North Grenville is a

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in eastern

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, Canada, in the

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between ...

on the Rideau River. It is located just south of Ottawa in Canada's

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. It was established on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Oxford-on-Rideau Township, South Gower Township, and the Town of

Kemptville Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It is located approximately south of the downtown core of Ottawa and s ...

. In 2003, a motion of the municipal council adopted the designation of 'municipality'. The largest community in North Grenville is Kemptville, with a population of 3,911 in the 2016 census, up from 3,620 in th
Canada 2011 Census
It is located on the Kemptville Creek (historically South Branch of the Rideau River) approximately south of Ottawa, sitting midway between suburban Ottawa and the

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along Highway 416.

Communities

The municipality comprises the communities of Actons Corners, Bedell, Bishops Mills, Burritts Rapids (the oldest community on the Rideau River), East Oxford, Heckston, Hutchins Corners,

, McReynolds, Millars Corners, Mountain, Newmanville, Oxford Mills, Oxford Station, Pattersons Corners, Peltons Corners, Sabourins Crossing, Schipaville, Swan Crossing and Van Allens. The administrative offices of the municipality are located in Kemptville.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, North 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.

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* {{Geographic location , Centre = North Grenville , North = Ottawa , Northeast = , East = North Dundas , Southeast = South Dundas , South =

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 ...

, Southwest = Augusta , West = Merrickville-Wolford , Northwest = Montague Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Municipalities in Leeds and Grenville United Counties

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Demographics

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