Renfrew County is a county and census division in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on the west bank of the Ottawa River. There are 17 municipality in the county. Its county seat is Pembroke, which is geographically within the county but administered independently.
History
Bathurst District
When Carleton County was withdrawn from Bathurst District in 1838, Renfrew County was severed from part of the remaining
Lanark County,
but the two remained united for electoral purposes.
By 1845, all lands in the District had been surveyed into the following townships:
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| +Counties comprising Bathurst District (1845) |
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Bathurst
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Beckwith
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Drummond
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Dalhousie
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Darling
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North Elmsley
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North Burgess
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Levant
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Lanark
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Montague
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Ramsay
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North Sherbrooke
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South Sherbrooke
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Admaston
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Blithefield
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Bagot
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Bromley
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Horton
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McNab
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Pakenham
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Pembroke
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Ross
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Stafford
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Westmeath
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United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew
Effective January 1, 1850, Bathurst District was abolished, and the "United Counties of Lanark and Renfrew" replaced it for municipal and judicial purposes.
The counties remained united for electoral purposes in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, referred to as the County of Lanark,
until Renfrew gained its own seat in 1853.
The separation of Renfrew from Lanark began in 1861, with the creation of a Provisional Municipal Council
Geographical evolution
The territory was originally described in 1838 as consisting of:
In 1851, Pakenham was transferred to Lanark,
In 1860, the newly surveyed townships of Miller and Canonto were transferred to Frontenac County, while the townships of Raglan, Lyndoch, Radcliffe and Brudenell were added to Renfrew.[Proclamations of June 2, 1877 and January 6, 1878, implementing ]
Once all lands had been surveyed in 1878, the County consisted of the following geographic townships:
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Admaston
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Alice
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Bagot
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Blythfield
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Bromley
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Brougham
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Brudenell
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Buchanan
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Burns
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Clara
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Fraser
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Grattan
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Griffith
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Hagarty
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Head
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Horton
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Jones
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Lyndoch
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Maria
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Matawatchan
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McKay
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McNab
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North Algona
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Pembroke
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Petawawa
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Radcliffe
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Raglan
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Richards
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Rolph
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Ross
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Sebastopol
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Sherwood
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South Algona
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Stafford
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Westmeath
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Wilberforce
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Wylie
Municipal reorganization (2001)
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| Town of Arnprior |
| Town of Deep River |
| Town of Laurentian Hills |
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Buchanan
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McKay
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Rolph
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Wylie
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| Town of Petawawa | |
| Town of Renfrew |
| Township of Admaston/Bromley |
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| Township of Bonnechere Valley |
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Grattan
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Sebastopol
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South Alcona
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| Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan |
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| Township of Greater Madawaska |
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Bagot
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Blythfield
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Brougham
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Griffith
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Matawatchan
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| Township of Head, Clara and Maria |
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| Township of Horton | |
| Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards |
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| Township of Laurentian Valley |
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Alice
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Fraser
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Pembroke
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Stafford
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| Township of Madawaska Valley |
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Burns
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Jones
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Radcliffe
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Sherwood
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| Township of McNab/Braeside | |
| Township of North Algona Wilberforce |
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| Township of Whitewater Region |
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The county seat, Pembroke, is a separated municipality.
Geography
Renfrew County is known for its lakeside cottages and white-water rafting along the
Ottawa River, and has more than 900 lakes.
[ Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada located in the Ottawa Valley, County of Renfrew] It is located in the primary region of
Southern Ontario and the secondary region
Eastern Ontario. Renfrew County is also the largest county in terms of area in Ontario, ahead of Hastings County.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Renfrew County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Arts and culture
At Wilno, Ontario Canada's
Kashubians community celebrates their heritage.
Military
The county is home to
CFB Petawawa and gives its name to The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment.
Notable people
See also
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List of numbered roads in Renfrew County
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List of municipalities in Ontario
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List of Ontario counties
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Renfrew County municipal elections, 2010
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List of townships in Ontario
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List of secondary schools in Ontario#Renfrew County
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