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
- {{SCref. (2021)
- "Municipal Profiles". County of Renfrew.
- "Nuclear Power Demonstration Closure Project".
- [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
- (July 1973). "1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical)". Statistics Canada.
- "Ontario Plaque".
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