Renfrew County

For the historic County of Renfrew in Scotland, see Renfrewshire.

Renfrew County
County (upper-tier)
County of Renfrew
The administration building of the county government
Location of Renfrew County
Coordinates: 45°40′N 77°15′W / 45.667°N 77.250°W / 45.667; -77.250Coordinates: 45°40′N 77°15′W / 45.667°N 77.250°W / 45.667; -77.250
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Established	1861
County seat	Pembroke (independent)
Municipalities	List Town of Arnprior Town of Deep River Town of Laurentian Hills Town of Petawawa Town of Renfrew Township of Admaston/Bromley Municipality of Bonnechere Valley Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Township of Greater Madawaska Township of Head, Clara and Maria Township of Horton Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Township of Laurentian Valley Township of Madawaska Valley Township of McNab/Braeside Township of North Algona Wilberforce Township of Whitewater Region
Area^[1]
• Land	7,419.00 km² (2,864.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	86,534
• Density	11.7/km² (30/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s)	613 and 343
Website	www.countyofrenfrew.on.ca/

Renfrew is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. There are 17 municipalities in the county.

Government

The seat of county government is in Pembroke, a city that is politically independent of the county. In 2006, the county – along with Pembroke – was represented at the Canadian House of Commons as part of the riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke.

Geography

Renfrew County is known for its lakeside cottages and white-water rafting along the Ottawa River, and has more than 900 lakes.^[2] It is located in the subregion of Southern Ontario named Eastern Ontario. Renfrew County is also the largest county in terms of area in Ontario, ahead of Hastings County.

Municipalities

Town of Arnprior
Town of Deep River
Town of Laurentian Hills
Town of Petawawa
Town of Renfrew
Township of Admaston/Bromley
Township of Bonnechere Valley
Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan
Township of Greater Madawaska
Township of Head, Clara and Maria
Township of Horton
Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
Township of Laurentian Valley
Township of Madawaska Valley
Township of McNab/Braeside
Township of North Algona Wilberforce
Township of Whitewater Region

The county seat, the city Pembroke, is politically independent.

Original townships

Admaston (Now part of Admaston Bromley)
Alice (Now part of Laurentian Valley)
Bagot (Now part of Greater Madawaska)
Blythfield (Now part of Greater Madawaska)
Bromley (Now part of Admaston Bromley)
Brougham (Now part of Greater Madawaska)
Brudenell (Now part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan)
Buchanan (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)
Burns (Now part of Madawaska Valley)
Clara (Now part of Head, Clara, and Maria)
Fraser (Now part of Laurentian Valley)
Grattan (Now part of Bonnechere Valley)
Griffith (Now part of Greater Madawaska)
Hagarty (Now part of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards)
Head (Now part of Head, Clara and Maria)
Horton (Still exists)
Jones (Now part of Madawaska Valley)
Lyndoch (Now part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan)
Maria (Now part of Head, Clara and Maria)
Matawatchan (Now part of Greater Madawaska)
McKay (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)
McNab (Now McNab/Braeside)
North Algona (Now part of North Algona-Wilberforce)
Pembroke (Now part of Laurentian Valley)
Petawawa (Now the Town of Petawawa)
Radcliffe (Now part of Madawaska Valley)
Raglan (Now part of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan)
Richards (Now part of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards)
Rolph (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)
Ross (Now part of Whitewater Region)
Sebastopol (Now part of Bonnechere Valley)
Sherwood (Now part of Madawaska Valley)
South Algona (Now part of Bonnechere Valley)
Stafford (Now part of Laurentian Valley)
Westmeath (Now part of Whitewater Region)
Wilberforce (Now part of North Algona-Wilberforce)
Wylie (Now part of the Town of Laurentian Hills)

Demographics

The figures below are for the Renfrew census division, which combines Renfrew County, Pembroke and the Pikwakanagan First Nations Reserve.

Canada census – Renfrew County community profile

	2011	2006	2001

Population: Land area: Population density: Median age: Total private dwellings: Median household income:	101,326 (3.9% from 2006) 7,440.81 km² (2,872.91 sq mi) 13.6/km² (35/sq mi) 48,229	97,545 (2.5% from 2001) 7,403.46 km² (2,858.49 sq mi) 13.2/km² (34/sq mi) 42.1 (M: 41.1, F: 43.1) 46,533	95,138 (-1.1% from 1996) 7,403.60 km² (2,858.55 sq mi) 12.9/km² (33/sq mi) 39.2 (M: 38.3, F: 40.1) 44,528

References: 2011^[3] 2006^[4] 2001^[5]

Arts and culture

At Wilno, Ontario Canada's Kashubian community celebrates their heritage.

Military

The county is home to CFB Petawawa and gives its name to The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment.

References

1 2 "Renfrew County census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
↑ Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada located in the Ottawa Valley, County of Renfrew
↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

External links

Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada located in the Ottawa Valley, County of Renfrew

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Hastings County

Lennox and Addington Cty., Frontenac Cty.

Lanark County, Ottawa

Renfrew County, Ontario

Cities	Pembroke¹

Towns	Arnprior Deep River Laurentian Hills Petawawa Renfrew

Townships	Admaston/Bromley Bonnechere Valley Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Greater Madawaska Head, Clara and Maria Horton Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Laurentian Valley Madawaska Valley McNab/Braeside North Algona Wilberforce Whitewater Region

First Nations	Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn

Indian reserves	Pikwakanagan (Golden Lake 39)

See also Communities in Renfrew County Census divisions of Ontario ¹ Separated municipality but remains a census subdivision of the county

Subdivisions of Ontario

Regions	Southern Ontario Central Ontario Eastern Ontario Golden Horseshoe Southwestern Ontario Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Northwestern Ontario Great Lakes

Counties	Bruce Dufferin Elgin Essex Frontenac Grey Haliburton Hastings Huron Lambton Lanark Leeds and Grenville Lennox and Addington Middlesex Northumberland Perth Peterborough Prescott and Russell Renfrew Simcoe Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Wellington

Districts	Algoma Cochrane Kenora Manitoulin Nipissing Parry Sound Rainy River Sudbury Thunder Bay Timiskaming

Regional municipalities	Durham Halton Muskoka Niagara Oxford Peel Waterloo York

Single-tier municipalities	Brant Brantford Chatham-Kent Greater Sudbury Haldimand Hamilton Kawartha Lakes Norfolk Ottawa Prince Edward Toronto

Separated municipalities	Barrie Belleville Brockville Cornwall Gananoque Guelph Kingston London Orillia Pembroke Peterborough Prescott Quinte West Smiths Falls St. Marys St. Thomas Stratford Windsor

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