The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county in
Ontario
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, Canada, in the
Eastern Ontario
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subregion of
Southern Ontario
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. It fronts on the
Saint Lawrence River
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and the
international boundary between Canada and the United States, opposite of the
State of New York
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. The county seat is
Brockville
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically Independent city, independent of the county. It i ...
. The county was formed by the union of the historical counties of
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
and
Grenville in 1850.
Subdivisions
There are 10 municipalities in Leeds and Grenville (in order of population):
* Municipality of
North Grenville
North Grenville is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville on the Rideau River. It is located just south of Ottawa in Canada's National Capital Region.
It was established on January 1, 1998, through ...
(part of Grenville sub-region)
* Township of
Rideau Lakes
Rideau Lakes is a township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard, South Burgess a ...
(part of Leeds sub-region)
* Township of
Elizabethtown-Kitley
Elizabethtown-Kitley is a township (Canada), township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Its southern border lies along the St. Lawrence River and it extends no ...
(part of Leeds sub-region)
* Township of
Leeds and the Thousand Islands
Leeds and the Thousand Islands is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The township is located along the Saint Lawrence River, and extends north into rural hamlets and villages ...
(part of Leeds sub-region)
* Township of
Augusta (part of Grenville sub-region)
* Township of
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal is a township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville of eastern Ontario, Canada. Edwardsburgh township was first surveyed in 1783, and incorporated in 1850. The township was part of the historical Grenville County be ...
(part of Grenville sub-region)
* Village of
Merrickville–Wolford
Merrickville–Wolford is a village-status municipality in Eastern Ontario, Canada, located in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It spans both shores of the Rideau River.
The current municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1998, ...
(part of Grenville sub-region)
* Township of
Athens
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(part of Leeds sub-region)
* Township of
Front of Yonge
Front of Yonge is a township found in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Ontario, Canada. It is the location of the Thousand Islands National Park and Brown's Bay Provincial Park, as well as a number of private campgrounds, the Jones C ...
(part of Leeds sub-region)
* Village of
Westport (part of Leeds sub-region)
The city of
Brockville
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically Independent city, independent of the county. It i ...
and towns of
Gananoque
Gananoque ( )
is a town in the Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Leeds and Grenville area of Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,383 year-round residents in the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Canadian Census, as well as summer resident ...
and
Prescott are part of the Leeds and Grenville census division but are independent of the county.
Historical townships
*''
Leeds County
Leeds County is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was first surveyed in 1792 as one of the nineteen counties created by Sir John Graves Simcoe in preparation for the United Empire Loyalists to settle here. The coun ...
''
**
Bastard
Bastard may refer to:
Parentage
* Illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents
** Bastard (law of England and Wales), illegitimacy in English law
People People with the name
* Bastard (surname), including a list of people with that na ...
(now part of Rideau Lakes)
**
Elizabethtown (now part of Elizabethtown-Kitley)
**
Front of Escott (now part of Leeds and the Thousand Islands)
**
Front of Leeds and Lansdowne (now part of Leeds and the Thousand Islands)
**
Front of Yonge
Front of Yonge is a township found in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Ontario, Canada. It is the location of the Thousand Islands National Park and Brown's Bay Provincial Park, as well as a number of private campgrounds, the Jones C ...
(still exists)
**
Kitley (now part of Elizabethtown-Kitley)
**
North Crosby (now part of Rideau Lakes)
**
Rear of Escott (now part of Athens)
**
Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne (now part of Leeds and the Thousand Islands)
**
Rear of Yonge (now part of Athens)
**
South Burgess (now part of Rideau Lakes)
**
South Crosby
Rideau Lakes is a township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard, South Burgess a ...
(now part of Rideau Lakes)
**
South Elmsley (now part of Rideau Lakes)
*''
Grenville County''
**
Augusta (still exists)
**
Edwardsburgh (still exists as part of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal)
**
Oxford
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(now part of North Grenville)
**
South Gower (now part of North Grenville)
**
Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of Ottawa. As of the 2021 census it has a population of 9,254. It is in the Census division for Lanark County, but is separated from the county. The Rideau Canal waterway passes thr ...
(south end of town, while most of Smiths Falls is located in
Lanark County
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)
**
Wolford
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Wolford has 16 subsidiaries and markets its products in approx. 60 cou ...
(still exists as part of Merrickville-Wolford)
Demographics
As a
census division
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in the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville 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.
Historic populations:
* Population in 2001: 96,606
* Population in 1996: 96,284
County courthouse
William Buell granted the land for construction of the Courthouse. It is set atop a hill rising from the Saint Lawrence River. A broad boulevard extends to the main street. The Brockville Courthouse, one of the oldest in Ontario, was erected in 1842. The original plan had been to build a courthouse in the township of Johnstown but the land there was too swampy for construction. Instead, the Courthouse was built in the township of Elizabethtown.
The figure of
Justice
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, a blind-folded woman holding the scales of justice, was carved by master carpenter William Holmes in 1844. This statue was named "Sally Grant" by Paul Glasford, the chair of the building committee, in honour of the woman who posed as the model. It was erected in 1845. However, the statue was damaged by
Hurricane Hazel
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and by 1956, the statue was rotting. The original statue is on display at the
Westport museum. A replica carved by Robert Kerr of
Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of Ottawa. As of the 2021 census it has a population of 9,254. It is in the Census division for Lanark County, but is separated from the county. The Rideau Canal waterway passes thr ...
was placed atop the Courthouse in 1982.
Transportation
Major highways
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Notes
The town of
Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, southwest of Ottawa. As of the 2021 census it has a population of 9,254. It is in the Census division for Lanark County, but is separated from the county. The Rideau Canal waterway passes thr ...
is mostly located in
Lanark County
Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816.Brown, Howard Morton, 1984. Lanark Legacy, Nineteenth Century Glimpses of on Ontario County. Corporation of the Cou ...
, while parts of the southern areas of the town is in the township of
Rideau Lakes
Rideau Lakes is a township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard, South Burgess a ...
in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Ontario
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*
List of townships in Ontario
This is a list of townships in the Canadian province of Ontario. Townships are listed by census division.
Northern Ontario Northeastern Ontario Algoma District
Historical/Geographic Townships
*Abbott
*Aberdeen Additional
*Abigo
*Abotossaway
* ...
*
Union, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario
*
List of secondary schools in Ontario#Leeds and Grenville United Counties
References
External links
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United counties in Ontario