Montague is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in eastern
Ontario, Canada, in
Lanark County
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on the
Rideau River
The Rideau River (french: Rivière Rideau) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is .
As explained in a writi ...
. The township administrative offices are located on Roger Stevens Drive east 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 th ...
.
Communities
The township comprises the communities of Andrewsville, Atironto, Kilmarnock, Nolans Corners, Numogate, Poolers Corners, Rosedale and Welsh.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada, Montague 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.
Transportation
The main roads in the township are the east–west
County Road 43, the north–south
Ontario Highway 15
King's Highway15, commonly referred to as Highway15, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It travels north from an interchange with Highway 401 in Kingston to Highway 7 in Carleton Place, a distanc ...
, and the northeast-southwest Roger Stevens Drive. The
Rideau Trail passes through the township between
Merrickville and
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 th ...
.
See also
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List of townships in Ontario
References
External links
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Township municipalities in Ontario
Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario
Municipalities in Lanark County
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